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Committed to creating a positive hockey experience for all, Hockey Calgary is pleased to provide this convenient online course for hockey parents.
This 1 hour online program is designed to reinforce a parents role in a child’s activities, encouraging positive sport behaviours, and empowers parents to ensure the safety of their children, encourage positive and effective communication, and to enhance a child's fun and camaraderie of the activity.
We are certain Respect in Sport will have a positive impact on our game and we are committed to keep the momentum going!
Respect in Sport (RIS) Certification is a requirement of Hockey Calgary and Hockey Alberta in order to register your child in hockey.
***Important*** When beginning the course it is important to open "Child Management" and enter all children you are registering in hockey. All children must be listed here in order to associate your certification with your child's Hockey Canada record. To aide with connecting your certification to your child's record, children's names should be entered using the same spelling as when they were registered with Hockey Canada.
Please be sure you choose the correct association your child will be registered in to ensure your certificate is linked to your child's profile.
Already certified, but registering a new participant this season? Please use the following instructions to "Add a Participant" to your RIS account:
Link Respect In Sport to a new Participant
Respect in Sport Parent Edition provides information on a parents natural influence over their child, and the role they play in their child's enjoyment of a sport or activity. The program also provides parents with tools to evaluate their own behaviour. Hockey Calgary believes that the hockey experience for all involved should be built on a foundation of respect. Respect in Sport helps us promote these values through this simple and convenient on-line tool. The Respect in Sport Parent Program is being implemented to provide an enhanced sport environment for our children.
Hockey Calgary believes in continuing education, the Respect In Sport program was never intended to be a one time certification. In 2017, all new course content was released with expanded topics including cyber bullying, concussion awareness and long term athlete develompment, further enhancing the tools available for parents.
The Respect in Sport Parent Program is presented as an online curriculum and includes audio/visual presentations.
All that is required to complete the Respect in Sport curriculum is a computer, smart phone, ipad or tablet and an Internet connection. Optional equipment includes a printer to print out your certificate of completion.
No, by design. Hockey Calgary is continuously looking for tools that will help us create stronger organizations at minimal cost. Respect in Sport's online courseware eliminates the need for our organization to absorb printing, mailing and administration costs. Respect in Sport also gives you ongoing access to the course once you've completed it, as an online resource.
It's approximately 1 hour.
No. You can do it at your leisure, come and go as required. The program remembers where you left off and brings you back to that point when you next sign-in. You can even do it from different computers.
Hockey Calgary has implemented a re-certification protocol, with a 4 year expiry date.
Respect in Sport numbers can be found through this link: https://hockeyalbertaparent.respectgroupinc.com/secure/. If you cannot find it through that link, please contact Respect in Sport directly.
If you require additional technical assistance with program operation or computer glitches please contact their 24/7 Help Desk. The service is in both English and French.
