Code of Conduct

All Participants have a responsibility to:

a) Refrain from any behaviour that constitutes Discrimination, Abuse, Harassment, Workplace Harassment, or Workplace Violence.

b) Maintain and enhance the dignity and self-esteem of other Participants by:

1. Treating each other with the highest standards of respect and integrity
2. Focusing comments or criticism appropriately and avoiding public criticism of Athletes, coaches, officials, organizers, volunteers, employees, or other Participants
3. Consistently demonstrating the spirit of sportsmanship, sport leadership, and ethical conduct
4. Acting, when appropriate, to correct or prevent practices that are unjustly discriminatory
5. Consistently treating individuals fairly and reasonably;
6. Ensuring adherence to the rules of the sport and the spirit of those rules.

c) Refrain from the use of power or authority in an attempt to coerce another person to engage in inappropriate activities.

d) Maintain and enhance the dignity and self-esteem of other Participants by:

1. Treating each other with fairness, honesty, respect, and integrity
2. Focusing comments or criticism appropriately and avoiding public criticism of Athletes, coaches, officials, organizers, volunteers, employees, or other Participants
3. Consistently demonstrating the spirit of sportsmanship, sport leadership, and ethical conduct
4. Ensuring adherence to the rules of the sport and the spirit of those rules.

e) Abstain from the non-medical use of medications or drugs or the use of Prohibited Substances or Prohibited Methods as listed on the version of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Prohibited List currently in force. More specifically, the Organization adopts and adheres to the Canadian Anti-Doping Program. The Organization will respect any sanction imposed on a Participant as a result of a breach of the Canadian Anti-Doping Program or any other applicable Anti-Doping Rules.

f) Refrain from coaching, training, instructing, administrating, managing, or being involved in the athletic development of any person who has been found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation and is serving a period of ineligibility imposed pursuant to the Canadian Anti-Doping Program or any other applicable Anti-Doping Rules.

g) Reasonably cooperate with the CCES or another anti-doping organization that is investigating anti-doping rule violations.

h) Not harass, intimidate, or otherwise conduct themselves offensively towards a doping control official or other individual involved in doping control.

i) Refrain from the use of power or authority in an attempt to coerce another person to engage in inappropriate activities.

j) Refrain from consuming tobacco products, cannabis, or recreational drugs while participating in the programs, activities, competitions, or events of the Organization.

k) In the case of Minors, not consume alcohol, tobacco, or cannabis at any competition or event.

l) In the case of adults, not consume cannabis in the Workplace or in any situation associated with the events of the Organization (subject to any requirements for accommodation), not consume alcohol during training, competitions, or in situations where Minors are present, and take reasonable steps to manage the responsible consumption of alcohol in adult oriented social situations.

m)  When driving a vehicle:

1. Have a valid driver’s license
2. Not be under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs or substances
3. Have valid car insurance;
4. Refrain from holding a mobile device.

n) Respect the property of others and not willfully cause damage.

o) Promote sport in the most constructive and positive manner possible.

p) Refrain from engaging in deliberate cheating which is intended to manipulate the outcome of a competition and/or not offer or receive any bribe which is intended to manipulate the outcome of a competition.

q) Adhere to all applicable federal, provincial/territorial, municipal and host country laws.

r) Comply, at all times, with the By-laws, policies, procedures, and rules and regulations of the Organization, as applicable and as adopted and amended from time to time.

s) Report any ongoing criminal or anti-doping investigation, conviction, or existing bail conditions involving a Participant to the Organization, including, but not limited to, those for violence, child pornography, or possession, use, or sale of any illegal or prohibited substance or method