Athlete Assistance Program: Policies, Procedures and Guidelines

Table of Contents

• Introduction

• Section 1 : Program Overview
  • 1.1 What Is the AAP?
  • 1.2 How Does the AAP Carding Process Work?
    
    
• Section 2 : Eligibility for AAP Support
  • 2.1 Main Principles of Eligibility for AAP Support
  • 2.2 Minimum Eligibility Requirements for NSOs
  • 2.3 Minimum Eligibility Requirements for Athletes
  • 2.4 Other Eligibility Considerations
    
    What About Athletes Living Outside Canada?
    What About Athletes Attending Foreign Post-Secondary Educational Institutions?
    What if Athletes Are Under 18?
    What if Non-carded Athletes Are Named to Olympic/Paralympic Teams?
    What About Athletes in Sports Not Funded by Sport Canada?
    What About Olympic Sports Where There Is No Women’s Event in the Games?
    
  
  
• Section 3 : NSO, Athlete and Sport Canada Responsibilities
  • 3.1 NSO Responsibilities
  • 3.2 Athlete Responsibilities
  • 3.3 Sport Canada Responsibilities
  
  
• Section 4 : Allocating Cards to Eligible NSOs
  • 4.1 Policy
  • 4.2 Procedures
    
    Objective Process
    Sport-Review Process
    
  
  
• Section 5 : Carding Criteria
  • 5.1 General Policy
  • 5.2 Policies for Senior Cards
    
    International Criteria
    National Criteria
  • 5.3 Policies for Development Cards
  • 5.4 Special Considerations for Team Sports
    
    General Requirements
    Minimum Standards for Development Cards in Team Sports
    The National Senior Team
    Below the National Senior Team
    Centralization of Development Card Athletes
  • 5.5 Replacement Carding
  • 5.6 Setting Criteria
    
    
• Section 6 : Application for and Approval of Cards
  • 6.1 Procedures
    
    Renomination Issues
    Application Package
  
  
• Section 7 : Athlete/NSO Agreement
  • 7.1 Policy
  • 7.2 Procedures
  
  
• Section 8 : Financial Benefits
  • 8.1 Policy
  • 8.2 Living and Training Allowance
    
    Policy
  • 8.3 Tuition and Deferred Tuition Support
    
    Policy
    Procedures
  • 8.4 Special-Needs Assistance
    
    Policies
    Procedure
    
    
• Section 9 : Illness, Injury or Pregnancy
  • 9.1 Policy
  • 9.2 Procedures
    
    Short-term Curtailment of Training and Competition for Health-related Reasons
    Long-term Curtailment of Training and Competition for Health-related Reasons
    Failure to Meet Renewal Criteria for Health-related Reasons
    Voluntary Withdrawal from Carded-Athlete Training and Competition for Health-related Reasons
  
  
• Section 10 : Voluntary Withdrawal from the AAP
  • 10.1 Policy
  • 10.2 Procedures
  
  
• Section 11 : Withdrawal of Carded Status
  • 11.1 Policy
  • 11.2 Procedures
    
    Failure to Meet Training or Competitive Commitments
    Violation of the Athlete/NSO Agreement
    The Athlete’s Failure to Meet Responsibilities Outlined in AAP Policies
    Gross Breach of Discipline
    Investigation for Cause
    Anti-Doping Rule Violations
  
  
• Section 12 : Policy on Anti-doping and AAP Support
  • 12.1 Policy
  
  
• Section 13 : Appeals Policy
  • 13.1 Definitions
  • 13.2 Policy Statement
    
    Timing of Appeal
    Requests for Appeal
    Procedure for Documentary Appeal
    Information that May be Considered
    Decision
  • 13.3 Recourse against a Decision of the Panel
  
  
• Annex A Model Athlete/NSO Agreement
  
  
• Annex B Training Expectations for Carded Athletes
  
  References

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