Over the last five years, there has been a massive increase in the amount of resources available for officiating development in British Columbia. This process has ebbed and flowed over time but recently, there has been marked improvement. Not only have associations begun to recognize that officiating is integral to the game but they understand their own roles in improving the quality of their officials. While investment at the association level is limited by the means of their membership, the improvement has been noticeable across the board.
This new reality has led to a need to measure and quantify the success of officiating development programs. An association’s board is accountable to its members for all expenditures.
Updated: Dec 9, 2020
In my debut for Hockey in Society, I take a look at existing safe sport protections for amateur hockey in Canada and explain why they're insufficient and what we need to do to ensure diverse and inclusive hockey for all Canadians. Head over to their website for the full paper:
