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The Power of Social Networking and Social Media

June 10, 2010 • Categories: Social Media •

By Rachel Corbett They used to say the sword was mighty, then it was the pen, but now it is the mouse! This piece contains notes and speaking points for a “hot stove” session provided by the Centre for Sport and Law to the members of the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association. Topics covered include: the [...]

Coaching in the Age of New Media

February 10, 2010 • Categories: Social Media •

By Kevin Lawrie. Ozzie Sawicki’s excellent Technology Solutions columns in this publication help us understand how new technologies are being adapted for use in coach-athlete interactions. Some of the new technologies he has featured are instructional tools, while others are media (plural of medium) that facilitate communication between the coach and the athlete. Instant messaging [...]

Social Media Deserves More of Your Attention

January 11, 2010 • Categories: Social Media, Strategic Planning •

Social media has graduated into the lives of adults and professionals. Skype is not just for webcamming teenagers, but also for business people on conference calls. Google Wave took the best parts of social media like Facebook, and combined them into a massive collaborative workspace. CEOs and professional athletes use Twitter and skilled employees look [...]

Is Your Organization Ready for a Crisis?

November 7, 2009 • Categories: Issues Management •

The adage “failing to plan means planning to fail” applies to risk management in sport. Many sport organizations have learned the hard way that they might have benefited enormously from having planned ahead to deal with a sudden incident, emergency, scandal or crisis. The current buzz about the H1N1 virus has caused us to reflect [...]

Wide Range

September 11, 2009 • Categories: Organizational Development, Project Management •

For this column, we thought each of us from the Centre for Sport and Law would pitch in, sharing our thoughts on some recent legal events and looking forward to some new developments in Canadian sport. Earlier this spring, we listened with interest to the news stories about the trial following the death of Manny [...]

Some Thoughts on the Rapid Growth of Social Media

April 4, 2009 • Categories: Privacy, Social Media •

by Rachel Corbett. If you have been reading the newspapers lately you will know that the world is a-twitter about Twitter and that Facebook long ago ceased to be the idle pursuit of university students. If you have teenage children you might have also noticed that they don’t use e-mail and in fact, they don’t [...]

When Music is Played at Your Event, Who Pays the Piper?

September 10, 2007 • Categories: Issues Management •

Think of the last time you attended a sporting event in an arena, gym or stadium – chances are you heard music played for the warm-up, during the intermission or between periods, and thought nothing of the legal ramifications of that. However, one national sport organization was recently asked by SOCAN, the Society of Composers, [...]

Backgrounder on “PIPEDA” – Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

May 10, 2004 • Categories: Privacy, Social Media •

As of January 1, 2004 the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) applies to all organizations during the collection, use and disclosure of personal information in the course of any commercial activity within a province, as well as inter-provincial and international transactions. PIPEDA gives Canadians new legal rights when their personal information is [...]

The Collection, Use and Disclosure of Pictures and Images: A Discussion Paper

May 10, 2004 • Categories: Privacy, Social Media •

by Steve Indig. It is common practice for organizations to post images and pictures of athletes and members of their organization on web sites or in other publications for the purpose of marketing or providing information about the organization. It is important to be familiar with Canadian case law and the Protection of Personal Information [...]

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