Schools

Describe

To join True Sport, you need to get your school involved. True Sport is a social movement driven mainly by groups connected to sport in their community. Schools are an important part of the Movement. Often, a single person—like you—introduces their school to True Sport.

You can tell your school -- school council, administrators, phys-ed teachers, volunteer coaches, parents and student-athletes -- about True Sport in a variety of ways:

• Send them to this web site.
• Print the True Sport Principles for them.
• Show them the declaration certificate (downloadable from this page, on the right) they will need to sign in order to join.
• If you wish, you can use a letter template to tell others about True Sport—or you can write one in your own words.

Discuss

Once you’ve given your school community members some information about True Sport, it’s time to get together and talk about whether you’re ready to commit to the True Sport Principles. This step is about more than just sending people a link or a print-out. It’s an opportunity to get together with the relevant people—your athletics association, your school council, your staff—and talk about the kind of sport you want to participate in, the principles you want to stand for, and the concrete actions your school can take to Live True Sport. Take some time to talk about what True Sport means to you and then sign the declaration certificate (downloadable from this page, on the right).

Declare

Once your school has had their discussion and is ready to adhere to the True Sport Principles, you can complete your online declaration. This will activate your support of the True Sport Movement. It’s a moment to be proud of and you will get to share it with the rest of the members of the Movement.

• See a list of other True Sport schools across Canada
• Hear members of other schools talk about Joining True Sport

As well, your support of the Movement allows your school to get access to resource and display materials.