Resources from Sport Organizations & Community Partners

You Can Play

The You Can Play Project works to ensure the safety and inclusion for all who participate in sports, including LGBTQ+ athletes, coaches and fans. We achieve this by creating a community of allies that is able to foster a true sense of belonging. This becomes possible when sports teams sharpen the focus on the person’s skills, work ethic, and competitive spirit, not their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. Visit the You Can Play website for full details.

Sport for Life (S4L)

S4L has an aim to create a future in which absolutely everyone has access to quality sport and physical literacy experiences. Visit the Sport For Life website for parent resources, as well as information on specific to newcomers, women and girls, athletes with a disability and much more. 

Rowan’s Law: Concussion Safety

Learn how to prevent, identify and manage concussions. Visit the Government of Ontario website for more information about concussion safety. 

Sport Law

Sport Law provides support to sport leaders and organizations so they can put effort and focus back where it belongs. They provide a wide range of services including legal, leadership, governance and risk management, inclusive solutions and more. Sport Law has delivered a number of workshops in collaboration with the Town of Aurora for the sport community. There are a number of resources and information on their website to assist sport organizations on a daily basis. Visit the Sport Law website for full details.

Canadian Women in Sport

Formally launched in 1981, Canadian Women & Sport was founded to advocate for progressive change within Canada’s sport system. Its goal was to see the enhanced presence of girls and women at all levels and in all areas – as athletes, participants, leaders, officials, coaches and trainers. Rally Report 2024 was developed in partnership with Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities and global insight consultancy IMI Consulting, aims to champion girls’ voices, and support and inspire sport leaders with fresh insights into how they can reimagine sport and create more equitable, inclusive environments. To learn more, read the Rally Report on the Canadian Women & Sport website.

Coaching Association of Ontario

The Coaches Association of Ontario is an independent, non-profit organization that supports coaches from community level to high performance across all sports in Ontario. The 2024 Ontario Coaching Report reveals insights into coaching culture, values and behaviours, hazing practices and more. It also provides actionable steps that coaches, parents, and sport administrators can take to foster sport experiences which are safe, inclusive and fun for all. To learn more, read the Ontario Coaching Report on the Coaching Association of Ontario website.

Resources from the Town of Aurora

Volunteer Orientation Package: Manual Template

  • In order to support the process, the Volunteer Orientation Package manual template has been created for use by Local Sport Organizations. The template provides a frame of information that should be provided to each new volunteer that joins the organization. The template highlights areas that should be adapted to your organization. 

Inclusion in Sport: Resource Manual

  • The Inclusion in Sport resource manual is designed to provide coaches and staff with the tools, resources, and information necessary to create inclusive experiences and learn more about how they can positively impact families of children and youth with additional needs.

F.A.I.R. Access: Fee Assistance in Recreation

  • F.A.I.R. Access (Fee Assistance in Recreation) is a confidential fee assistance program for residents of Aurora to use for meaningful access to recreation programs and memberships. Qualifying Town of Aurora residents may receive up to $250 per person per calendar year to use towards a recreation program or drop-in activity of their choice. Residents qualify based on their L.I.M. (Low Income Measure) as per Statistics Canada.