Rowan's Law: Concussion Safety. Action required by all members and guests under the age of 26 to use the curling facilities
On this page:
- Ontario's Concussion Awareness Resources, per age group
- Government of Ontario Concussion Awareness Resource E-Module
- Concussion Awareness Receipt Form
- Hamilton Victoria Club's Concussion Codes of Conduct
- Removal from Sport and Return to Sport Protocol
Rowan's Law is a concussion safety legislation designed to protect amateur athletes and educate coaches about the dangers of head injuries. It was passed in 2018 and now requires all sports organizations within Ontario to:
- Ensure that athletes under 26 years of age, parents of athletes under 18, coaches, team trainers and officials confirm every year that they have reviewed Ontario's Concussions Awareness Resources
- Establish a Concussion Code of Conduct that sets out rules of behaviour to support concussion prevention; and
- Establish a Removal-from-Sport and Return-to-Sport protocol.
To help the Hamilton Victoria Curling Club ensure compliance and reduce any safety risk to our Members and Guests, we ask that all participants, or guardians of participants, review the relevant materials below, and provide the club with a signed Concussion Awareness Receipt Form
to indicate that the materials were fully reviewed,related to their age as well as the Concussion Code of Conduct (at the bottom of this page) prior to their participation. Please continue reading for more information regarding the HVCC's concussion protocols.1. Ontario's Concussion Awareness Resources
The below e-booklets, which can be downloaded from the Government of Ontario's website using the below links, will help you learn more about concussions so you can keep yourself and others active and safe - whether you're an athlete, student, parent, coach, official, or educator. We, as the HVCC, cannot allow coaches, teach trainers, and officials to serve as a coach, team trainer or official for in respect of the sport organization unless they provide confirmation that they have reviewed one of the Concussion Awareness Resources, every year. We suggest that all coaches, team trainers, or officials plan to review all three resources each year to ensure full knowledge of protocols.
Resources
E-Booklet and Video links per age group. Please select the drop down menu as relates to the age group you will be working with. If you will be working with a variety of youths please be sure to review the information in each section as it does differ.
