Weekly Rights Digest (May 5-11)

8 May 2024

Ian Campbell, CTV News

North Bay city council chooses developer for new arena

Keywords: Inclusivity, Accessability, Ontario, Infrastructure, Green and Inclusive Buildings

"The city said the project will maintain the current level of recreation services within a more modernized setting while also providing an additional ice pad to augment the existing inventory....The project has secured approval for $25.78 million under the Government of Canada’s Green and Inclusive Buildings program and will strive to meet the zero carbon building design standard"...Read More

9 May 2024

Joy SpearChief-Morris, Toronto Star

This federal program was supposed to investigate abuse of Canadian athletes. An advocate says it’s not working

Keywords: Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner, Future of Sport Commission, Safe Sport

“Canada’s safe sport system has a “huge gap” when it comes to communicating with participants about how and where to report allegations of abuse, an advocate says. And that means the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner — Canada’s independent office for investigating reported cases of abuse in sport — only handled 66 of the nearly 200 reported cases in its first year from June 20, 2022 to June 30, 2023, according to a report referenced in documents submitted to Parliament in March”… Read More

10 May 2024

Joy SpearChief-Morris, Toronto Star

Ottawa names trio to lead commission

Keywords: Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner, Future of Sport Commission, Safe Sport

"Canada’s Sport Minister Carla Qualtrough has named the three people who will lead the longawaited investigation into the crisis of abuse in Canada’s sport system. The Future of Sport in Canada Commission will include a former Ontario chief justice, an expert in child protection and victims rights, and a former Team Canada sports doctor”…Read More