Ringette Canada & Ringette Ontario place the highest priority on a safe and fun environment for all its participants and we recognize responsibility to protect the health, safety, and physical and mental well-being of every individual that is involved in the ringette community. Ringette Canada & Ringette Ontario take situations involving misconduct or maltreatment very seriously.
For this reason, Ringette Canada & Ringette Ontario are committed to enacting and enforcing strong, clear, and effective policies and processes for preventing and addressing all forms of misconduct or maltreatment.
If you or someone you know has not felt safe while participating in ringette or ringette related activities, and would like to report a serious incident to Ringette Ontario, please contact our Executive Director, Karla Xavier at executivedirector@ringetteontario.com.
By providing you with this service, Ringette Ontario is reaffirming its commitment to protect its members by providing a safe and positive environment within the business, activities and events of the Organization.
Ringette Ontario is committed to enacting and enforcing strong, clear, and effective processes for preventing and addressing all forms of misconduct or maltreatment.
ALIAS Reporting Service aims to help you report alleged breaches of Ringette Ontario's governing documents.
Abuse-Free Sport is an independent program that is part of a growing national movement to rid Canadian sport of all forms of harassment, discrimination, and abuse.
As a Program Signatory, Ringette Canada is active in this movement having joined May 1st, 2023.
A UCCMS Participant is an Organizational Participant affiliated with Ringette Canada who has been:
designated by Ringette Canada and
who has signed the required consent form.
UCCMS Participants my include athletes, coaches, officials, athlete support personnel, employees, administrators, or volunteers acting on behalf of, or representing Ringette Canada in any capacity.
Ringette Canada UCCMS Participants are designated, appointed, hired, and/or selected by Ringette Canada.
Please note that Ringette Canada Participants not designated as UCCMS Participants will continue to have access to Ringette Canada’s Independent Third Party to report or discuss incidents of abuse or harassment of any kind.
Ringette Ontario’s policies are intended to promote a Safe Sport environment in a manner that allows for consistent, immediate, appropriate, and meaningful action should any issues arise. They are also intended to prevent issues from arising in the first place by communicating expected standards of behaviour in advance.
Ringette Ontario encourages all players, coaches, parents and volunteers take the Safe Sport Training Course. The course is meant to help anyone involved in sport identify and prevent situations of maltreatment.
