Capital City Fencers’ Club is committed to providing a safe, welcoming environment for all of our fencers.
We have adopted BC’s Universal Code of Conduct as a guideline for expectations at our club. The code of conduct guides club leadership, coaches, participants and volunteers.
From the ViaSport website:
What is Safe Sport?
Safe sport environments are accessible, inclusive, respect their participants’ personal goals, and are free from all forms of maltreatment.
Safety, in this context, includes physical safety and psychological safety. Where either or both of those are missing, there may be maltreatment happening that needs to be addressed.
Physical safety including things like:
- Prevention of injuries, including appropriate planning and use of equipment
- Concussion management
- Appropriate and progressive return to training and competition after injury
Psychological safety is “a belief that one will not be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes” (Amy Edmondson, 1999). When people feel psychologically safe, they:
- Are empowered to raise issues that may help themselves, their team, or others improve
- Are not harassed or bullied
- Feel welcome in new environments and want to continue to participate
- Consent to appropriate physical touching (such as spotting)
- Are empowered to not attempt skills that they don’t feel capable of doing safely
- Are aware of power dynamics and know appropriate boundaries
All provincially funded sports organizations in British Columbia have adopted the B.C. Universal Code of Conduct, which applies to all participants, which includes expectations related to appropriate and inappropriate behaviours relating to these types of safety.
We will be asking that fencers affirm their commitment to BC’s Universal Code of Conduct when they renew their membership each fall. You can read the Universal Code of Conduct here:
Read more about Safe Sport on the ViaSport website here.
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