By Canadian Press

Canada’s first sport integrity commissioner Sarah-Eve Pelletier to resign

Dec 19, 2023 | 8:05 AM

OTTAWA — Sarah-Eve Pelletier will resign as Canada’s first sport integrity commissioner early next year.

The Quebec lawyer and former artistic swimmer was appointed in April 2022 to head the Office of Canada’s Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC) that opened two months later to handle reports and complaints of abuse and maltreatment.

After her 18 months in the job, the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada that established OSIC has announced Pelletier will step down in early 2024 for personal reasons.

OSIC’s stated purpose is to be an independent handler of abuse reports and complaints, although it’s jurisdiction is limited mostly to the federally-funded sports organizations required by the sports minister to become signatories.

Most provincial, territorial and community sport bodies are not yet signatories and thus not under OSIC’s jurisdiction. 

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It’s independence has also been questioned. Sport minister Carla Qualtrough announced last week that OSIC will be moved outside the umbrella of the Sports Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC).

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 19, 2023.

The Canadian Press