Writings

Since its inception in 1992, the Centre for Sport and Law has written articles and columns in a variety of magazines and journals of interest to sport people. Notable among these is Coaches Plan (formerly Coaches Report), published by Coaches of Canada (formerly the Canadian Professional Coaches Association). We have also written a number of books. This section of our web site compiles all the books and articles that we have written since 1992, organized conveniently by subject. Under each subject heading, the articles are listed in reverse chronological order. Also, the same article might be listed under more than one subject heading.

BULLYING/HARASSMENT/VIOLENCE
CONTRACTS
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
DEFAMATION
DISPUTE RESOLUTION/NEGOTIATION
DOPING
EMPLOYMENT
EQUITY/DISCRIMINATION
GENERAL
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY/PRIVACY
LIABILITY/NEGLIGENCE
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS
RISK MANAGEMENT
SCREENING

BULLYING/HARASSMENT/VIOLENCE

• Harassment - Some Guidelines for Coaches and Athletes (2010)
• What is the Standard of Care of Coaches Towards Athletes (2009)
• Canada Raises Legal Age of Consent (2008)
• The Coach Athlete Relationship - A Legal View (2005)
• Violence in Sport - Part II: Dealing With Violence as a Legal Issue (2003)
• Violence in Sport - It's Your Responsibility Too (2002) 
• Violence in Sport: Policy considerations for the amateur Sport Organization (2002)
• The Bully Problem (2001)
• Harassment - What we are Learning About What we are Doing (1998)

CONTRACTS

• A New View of Athlete Agreements (2006)
• Coaching Contracts - Do You Know What Yours Says? (2004)
• A Guide to Employment Contracts for Coaches (2003) -
• Employment Contracts for Coaches (1997)
• Some Basics on Contracts (1996)

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST

• Balancing the Responsibilities of Multiple Roles (2009)
• Conflict of Interest - The Sport Organization's 'Achilles Heel' (2009)
• To Coach or to Direct - Is There a Conflict? (2006)

DEFAMATION

• The Power of Social Networking and Social Media -- CCA "Hot Stove" Session (2010) -
• Defamation Update - Grant v. Torstar Corp (2009)
• Defamation.com (2003)
• You Can't Say That!! Part 2 (2001)
• You Can't Say That!! Part 1 (2000)

DISPUTE RESOLUTION/NEGOTIATION

• Do You Know Who Your Members Are? (2008)
• Preparing for Beijing: Are You Dispute-Ready? Workshop Notes (2008) -
• Encourage Good Sports for Better Sport (2007)
• What To Do When 1 Percent of Your Members Cause 99 Percent of Your Problems (2007)
• Diagnosing Disputes (2003)
• Resolving Disputes Through Negotiation (2003)
• Book Review -- Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (2003)
• So You've Got a Complaint: The Hearing Process from Start to Finish  (2000)
• Policy Planning and Dispute Management in the Non-Profit Sector (2000)
• From Little League to Ben Johnson: Alternatives for Resolving Sports
  Disputes  (1999)
• Administrative Appeals: A Handbook for Sport Organizations  (1995)

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DOPING

• A Little Knowledge Goes a Long Way - Understanding the Principles Behind Doping Decisions (2007)
• New Studies Shed Light on Nandrolone (2001)
• Playing Russian Roulette with Supplements: Coaches Need to Know  (2000) 
• What the Johnson Decision Means to Canadian Sport (1999)
• Coach Handed Lifetime Penalty (1998)

EMPLOYMENT

• Employee Versus Contractor - A New Perspective (2010)
• Overtime: A Ticking Time Bomb? (2009)
• Coaching Contracts - Do You Know What Yours Says? (2004)
• A Guide to Employment Contracts for Coaches (2003) -
• Book Review - Performance Appraisal for Sport and Recreation Managers  (2002)
• Doing Something About Bad Coaches (2002) 
• The Key Components of a Profession (2002)
• Job Descriptions (2001)
• Employment Contracts for Coaches (1997)
• Some Basics on Contracts (1996)
• The Legal Implications of Employment Status (1995)

EQUITY/DISCRIMINATION

• Girls Playing on Boys' Teams (2010)
• The Real Story Behind the Ski Jump Story - Sagen v. VANOC part 2 (2009)
• Case Comment: Sagen v. VANOC (Ski Jumping Case) (2009)
• Including Transitioning and Transitioned Athlete in Sport: Issues, Facts and Perspectives - prepared by Brenda Wagman for 'Promising Practices', a project of AthletesCAN, CAAWS and the CCES, with assistance from the Centre for Sport and Law (2009) -
• Sex Discrimination in Sport: An Update - prepared by the Centre for Sport and Law for CAAWS (2009) - Executive Summary -
• Sex Discrimination in Sport: An Update - prepared by the Centre for Sport and Law for CAAWS (2009) - Full Report -
• From Blainey to Pasternak -- Are We Making Progress? (2008) -
• Seeing the Invisible, Speaking About the Unspoken: A Position Paper on Homophobia in Sport  (2006) - prepared by the Centre for Sport and Law for CAAWS
• Brief - Transgendered and Transitioned Athletes in the Sport System  (2006) -

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    GENERAL

• The Power of Social Networking and Social Media -- CCAA "Hot Stove" Session (2010) -
• Coaching in the Age of New Media (2010)
• Social Media Deserves More of Your Attention (2010)
• Wide Range (2009)
• Some Thoughts About the Rapid Growth of Social Media (2009)
• Some Thoughts About Sport's Future (2009)
• Book Review - The Great Traits of Champions: Fundamentals for Achievers, Leaders and Legacy Leavers (2009)
  
• Book Review - Legal Issues in Sport: Tools and Techniques for the Sport Manager (2009)
• Legal Issues in Sport: Tools and Techniques for the Sport Manager (2008)
• Encourage Good Sports for Better Sports (2007)
  
• Centre for Sport and Law assists amateur athletes across Canada (2005)
• The Future is Bright (2004)
• Information Package on Legal Issues for Coaches (2003) -
• The Sporting Life - Lawyers in Amateur Sports (1999) -
• Restraint of Trade - Breathing New Life into an Old Legal Doctrine (1998)

    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY/PRIVACY

• Coaching in the Age of New Media (2010)
• When Music is Played at Your Event, Who Pays the Piper? (2007)
• A New View of Athlete Agreements (2006)
• Increased commercialization of athletics requires sophisticated athlete agreements (2006)
• Coaches as Innovators (2004)
• Privacy Rights - It's a New Age (2004)
• The Collection, Use and Disclosure of Pictures and Images: A Discussion Paper (2004)
• Backgrounder on "PIPEDA" - Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (2004)
• Doing Business with the Private Sector: A Commercial Handbook (1999)
• Whose Public Persona? The Common Law Right of Publicity (1999)

    LIABILITY/NEGLIGENCE

• Olympic Reflections (2010)
• Coaches Duty of Care Revisited (2009)
• What is the Standard of Care of Coaches Towards Athletes (2009)
• Risk Management Revisited ... or, Values Matter (2008)
• The Coach-Athlete Relationship: A Legal View (2005)
• Legal Liability and Risk Management: A Handbook for Directors - prepared by the Centre for Sport and Law for Volunteer Canada (2002) -
• The Responsibilities of Supervision (2001)
• Vicarious Liability: Two New Supreme Court Decisions (2000)
• More Coaches Being Sued (2000)
• Waivers - A 'How To' Guide (1999) -
• What is the Standard in Standard of Care? (1997)
• Negligence and Liability: A Guide for Recreation and Sport Organizations (1995)
• The Standard of Care of Coaches Toward Athletes (1995)
• Contributory Negligence (1995)
• Waivers and Other Agreements: A Handbook for Recreation and Sport Organizations (1993)
• Could This Happen to You? Recreation Workers Can Take Steps to Prevent Injury and Avoid Liability (1993)

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ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Moving from Values Inaction to Values-in-Action: An Exploration of How Values Can Be Managed Intentionally by National Sport Organizations (2010)
• Strategic Planning - Let's Try Something New! (2009)
• Conflict of Interest - The Sport Organization's 'Achilles Heel' (2009)
• Keynote Address - Royal Canadian Golf Association (2009)
• Management by Values (2008)
• The Seven Sins of Board Dysfunction (2007)
• Form Follows Function (2006)
• Policy Planning & Dispute Management in the Non-Profit Sector (2000)
• Good Policies, Good Governance: A Guide for Sport Organizations (1999)

PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS

• When a Deadline IS a Deadline - University of the Fraser Valley v. Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (2010)
• Procedural Fairness in Sport - The Flip Side of the Risk Management Coin (2009)
• It's Just How I Feel: Lessons in Procedural Justice (2009)
• Improving Your Selection Policies (2008)
• What We Have Learned from Managing Appeals (2008)
• It's an Olympic Year - What Coaches Need to Know About Selection Disputes (2008)
• Preparing for Beijing: Are You Dispute-Ready? Workshop Notes (2008) -
• What is Fair? BC Schools Case Fails to Meet the Required Threshold (2007)
• Maintaining 'Fairness' in Investigations and Hearings (2006)
• Scope of Review, Standard of Review and Authority (2006) -
• Suspending a Coach Before a Hearing (2005)
• When Is a Deadline Not a Deadline? (2005)
• A Reason for Coaches to Know the Rules and Stay Engaged (2004)
• Principles Underlying the Adjudication of Selection Disputes Preceding the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics: Notes for Adjudicators (2002)
• Lessons From A Decade Of Selection Disputes  (2002)
• Book Review - Sports, Fitness and the Law: North American Perspectives (2002)
• The Rights of Athletes, Coaches and Participants in Sport (chapter excerpted from
  'Sports, Fitness and the Law: North American Perspectives' by Canadian Scholars Press (2001)  -
• The Coach's "Discretion" in Making Selection Decisions (1999)
• Rights and Obligations: A Handbook for Athletes and Sport Organizations (1999)
• What Makes a Dispute Situation Fair - or Unfair? (1997)
• The Coach and the Selection Process (1996)
• Fair Treatment  (1996)

RISK MANAGEMENT

• The Tragic Death of Georgian Luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili, Reminds Us of Some Important Legal Lessons (2010)
• Olympic Reflections (2010)
• A Tale of Two Schools - Reflections on Risk Management (2010)
• Is Your Organization Ready for a Crisis? (2009)
• Using Waiver Agreements in Sports (2009)
• Risk Management Revisited .... or, Values Matter (2008)
• Do You Know Who Your Members Are? (2008)
• Management by Values (2008) -
• Staying on the Lookout for Fraud - Some Risk Management Advice (2007)
• Encourage Good Sports for Better Sports (2007)
• Legal Liability and Risk Management: A Handbook for Directors - prepared by the Centre for Sport and Law for Volunteer Canada (2002) -
• Risk Management for Sport Organizations and Sport Facilities (2002)
• Policy Planning and Dispute Management in the Non-Profit Sector (2000)
• Waivers - A 'How To' Guide (1999) -
• Your Risk Management Program: A Handbook for Sport Organizations (1998)
• Responsibilities of the Coach/Director (1998)
• Coaches and General Liability Insurance (1997)
• Waivers - A Risk Management Technique (1996)
• Getting Your Policies in Order (1996)
• Insurance in Sport and Recreation: A Risk Management Approach (1995)
• Personal Risk Management (1994)
• Using Waivers in University Programs and Facilities (1994)
• Managing Risks: A Handbook for the Recreation and Sport Professional (1993)
• Risk Management for the Recreation Professional (1993)

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SCREENING

• Police Record Checks (2005)
• Provincial Laws and Screening - prepared by the Centre for Sport and Law for Volunteer Canada (2003) -
• Federal Law and Social Policy - prepared by the Centre for Sport and Law for Volunteer Canada (2001) -
• References - Risks and Responsibilities (1999)
• About Criminal Records (1999)
• Screening - It's a Fact of Sporting Life (1998)

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