The Deep Cove Rowing Club believes that all rowers, coaches, volunteers, directors, other members of the club and participants in the larger rowing community should be able to participate in rowing without experiencing any form of abuse, harassment or discrimination. Maltreatment of any type is unacceptable. It is a shared responsibility of all members of the club to ensure that anybody can participate in the sport of rowing without experiencing maltreatment. These beliefs and responsibilities are codified in the:
The Safe Sport policy has been adopted and implemented by the Deep Cove Rowing Club as a member organization of Rowing Canada. The Safe Sport policy was developed by Rowing Canada and is uniform across rowing organizations in Canada.
The Deep Cove Rowing Club had identified numerous serious issues with the original 2022 Rowing Canada Safe Sport policy. The current version has resolved at least some of those issues. The Deep Cove Rowing Club is continuing to review the current Safe Sport policy to ensure that it is effective at safeguarding the club’s members. If an issue is identified, the club will adopt local modifications to resolve the issue. These modifications will adhere to the spirit of the Rowing Canada policy to the greatest extent possible. Issues will be documented and shared with Rowing Canada, so they can address the issues in future versions of the Rowing Canada policy.
If you believe that you have been subjected to maltreatment, gather as much detailed information as possible about the incident. Submit a complaint to any director of the club that you feel comfortable approaching. The directors are listed on the club’s Board of Directors web page. If you do not feel that the club is capable of responding properly to your complaint or is not responding in a timely manner, submit the complaint to Rowing Canada’s independent third party as described in the File a Complaint section of the Rowing Canada Safe Sport web page. Refer to the Safe Sport policy for details.
If you have questions, please contact the club’s Safe Sport lead (currently Ron Westfall) at safesport@dcrc.ca, a member of the board of directors, or your coach according to who you feel comfortable talking to.