Policies & Procedures
Canada INline
SAFE IN SPORT PROGRAM
The safety of its participants is of paramount importance to Canada Inline. Canada Inline's Safe In Sport is the organization's program related to off-rink safety.
REPORTING POLICY
Canada Inline's Reporting Policy is a key part of its Safe In Sport Program and an effective reporting policy is crucial to preventing abuse.
The Policy requires that every employee or volunteer of any Canada Inline Program must report (1) actual or perceived violations of the Safe In Sport Program Policies, (2) any violations of the policies prohibiting Sexual Abuse, Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Bullying, Threats and Harassment, and Hazing, and (3) suspicions or allegations of child physical or sexual abuse to the appropriate Canada Inline representatives.
Additionally, in all cases involving suspicions or allegations of child physical or sexual abuse, every employee or volunteer of Canada Inline Programs must also report to the appropriate law enforcement authorities.
To make a report to Canada Inline, you may do so by emailing info@canadainline.com with the subject line "REPORT"
CONCUSSION POLICY
- ANY PLAYER SUSPECTED TO HAVE A HEAD INJURY OF ANY KIND MUST BE HELD OUT OF COMPETITION OR TRAINING UNTIL MEDICALLY CLEARED----This is of critical importance for the player's health, safety, and your own liability.
ALCOHOL POLICY
- A reminder that we have a ZERO tolerance policy for all junior teams and also ZERO tolerance for our staff drinking with or providing alcohol with members of any of our teams. This is for your own protection and I also expect you to address any senior teams about alcohol policies for each team and regardless the CI staff is not present or participating in any drinking with team members whatsoever.
LOCKER ROOM POLICY
- The locker room needs to be a safe environment at all times, no non staff members to be present and junior teams MUST be supervised at all times by a staff member. No males in a female room or females in a male room until all players have under-garments on. NO CELL PHONES OR CAMERAS OUT IN THE LOCKER ROOM. PLAYERS TAKING PICTURES WHILE OTHERS ARE NOT DRESSED IS PROHIBITED
TRAVEL POLICY
- For Canada Inline Supervised events, curfew and supervision for all Junior Players is required by staff.-clear expectations of where players can be at what times with regular check ins.
- For events where players stay with their parents, the parents are responsible for supervising their children any time they are not in an official team activity. Parents must know of and be communicated with about all team activity schedules and locations.
- Players must have the ability to communicate with parents at any time off the rink whether parents are traveling with them or not.
- Staff does not share rooms with players, drive players, or ever put themselves alone with a player in an enclosed area (locker room, hotel room car, etc.)
-itinerary communicated to players and parents
-no player meetings in hotel rooms
-any discipline of a player MUST be communicated to their parents whether they are
traveling with them or not.
- Canada Inline prohibits all types of physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, bullying, threats, harassment and hazing. Participants, employees or volunteers in Canada Inline may be subject to disciplinary action for violation of the Travel Policies or for engaging in any misconduct or abuse or that violates the Canada Inline Policies. Reports of any actual or suspected violations, you may email Canada Inline President directly.
ANTI DOPING POLICY
Canada Inline is a proud member of World Skate, the official international governing body for roller sports and a member of the International Olympic Committee. As such we adopt and fully support the anti-doping code of WADA: https://www.wada-ama.org/en/what-we-do/the-code