Our Commitment to Safe Sport

Nordiq Canada is committed to creating a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for everyone involved in our sport. We strive to build an equitable and diverse community where the rights, dignity, and well-being of all individuals are valued and protected.

This commitment forms the foundation of a positive culture of excellence, enabling athletes, coaches, staff, officials, and volunteers to participate free of abuse, harassment or discrimination.

Nordiq Canada and the Canadian Safe Sport Program

Nordiq Canada has adopted the Canadian Safe Sport Program (CSSP). Through the CSSP Rules, Sport Integrity Canada independently administers the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS) for federally funded, national-level sport organizations by receiving and responding to reports of prohibited behaviour, and by developing and carrying out education, prevention, and policy activities.

The CSSP Rules clearly and publicly set out how that will be done, including defined timelines at each stage of the reporting process. The CSSP also offers support services to connect participants with help along the way.

It is important to note that the CSSP reporting mechanism only applies in situations where the Respondent to a complaint is a CSSP Participant. If the Respondent is an individual who has not been identified as a CSSP Participant, they are outside the jurisdiction of the Canadian Safe Sport Program (CSSP) process. In these situations, any complaint against a Respondent that is not a CSSP participant, would be re-directed to Nordiq Canada’s Independent Third Party.

A CSSP Participant is an individual affiliated with a CSSP Sport Organization, in this case Nordiq Canada, and is therefore subject to the CSSP Rules.

CSSP Participants include:

  • National Team Athletes
  • National Team Coaches
  • National Team Integrated Support Staff (IST)
  • Nordiq Canada Staff
  • Nordiq Canada Board of Directors Members

CSSP Participants must complete certain requisites, including completing e-learning and signing the required consent form.

For more information about the CSSP and the UCCMS, click here.

Get help and information

You can contact the CSSP team with questions or for support by clicking here.

Reporting Maltreatment

How to report to Sport Integrity Canada

Nordiq Canada has adopted the Canadian Safe Sport Program (CSSP), meaning that any allegation of maltreatment or other prohibited behaviour, as defined in the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS), regarding an identified CSSP participant of Nordiq Canada must be filed directly with Sport Integrity Canada.

Sport Integrity Canada accepts reports through an online report form and by phone – both methods allow you to remain anonymous if you wish. If you choose to share your name when you make a report, Sport Integrity Canada will not share it with your sport organization unless it is necessary to keep you or someone else safe, and will make every effort to get your consent beforehand.

Submit a Report

Report by Phone: 1-866-971-2777 (toll free)

All other complaints and/or reports can be made to Nordiq Canada’s Independent Third Party (ITP)

How to report to an Independent Third Party (ITP)

An Independent Third Party (ITP) is an individual or group, external to Nordiq Canada who is responsible for providing expert, objective, external facilitation of complaints in accordance with Nordiq Canada’s Discipline & Complaints Policy.

Nordiq Canada has retained Laurie Ehrman to provide independent third-party services to Nordiq Canada. Any individual who has witnessed, experienced, or received information regarding maltreatment of any kind can contact Laurie for information about the complaint process or to submit a complaint.

You can reach Laurie, in confidence, by completing the following form.

REPORT A COMPLAINT

Safe Sport Policies

Sport Concussion Guidelines

Nordiq Canada has developed Sport Concussion Guidelines and a Concussion Policy in order to protect and manage the health and safety of participants in the sport of cross-country skiing, including summer and winter training and competition. This document is based on the Canadian Guideline on Concussion in Sport 2nd edition (Parachute, 2024) and the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sport Institute Network Sport-Related Concussion Guidelines for Canadian National and National Development High-Performance Athletes (COPSIN, 2018).