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SFHA - Harassment Policy, Discipline & Procedures

Surrey Female Hockey Association (SFHA) is committed to providing a nurturing and enjoyable environment for all of its members. In this spirit, SFHA executive wishes to establish, and to inform their members of our zero tolerance policy with respect to abuse and harassment. The consequences for violating abuse and harassment policies include:

• The filing of an incident report;
• A hearing with the SFHA Disciplinary/Review Committee;
• Possible temporary suspension from the team, arena, or Association
• Possible permanent suspension from the team, arena, or Association

The following are all reviewed with zero tolerance by the SFHA Executive and apply to all parents/spectators, players, coaches, and officials at all SFHA sanctioned events, home and away, and all locations of SFHA sanctioned activities (e.g. rinks, hotels, restaurants, fundraising locations, etc.):

• Sexual abuse/harassment;
• Emotional abuse/harassment (in the form of name calling, threatening, ridiculing, isolating, hazing or ignoring);
• Physical abuse/harassment (injuring or threatening to injure);
• Neglect (improper attention to injuries, inadequate or unsafe equipment, or improper road trip supervision);
• Obscene language directed to any person at any time;
• Racial slurs;
• Taunting of players, coaches, officials or other spectators (by means of baiting, ridiculing, threats of physical violence);
• Retaliation and/or intimidation against any individual who has filed a complaint;

All SFHA members are reminded that alcohol or drugs have no place in youth sports. Any player caught under the influence (or in possession) of alcohol or drugs will be immediately suspended pending a hearing with the Disciplinary/Review Committee. Under no circumstances should coaches interact with players if under the influence of alcohol, and coaches should not engage in any alcohol consumption around players, including at hotels during tournament travel.

The SFHA Disciplinary/Review Committee consists of three members, and is chaired by the SFHA Secretary. All decisions can be appealed to a separate and independent three member Appeals Committee.

Violations/complaints about a 1) coach or team official, or 2) parent/spectator must be first addressed to the Secretary, c/o Surrey Female Hockey Association, PO Box 88526, Newton Town Centre, Surrey, BC, V3W 0X1, in writing for referral to the Disciplinary/Review Committee. For players, game violations are subject to PCAHA and BCAHA rules and regulations. A Coach may suspend, for discipline, a player for up to one game. Suspensions of more than one game must be approved by the Disciplinary/Review Committee. Parents and coaches should note the proper channel for game complaints about referees and linesmen is through the SFHA Head Referee, c/o address shown above, in writing, and that actions directed toward officials after a game may be perceived as threatening or intimidating and may, thus, constitute harassment.