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• Resources to Help Prevent Disputes?
• Resources to Help Resolve Disputes?
• General Information about the SDRCC and its Services?

External Publications

• Coaches PLAN du Coach
• Coaches Report - Knowing the Law
• Legal Tips for Athletes - AthletesCan
• Various Publications

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SDRCC Publications

Resources to Help Prevent Disputes 
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Publication		Who Should Read this?
Athletes' Rights & Responsibilities		Athletes and their Entourage
		Athletes Athletes' Representatives Coaches Parents Athletes' Agents
Team Selection - Guidelines  & Tips		Everyone Involved in Drafting Selection Policies
		High Performance Staff and Committee Members  Sport Technical Staff and Committee Members Coaches Sport Administrators Board Members
Team Selection Policy Checklist		Everyone Involved in Adopting or Approving Selection Policies
		Coaches High Performance Staff and Committee Members Sport Technical Staff and Committee Members Sport Administrators Board Members Athletes' Representatives
Conflicts of Interest		Everyone with Decision-Making Authority in Organizations
		Coaches Officials Board and Committee Members  Sport Administrators
Main Causes of Disputes (Interactive Platform)		Everyone Making Policies and/or Implementing Policies in a Sport Organization
		Board and Committee Members Senior Management Sport Administrators
Guide to Administrative Fair Play		Everyone Adopting Policies in a Sport Organization
		Board and Committee Members Senior Management
__________________________________________________________ Resources to Help Resolve Disputes
Publication		Who Should Read this?
Guide to SDRCC Proceedings		Parties to SDRCC Cases Wishing to Understand the Proceedings Step by Step
		Claimants, Respondents, Affected Parties Representatives with or without Legal Background
Access to the SDRCC Services (Interactive Platform)		Anyone Wishing to Use the SDRCC Resolution Services
		Athletes, Coaches, Officials and Volunteers Sport Administrators Board and Committee Members Representatives, with or without Legal Background
Resolution Facilitation Preparation Tool		Anyone Involved in a Mediation, Resolution Facilitation or Negotiation
		All Parties to an SDRCC Proceeding Representatives, with or without Legal Background
Appeal Panel Orientation		Everyone Involved in the Management or Adjudication of Complaints, Disciplinary Matters and Appeals
		Case Managers Discipline Panel Members Complaints Committee Members Appeal Panel Members
Athlete Carding - Appeal Process		Athletes who disagree with a carding decision that affect them and their entourage
		Athletes Athletes' Representatives Coaches Parents Athletes' Agents
Early Resolution Facilitation		Everyone Making Policies in a Sport Organization
		Board and Committee Members Senior Management Sport Administrators
The Negotiation Checklist		Anyone Involved in Dispute who wants to Attempt Negotiation
		All Parties before or during an SDRCC Proceeding Representatives, with or without Legal Background
A Sport Administrator's Guide to Anti-Doping Rule Violation Assertions		Anyone in Charge of Anti-Doping Matters in a Sport Organization
		Senior Management High Performance Personnel Athletic Directors in University and Colleges
__________________________________________________________ General Information about the SDRCC and its Services
Publication		Brief Summary
About the SDRCC		Brochure Providing an Overview of SDRCC Services
		Introduces the SDRCC mission, as well as the services of its Dispute Resolution Secretariat and those of its Dispute Prevention Resource Centre.
In the Neutral Zone  SDRCC Newsletter		Published Three Times a Year: February, June, October.
		Every edition offers a featured article on a sport dispute prevention or resolution topic, as well as SDRCC announcements and updates.
Resolution Facilitation (see also Early Resolution Facilitation)		Brochure Promoting the Advantages of Resolution Facilitation
		Describes this innovative process to deal with sports-related disputes quickly and efficiently.
Dispute Prevention & Resolution for Coaches		Brochure for Coaches Regarding Situations which can Cause Disputes
		Summarizes some of the conflictual situations in which coaches may find themselves and provides some tips to prevent them.
Dispute Prevention & Resolution for Officials		Brochure for Officials Regarding Situations which can Cause Disputes
		Summarizes some of the conflictual situations in which officials may find themselves and provides some tips to prevent them.
Jammed in a Sport Dispute?		Wallet Size Z-Card for Quick Reference to SDRCC Services
		Walks through the first questions one should ask when confronted with as sports-related dispute, to help determine if the SDRCC can be of assistance.

External Publications

Coaches PLAN du Coach

• A New Partnership for Dispute Prevention (Spring 2008)
• Dealing with Subjectivity in Selection Criteria (Fall 2008)
• Problem solving approaches that preserves relationships (Spring 2009)
• The multi-tasking coach: managing the risks of wearing several hats (Fall 2009)
• Opening the Doors to Discussion, is it Losing or Saving Face? (Spring 2010)
• Guide to Administrative Fair Play - Coaches, Sportsmanship and Administration (Fall 2010)
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Choices for Canadian Coaches (Spring 2011)
• SDRCC Reaching Out to ALL Levels of Canadian Sport (Fall 2011)
• Rights and Responsabilities - Taking Charge of your Coaching Career (Spring 2012) 

Coaches Report - Knowing the Law:

Coaches Report, the official publication of the Coaching Association of Canada, includes a section entitled Knowing the law discussing legal issues on themes relevant to coaches, and written by the Centre for Sport and Law, but who now goes by the name of Sport Law & Strategy Group.

• Coach Employment - The McGarrigle Case (Winter 2004)
• Defamation & Internet (Fall 2003)
• Negotiation & Disputes (Summer 2003)
• Negotiation & Conflict Management (Spring 2003)
• Violence in Sport - Part 2 (Winter 2003)
• Violence in Sport - Part 1 (Fall 2002)
• Misconduct (Summer 2002)
• Selection Issues - Review (Spring 2002)
• Profession: Coach (Winter 2002)
• Bullying Behavior (Fall 2001)
• Supervision (Summer 2001)
• Job Description (Spring 2001)
• Defamation - Part 2 (Winter 2001)
• Defamation - Part 1 (Fall 2000)
• Supplements (Summer 2000)
• Selection Issues & Lawsuits (Spring 2000)

Legal Tips (for Athletes):

Most of the texts, written by Sport Solution Staff, are taken from the Athletes Can newsletter. They provide legal advice on a variety of topics relevant to athletes.

• What is bias?
  Source: Fast Forward newsletter by Athletes CAN (summer 2003)
• What is evidence?
  Source: Fast Forward newsletter by Athletes CAN (fall 2003)
• Legal Tips for Athletes
  Prepared and Compiled by Amanda Kieswetter & Erin McDermid for the Athletes Forum in Regina, Saskatchewan (September 2005)

Various Publications