Resource Hub

This helpful guide is designed to assist you in navigating conflicts of interest that arise in the sport context.

All of the PlaySafe BC tools and resources are listed here, with links to take you directly to each resource.

Introduction to the Flag System  

This form can be downloaded and used by anyone in order to document an incident when maltreatment is suspected. This tool was developed by viaSport to help make documenting an easier process for people, however viaSport does not collect reports or investigate complaints....

Download Safe Sport Incident Report Form.pdf (244.05 KB)

Conflict is normal on all teams and when handled well can be beneficial. It doesn’t matter how friendly people are or how long your team’s been together; difficulties are bound to come up. By normalizing and addressing conflict in a healthy way, you can build trust with...

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Given the emotionally charged nature of sports, it’s not surprising that the people involved can be reactive when things get heated. Unlike in sports competition, managing conflict on your team doesn’t have to be a win-lose proposition.

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Are you unsure what exactly mediation and arbitration are, and what the difference is between them? This resource explains both, introduces the concept of shifting positions to interests, describes meeting guidelines for mediation sessions, and talks about the five steps of...

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From time to time we all need to say something to another person that is difficult. Being able to do this can help build the foundation for managing conflict within any type of relationship, including those in sport. 

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Team planning meetings provide a structured format to focus on surfacing issues, and can be used for whatever challenge your team is facing at any given time. They help set the stage for normalizing conflict as part of your team's culture.

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Teams are made up of members who may have different ideas of what is and isn't acceptable conduct. This can lead to negative behaviours, and can ultimately result in frustration on the part of other team members.

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Giving and receiving feedback can be an art. Feedback is also a crucial part of developing a team with a positive culture that works at its optimal level. This handout provides guidance on how to give and receive feedback, and includes a worksheet with an exercise you can...

Download How-to-Give-Feedback.pdf (1.48 MB)

As part of the Play Safe BC program, viaSport partnered with the BC Regional Sport Alliance to host 11 Play Safe Community Summits from November 1-25, 2022, online and in-person.

Download Play Safe BC Community Summits - What we heard FINAL.pdf (188.98 KB)

This report examines the current (2022) landscape of volunteerism in the B.C. sport sector. It provides insights to better understand current barriers, enablers and motivators around the recruitment, recognition and retention of volunteers for sport in the province.

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The Board Role Descriptions module contains templates for various Board positions, applicable to a club, association, or other not-for-profit organization in British Columbia.

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The Skills Matrix module includes a template to support the assessment of required skills and experience that a club, association, or other not-for-profit organization may require to successfully execute its strategic plan.

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The Board Onboarding module provides templates and documents to support organizations' board selection and appointment processes, including a well-defined job description, a comprehensive onboarding process and beyond.

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The Conflict of Interest module provide directors the opportunity to provide a declaration of any potential conflict of interest in accordance with appropriate board policy and B.C. Societies Act [2015]. Boards can also use this as a foundation for creating a conflict of...

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The Committee module has been created as a guide for understanding the different types of committees that can be formed by an organization.

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This Communications Toolkit module supplies documents and templates that can be used to support communications related to board recruitment.

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The purpose of this section is to help provide a strong, fundamental foundation to compensation, and its importance in your overall people (and organizational) strategy.

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The purpose of this module is to help provide a strong, fundamental foundation to recruitment and selection, and its importance in your overall people (and organizational) strategy.

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The purpose of this module is to help provide foundational knowledge around two important HR documents: offer letters and employment agreements.

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The purpose of this module is to provide strong, fundamental knowledge and best practices to help you design a structured onboarding program specifically to meet your needs.

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The purpose of this module is to provide strong, fundamental knowledge and tools to help you tailor a structured performance management program specifically to meet the needs of your organization.

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The purpose of this module is to provide a high-level overview of employee engagement and the role it plays in overall people and culture strategies and employee retention.

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The purpose of this module is to provide strong, foundational knowledge and best practices around the termination of the employment relationship.

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The purpose of this module is to provide a sample selection of basic HR policies that would be relevant to most organizations operating in British Columbia. This sample list is not exhaustive, rather it is aimed to provide a starting point for individual organizations to...

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Find a qualified practitioner near you to treat your injuries.

CATT is a comprehensive concussion resource including; tools, information and training to support recognition, response and recovery from concussion. Access the resource here.

This series of resources provides proven strategies your team or organization can implement to; resolve conflict, develop a strengths based approach to team building, apply a trauma informed lens to resolve disputes and strengthen your team culture.  

This infographic, developed by Lead Researcher, Andrea Bundon, at the UBC School of Kinesiology, presents key findings, identified by participants with disabilities, that uncover how people with disabilities engage in sport, or why they do not.

Download 31 - Community Engagement Project Summary Infographic.pdf (596.77 KB)

Developed in 2021 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions on sport, this resource offers useful techniques for enhancing team communication and dynamics in virtual environments.

This campaign provides an overview of the use of tobacco and vaping products across a range of sport activities and participation levels.

These info graphics highlight rates of youth and adult participation in sport and provide statistics and prevention tips related injury prevention. 

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This helpful slide deck outlines strategies and tactics that aim support individuals & organizations to find common ground and develop a positive culture by engaging in difficult conversations to find resolutions to conflict.

Download Safe Sport Workshop 3_ Conflict Mangement.pdf (1.36 MB)

The She Plays project utilized participant centred design to understand the factors that influence the participation girls in sport. The project goals focused on improving the retention rates of girls age 11-14.

Download She_plays_infographic_final.pdf (1.38 MB)

This slide deck provides a strategic, step by step, approach to developing programs that speak to the attitudes and motivations driving your participants to play.

Download viaSport BC_She_Plays-Mar_2.pdf (1.72 MB)

Jennifer Keith, Executive Director of BC Artistic Swimming, presents a detailed look at their culture change project EVOLVE.

Sport is an integral part of Canadian society and can be used to positively influence a wide range of societal goals. The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) undertook this research initiative to provide concrete evidence of the type of benefits that can be realized...

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Movement in the Classroom supports student learning through movement boosts, cross-curricular activities and self-regulation. Check out the resources attached to help you implement activities in your classroom!

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This resource contains physical literacy and FUNdamental Movement Skills games and activities for children ages 6-12 in a recreation or community program setting.

A movement guide to inform parents of the wide range of Fundamantal Movement Skills their child is practicing. Leaders can fill out which skills in the checklist that the child practiced during the program, progress notes and next steps.

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The MOVE to Play framework is an evidence-based resource to guide recreation and community programmers to develop quality physical literacy and sport based programs. It provides best practices and tools to under four key areas:

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Movement in the gym supports educators in delivering physical literacy and fundamental movement skills (FMS) through quality physical education classes. Check out the resources attached for activities to implement in the gym!

Movement in the Halls provides activities for students who may need a movement boost to get the wiggles out or bring their energy up! Posters can be placed in the hallway, the gym, or in the classroom!

The MOVE to Learn at Home program offers movement activities with minimal equipment that parents can do with their children at home. It includes:

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This manual contains over 150 games for Fundamental Movement Skills that can be played in the gym, outside or at the recreation centre!

This guide by Sport for Life is intended to introduce the coach, parent, volunteer, administrator, leader or official to the basic concepts of injury risk reduction in sport and physical activity through the use of injury prevention and risk management tools and practices.

The statement help informs Canadian sport stakeholders (including athletes, parents, coaches, officials, teachers, trainers and licensed healthcare professionals) on the role of concussion baseline testing for Canadian youth and adult athletes in supplement to the Canadian...

This guide by the Canadian Concussion Collaborative (CCC) helps those with persistent symptoms of a concussion to identify a good concussion clinic and get help.

The Making Head Way eLearning module will cover: what to do to prevent concussions, how to recognize the signs and symptoms of a concussion, what to do when you suspect an athlete has a concussion, and return to play and return to learn protocols.

Visit the Government of British Columbia’s website to find out how the Criminal Records Review Act (CRRA) may impact your organization and how the Criminal Records Review Program (CRRP) can assist the screening process of volunteers.

This guideline is developed as part of the SportSafe initiative of the sport branch of the Government of British Columbia for coaches to recognize their roles in creating a safer environment for all.

Buddy Check for Jesse’s resource page focus on information regarding youth, sport and mental health and wellness that are available for access.

The Mental Health in Sport module aims to educate coaches about mental health to empower them to effectively play a role in supporting the well-being of the participants in their sport program, while also supporting their own mental health. 

The Respect in Sport Activity Leader/ Coach Program educates youth leaders, coaches, officials and participants (14-years and up) to recognize, understand and respond to issues of bullying, abuse, harassment and discrimination (BAHD).

The RCM is a multi-phase movement that affects all sport organizations and coaches across Canada.

One of the most common reasons coaches, managers, officials and athletes of all ages cite for leaving sport is unacceptable parent behaviour.

This tool is a guideline for managing an individual’s return to sport following a concussion and does not replace medical advice. View the resource here.

This tool is a guideline for managing a student’s return to school following a concussion and does not replace medical advice. View the resource here.

Active & Safe Central is an all new interactive resource with numerous videos and resrouces about common injuries and risk factors so you can learn about how to prevent injury in over 40 sports. 

A booklet that highlights the important issues that sport, and society more generally, should attend to. Challenges and ways to address them are outlines and the aim is to provide a resource to help accessibility for non-binary people and people of all genders.

Interested in hosting a workshop that provides sport leaders, coaches, athletes, and officials with an understanding of how LGBTQphobia can hurt your organization?

The Safe Sport Summary Report is part of a multi-step process to mobilize, build collective leadership and implement safe sport initiatives and solutions across the province of B.C.

This one day recorded event is for recreation instructors and coaches who want to understand how to teach kids with autism in swimming lessons, skating programs, soccer programs, fitness instruction, and other community recreation activities.

A summary of findings from a study completed by researchers, working with Coach Educators, on disability inclusion within Canada’s National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP).

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Researchers, working with Coach Educators completed a study examining disability inclusion within Canada’s National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP). This report focusing on the visibility, content and structure of the NCCP materials and resources is now available.

Download CPC-CAC Disability-Inclusion in Sport CE.PDF (360.82 KB)

Information and best practices on facilitating Online Delivery of NCCP Courses. This resource helps to give facilitators and evaluators the tools needed to deliver live, interactive and high quality NCCP courses using the Zoom platform.

This resource is designed to help coaches create safe spaces for their participants, specifically those who identify as LGBTQI2S.

This resources explains some of the barriers to physical activity that rural, remote, and Indigenous communities are facing during COVID-19 and promising strategies that can be used to help mitigate these barriers and increase daily physical activity in these areas.

This resource is designed to assist you in determining the overall accessibility of your current programing. You can also use this tool as a guide to support you in the development of quality accessible programming for your organization.

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This resource is intended to provide recommendations to sport organizations seeking to create more inclusive environments for athletes, administrators, coaches, officials and volunteers on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

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This resource is intended to provide guidance to sport organizations collecting data related to gender identity. Organizations are encouraged to use this resource as a guide to making changes within data collection practices.

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This resource is intended to provide guidance and support to sport organizations looking to create, revise, or update their policy related to trans athlete participation.

Download LGBTQI2S_Trans_Athlete_Inclusion_Guidelines_draft_June7.pdf (85.86 KB)

This resource is intended to provide direction to sport organizations seeking to create more inclusive environments for anyone who interacts with your organization.

Download LGBTQI2S_Inclusion_Readiness_Checklist_draft_June7.pdf (109.6 KB)

This resource is intended to provide support to organizations interested in making the language of their organization’s policies and procedures more inclusive to all sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

: This handbook outlines key considerations and provides recommendations ground in best practice so newcomer women  and girls can engage better in sport and physical activity.

A guide developed by Victoria Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Local Action Team to assist parents and caregivers gain a better understanding of mental health and substance abuse.

Download Mental Health and Substance Abuse Support Guide for parents and caregivers - Victoria.pdf (1.53 MB)

The Female Coach Mentorship Model is a sustainable model of mentorship for female coaches who are interested in developing their skills. This model is the outcome of a two-year pilot project and is contained in three guides: a Mentor Guide, a Sport Administrator Guide, and...

Take a look at the in-depth findings of our ethnographic research report.

This resource was created to assist with onboarding new staff to the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP). It provides an overview of the model, training and certification, maintenance of certification, coach developers, the locker, and quality assurance.

Download What is the NCCP_onboarding.pptx (25.73 MB)

This resources is designed to equip coaches, clubs and athletes with tools to improve awareness and strengthen inclusive practices that will lead to quality experiences for female Muslim participants in sport.

This program teaches the FUNdamental movements skills of running, jumping, throwing and wheeling (for children in wheelchairs) using track and field inspired games, activities and skill challenges.

The Risk Management Project is a multi-year initiative designed to help enhance the effectiveness of decision-making among sport leaders using a consistent, sport-specific, and integrated risk management process.

After reviewing a number of on-line resources, Volleyball Canada created a customized approach to succession planning for their board of directors.

The Better Board Kit is a 3-step process to help your organization’s board members ensure that they know their responsibilities, are prepared to act on them, and that your board works as a team to plan and accomplish the organization’s goals.

This document will provide you with some tips on what to include in a non-profit board's recruitment package, which you would give to prospective board members.

A tool for improving the governance practices of non-profit organizations.

Volunteer agreements can be used to outline the expectations and responsibilities of the volunteer.

This guide to recruitment and selection of staff will provide:

Sample checklist for employee orientation

Guide for people leaders in monitoring an employee's performance and conducting and performance review.

These guidelines and exercises have been created by leaders in the sport and recreation field to help coaches and their athletes get the most from their coaching by participating in a physically and emotionally safe environment.

Webinar that explains key stakeholders in the sports sector’s role in the Responsible Coaching Movement and best practices in keeping children safe in sport. As well, the webinar highlights some the ways coaches can and should be protected within the sport system.

 Commit to Kids: An Introduction to Safeguarding Children from Sexual Abuse is for individuals who work with children looking for introductory level information on child sexual abuse, or those looking to refresh their knowledge on the topic.

Commit to Kids (C2K) is a program of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. It is a step-by-step program that helps child-serving organizations create safe environments for the kids in their care.

The purpose of this program in B.C. is to eradicate abuse and harassment in sport, and to promote a positive, inclusive and respectful environment for all sport participants, at every level of participation.

The Para Ready Resource was developed as a guide to provide sport coaches and club administrators with the resources, confidence, and tools that they need to be adequately prepared for integrating individuals experiencing disability into mainstream sport programs.

Same Game is a step by step online toolkit created by Canadian Women & Sport in collaboration with Brock University’s Centre for Sport and Capacity.

A short PDF with quick tips for nurturing an inclusive team culture.

This resource from SportMedBC includes a number of tips for parents of young athletes looking to provide nutritious meals and snacks for their children. View the resource here.

A series of resources for parents as well as sport professionals (educators, coaches, sport club members, etc.) looking to provide increased physical literacy in their programming. View the resource here.

This is a presentation by Dr. Tim Konoval and Dr. Danielle Peers from the University of Alberta. Due to the rise of technology, websites are often the first point of contact with the public, with most individuals experiencing disability getting their sport programming...

A list of professional resources on the topic of concussion prevention, symptoms and treatment for schools, sport organizations and health professionals. Access the resource here.

The Concussion Awareness Training Tool (CATT) is a program designed to provide coaches with the information they need to provide evidence-based care for their athletes who have sustained a concussion. View the resource here.

The Concussion Awareness Training Tool (CATT) is a program designed to provide parents or caregivers with the information they need to take an evidence-based approach in responding to and managing concussion.

A collection of resources for players educating on the basics of concussions, links to incident reports and recommendations on when/how to return to play post-concussion. View the resource here.

This resource is designed for coaches who are ready to intentionally support equitable sport.

Keeping Girls in Sport is an online resource that helps coaches and youth activity leaders to create safe and respectful environments for female athletes. View the resource here.

A collection of articles about girls and physical literacy , girls and physical activity, and girls and sport. View the resource here.

A collection of resources that focus on creating safe and inclusive environments for trans athletes and athletes with differences in sexual development. View the resource here.

This workshop provides sport leaders, including coaches, athletes, officials, with the opportunity to understand what LGBTQphobia is and how it can hurt their organization.

This self–assessment tool is designed for use by community sport clubs and Provincial/Territorial Sport Organizations to assess whether their programs, services and facilities meet an acceptable standard of gender equity.

This module provides an overview of the diversities found in aboriginal peoples across British Columbia and is designed to help mainstream sports become more inclusive and welcoming using the wisdom of aboriginal culture.

A guide to help parents, students and coaches understand how to become their own advocates for change in the realm of gender equity and inclusion in sport. View the resource here.

An organization-focused workshop that delivers an understanding of how to create an inclusive board culture, the value of having women on your board and strategies to assist in overcoming challenges and recruiting more women.

This resource is a supplement to Canadian Sport for Life (Resource paper for the able-bodied Long-Term Athlete Development Model) which is concentrated on the additional factors that need to be considered when working with athletes with a disability.

The Let’s Play Toolkit is a resource for educators, recreation leaders and coaches designed to support the development of physical literacy so that children with physical disabilities can confidently participate in play, sport and physical education with their peers.

This module provides a checklist for sport event hosting, as well as great tips for boosting your online ticket sales.

This module provides fun and creative ways to showcase highlights, film interviews, write sports blogs, and how to turn your “likes” into dollars.

You’ve uncovered newsworthy stories within your organization and used them to create engaging, well-written press releases. So why isn’t the press returning your calls? In this module, we’ve assembled the top 10 tips for getting the media’s attention.

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It’s time to introduce you to the newsletter’s shorter, nimbler cousin: the e-blast. Given that 122 billion emails are sent per hour, however, many e-blasts get lost in the shuffle. To create e-blasts that get opened, try these 10 tips.

Download viaSport - Module 11_ Ten tips to help your sport organization blast off with e-blasts.pdf (1.17 MB)

If you’re not used to receiving media attention, being interviewed can be a nerve-wracking process. We’ve assembled 13 great interview tips to help you promote your sport and tell your story more effectively.

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Even the most engaged email lists still lose 20 – 30% of subscribers per year. In this module, we’ll share six tips to help you increase your email list and keep your subscribers hanging on your every word.

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viaSport has developed a Dispute Prevention and Resolution Framework in partnership with the SDRCC for use by the sport sector in British Columbia.

As part of a national project to harmonize concussion guidelines and protocols, Parachute Canada led the development of the Canadian Concussion Guidelines.

viaSport’s Access Sport Hub (ASH) is a chatbot tool for people to find, share, and connect to inclusive and adaptive sport and recreation programs that meet their needs across BC.

This resource was generated with findings from the Level the Field: Disability Inclusion in Sport research project with members of disability communities in B.C.

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If your sports organization is like most, you have an online newsletter. Before that, you probably had a print newsletter. Of all the communications genres, newsletters often get the least amount of thought and planning simply because they’ve been around for so long.

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It’s happened to every sports communicator: a friend or family member contacts you to say that he or she saw your sports team on the news. The only problem: you had no idea the story was running. 

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A well-written press release is a key element of any media strategy. We’ve uncovered 11 easy-to-remedy press release mistakes that may be keeping your sports organization out of the spotlight.

This module will help you write more successfully for the web and teach you how to employ basic SEO (search engine optimization) techniques to make your writing appeal to both living human beings and Google’s search engine robots.

In this module, we’ll help you identify the stories that will catch the media’s attention and share tips on how to find them within your organization.

This module will teach you the nuts and bolts of writing an effective sports article, whether it will be published in a newsletter, on a website, or in a media kit.

Now, it’s time to put the pieces together! Using the knowledge you gained from Part 1, distill all of the data you’ve collected into a useable communications action plan.

Do you have a communications plan? In the first of a two-part series, we’ll make communications planning easy by walking you through the process step-by-step.

This module provides B.C. sport communicators with guidance for curating an organizational voice online, improving social media etiquette, policy, and safety, as well as how to handle a social media controversy.

This resource was curated with the goal of elevating B.C. sport brands online through tips and tricks for boosting creativity, maximizing time, storytelling, creating “shareable” content, video creation, and memes!

This resource was curated to help sport communicators in B.C. to enhance their online presence and impact with tips for increasing followers, building a strong communications network, athlete/coach/volunteer recruitment, as well as engaging partners/sponsors and the media.

The Social Media 101 Series is a toolkit for sport communicators that is intended to help B.C. sport organizations, clubs, and other sport-related organizations navigate the confusing and rapidly evolving world of social media.