Weekly Rights Digest (June 30-July 6)

1 July 2024

NHL reinstates Bowman, Quenneville, MacIsaac after ban for mishandling Chicago sex assault scandal

Stephen Whyno, Associated Press

Keywords: Sexual Assault, NHL, Hockey, Illinois

"The NHL lifted its ban on longtime coach Joel Quenneville and executives Stan Bowman and Al MacIsaac on Monday, clearing the way for their return to the league more than two years after they were punished in the fallout from the Chicago team's sexual assault scandal. Bowman, MacIsaac and Quenneville can sign contracts with an NHL team after July 10"...Read More

2 July 2024

NHL teams aren't re-signing players accused of sexual assault during their Canadian world junior days

CBC News

Keywords: Hockey Canada, Sexual Assault, Hockey, Ontario

"Four NHL players charged with sexual assault in an incident stemming back to their days as Canadian world junior champions have not been re-signed to their respective teams. Dillon Dubé, formerly with the Calgary Flames, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote with the New Jersey Devils, and Carter Hart with the Philadelphia Flyers were all on leave with pay. They'll now be free agents after the Sunday signing deadline passed"...Read More

4 July 2024

London youth baseball league takes new step to screen out abusive parents

Noah Brennan, London Free Press

Keywords: Verbal Abuse, Parents, Baseball, Ontario

"Trying to protect young umpires from verbal abuse by parents, a London kids baseball league is using screen-like banners at ballfields to obscure the view of home plate from the bleachers. The idea came from other Ontario leagues that have taken similar steps to prevent parents from yelling at umpires, many of whom are just kids themselves between the ages of 13 and 14, a spokesperson for the board of the North London Baseball Association said"...Read More

4 July 2024

Foul c. Club de soccer Boucherville, 2024 QCTAT 2280 (CanLII)

Tribunal Administratif du Travail

Keywords: Soccer, Emploi, Harcèlement Psychologique, Quebec

<<Mourad Foul, le plaignant, a travaillé pendant douze ans comme directeur technique au Club de soccer Boucherville, l’employeur ou le Club. Prenant appui sur la Loi sur les normes du travail[1], la LNT, il dépose une plainte pour congédiement sans cause juste et suffisante et une plainte pour harcèlement psychologique le 5 octobre 2020. Il prétend avoir subi du harcèlement psychologique de la part de membres du conseil d’administration du Club à compter de l’automne 2017, ainsi que du directeur sportif à compter de l’hiver 2019, et ce, jusqu’à sa fin d’emploi. Il plaide aussi avoir fait l’objet d’un congédiement déguisé en licenciement dans le contexte d’une restructuration>> savoir plus

4 July 2024

Cambridge gymnastics coach's lifetime ban upheld in 'precedent setting' case, lawyer says

Kris Ketonen, CBC News

Keywords: Gymnastics, Maltreatment, Ontario

"A Cambridge, Ont., gymnastics coach who was banned from the sport last year over bullying of athletes has had an appeal of the earlier ruling denied by an arbitrator.

Gymnastics Canada permanently banned Elvira Saadi from working with athletes in November 2023. The decision came after an investigation into allegations of maltreatment by several athletes. Saadi appealed the decision this year through the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada but a decision dated June 24 denied her appeal"....Read More

4 July 2024

Quebec equestrian coach charged with child luring, sexual exploitation

Joe Lofaro, CTV News

Keywords: Equestrian, Sexual Assault, Quebec

"A well-known equestrian coach from southern Quebec has been charged with multiple sex offences, including child luring and sexual exploitation of a minor. Quebec provincial police say they arrested Dorian Escalon, 31, on June 20 and that he appeared in court in Granby, Que. on Wednesday to face the charges. Escalon taught at Domaine Avalon in Sutton, about 100 kilometres southeast of Montreal. The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said in a news release issued on Thursday that there could be other alleged victims." Read More

6 July 2024

Edmonton coach charged after teen girl reports sex assault at basketball camp

Edmonton Journal

Keywords: Sexual Assault, Basketball, Alberta

"The Edmonton Police Service has charged a 48-year-old basketball coach with sexual assault after a 16-year-old girl came forward with allegations in June. Earlier this year, the girl went to a basketball camp outside Edmonton, where the girl said the assault happened in a hotel, police said in a news release on Friday. She told police she had been encouraged to consume alcohol and hallucinogenic drugs bought by the man, before she was sexually assaulted"...Read More