Instead of another judicial inquiry, we should use restorative justice to make sports safer
Gretchen Kerr is dean of the faculty of kinesiology and physical education at the University of Toronto.
Complaint and investigation processes must be independent, conflict-free, transparent, and trauma-informed. Taken together, athletes across a wide range of sports have spoken loudly, clearly and courageously to demand action to address the toxic cultures characterizing far too many sport experiences.
Decades of evidence compiled by researchers in Canada and other Western countries already tell us what we need to know about athlete-maltreatment prevalence rates, the nature of these cases, the short- and long-term effects of these experiences, the root causes, and needed solutions. There have already been government- and sports body-appointed task forces, with extensive consultation and research, that have made telling recommendations for reform.
What we urgently need is the creation of a platform for athletes to safely tell their stories, to seek support, and to feel some sense of justice. Unfortunately, in part because of the pandemic, the Red Deer Declaration has yet to be implemented – a problem that must be remedied as soon as possible.
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