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STATEMENT REGARDING SEXUAL HARRASSMENT COMPLAINTS:
In October 2020, during the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard and KW Fall Classic events in Kitchener-Waterloo, multiple complaints of sexual harassment were made over the language used by spectators who were also competitors in the men's competitions.
These events were hosted by the KW Granite Club and managed by CurlingZone and the Ontario Curling Tour.
Complaints were made following a pattern of comments deemed locker room talk in the past, and with a male-only audience, this conversation escalated.
The setup of the event allowed for a bar area with proper distancing, and players would stay and watch. This also created the atmosphere where several spectators felt they could more freely express their thoughts on the players on the ice.
After an investigation took place with the support of the Ontario Curling Council (OCC), it was determined that three players had been overheard saying things that were inappropriate to the degree that they violated the OCC Code of Conduct under the Sexual Harassment Policies.
Two of the three players issued accepted apologies, while a third player failed to issue a formal apology accepted by the athletes. A formal letter of reprimand was issued to the third player.
As a first time offence for all three athletes, discipline included completion of the Safe Sport Training module from the Canadian Coach's Association website (https://safesport.coach.ca/) prior to returning to the ice at the KW Granite Club and any future CurlingZone managed events.
I have also completed the module to better my understanding of the process. It is highly recommended that anyone involved in this sport take this FREE course to understand policies and best practices currently in place.
On behalf of myself, CurlingZone and the Ontario Curling Tour, I apologize to the teams made to feel unsafe under that environment and look to our community to do better.
We take the safety of all participants seriously.
As a result, we will be working with our provincial curling partners (Ontario Curling Council, CurlON, NOCA) to develop policies to help inform and guide the OCT in the event of future incidents.
We all have a responsibility to stand up when things are being said, whether it's deemed a compliment or not. Everyone in that room is responsible to their peers to say that it's not ok.
Gerry Geurts
President,
CurlingZone
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Ontario Curling Tour

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On a related note, has there been any update on Marcio Cerquinho?

https://www.si.com/curling/news/bra...ested-in-canada

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STATEMENT REGARDING SEXUAL HARRASSMENT COMPLAINTS:
In October 2020, during the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard and KW Fall Classic events in Kitchener-Waterloo, multiple complaints of sexual harassment were made over the language used by spectators who were also competitors in the men's competitions.
These events were hosted by the KW Granite Club and managed by CurlingZone and the Ontario Curling Tour.
Complaints were made following a pattern of comments deemed locker room talk in the past, and with a male-only audience, this conversation escalated.
The setup of the event allowed for a bar area with proper distancing, and players would stay and watch. This also created the atmosphere where several spectators felt they could more freely express their thoughts on the players on the ice.
After an investigation took place with the support of the Ontario Curling Council (OCC), it was determined that three players had been overheard saying things that were inappropriate to the degree that they violated the OCC Code of Conduct under the Sexual Harassment Policies.
Two of the three players issued accepted apologies, while a third player failed to issue a formal apology accepted by the athletes. A formal letter of reprimand was issued to the third player.
As a first time offence for all three athletes, discipline included completion of the Safe Sport Training module from the Canadian Coach's Association website (https://safesport.coach.ca/) prior to returning to the ice at the KW Granite Club and any future CurlingZone managed events.
I have also completed the module to better my understanding of the process. It is highly recommended that anyone involved in this sport take this FREE course to understand policies and best practices currently in place.
On behalf of myself, CurlingZone and the Ontario Curling Tour, I apologize to the teams made to feel unsafe under that environment and look to our community to do better.
We take the safety of all participants seriously.
As a result, we will be working with our provincial curling partners (Ontario Curling Council, CurlON, NOCA) to develop policies to help inform and guide the OCT in the event of future incidents.
We all have a responsibility to stand up when things are being said, whether it's deemed a compliment or not. Everyone in that room is responsible to their peers to say that it's not ok.
Gerry Geurts
President,
CurlingZone
Executive Director,
Ontario Curling Tour

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Re: jamcan’s post.

Second.

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Re: jamcan’s post.

Second.

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by CURLER1
[B]STATEMENT REGARDING SEXUAL HARRASSMENT COMPLAINTS:
In October 2020, during the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard and KW Fall Classic events in Kitchener-Waterloo, multiple complaints of sexual harassment were made over the language used by spectators who were also competitors in the men's competitions.

Am I reading this right that this incident happened two falls ago in 2020 and the investigation is just wrapping now? Were the players involved in this incident able play in the 2021 events?

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Second and third and fourth.

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Organizations hiding abusers should be wary.

https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/10/...-to-answer-for/

Some clips from the story, worth a read for one of these organizational cover-ups that just came to light here.

“We’re just so angry that the Thorns organization did not hold Paul Riley accountable,” said Thorns season ticketholder Emily Brew as she stood outside the stadium Oct. 2. “The two players he coerced and abused lost their jobs and he went on to get another job. It’s just unacceptable.”

“He’s a predator,” Shim said on the Oct. 5 edition of the Today show. “He sexually harassed me. He sexually coerced Sinead. And he took away our careers.”

Shim had reported her allegations to the Thorns’ human resources director on Sept. 16, 2015. Seven days later, the team announced it wouldn’t renew his contract.

In The Athletic story, Shim says she filed a complaint with the Thorns on Sept. 16, 2015. She emailed Thorns HR director Nancy Garcia Ford, Paulson, Wilkinson and Riley himself. Then she forwarded the report to then-NWSL Commissioner Jeff Plush. Whatever was in Shim’s email, they all had it.

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Ok folks, Fresca and Legend are gone. Gerry has done the right thing and bet his site on this. Let's not let him down. Time to talk curling, the issues that it faces and not the trash those two put out there the last 15 years.

Lets be real curlers.

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Thank you for the discussion! This topic is very important and widespread not only in sports.

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Organizations hiding abusers should be wary.

https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/10/...-to-answer-for/

Some clips from the story, worth a read for one of these organizational cover-ups that just came to light here.

“We’re just so angry that the Thorns organization did not hold Paul Riley accountable,” said Thorns season ticketholder Emily Brew as she stood outside the stadium Oct. 2. “The two players he coerced and abused lost their jobs and he went on to get another job. It’s just unacceptable.”

“He’s a predator,” Shim said on the Oct. 5 edition of the Today show. “He sexually harassed me. He sexually coerced Sinead. And he took away our careers.”

Shim had reported her allegations to the Thorns’ human resources director on Sept. 16, 2015. Seven days later, the team announced it wouldn’t renew his contract.

In The Athletic story, Shim says she filed a complaint with the Thorns on Sept. 16, 2015. She emailed Thorns HR director Nancy Garcia Ford, Paulson, Wilkinson and Riley himself. Then she forwarded the report to then-NWSL Commissioner Jeff Plush. Whatever was in Shim’s email, they all had it.

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Seems that individual just up and disappeared. Couldn't take the heat?

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Yes. But he shouldn’t have been allowed to just walk away and disappear. And Curling Canada was instrumental in keeping it hushed up. That is NOT OK.

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Why do we still not know what Braeden Moskowy did or was accused of doing? It was obviously very serious as he didn't play competitively this year. What about next year or future years?

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I offered to be a moderator for this forum (Gerry approached me about the position, I accepted) but like how I was originally going to have involvement with the AB Tankard (that seemed to have also fallen through) guess he decided otherwise and let the place rot.

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I offered to be a moderator for this forum (Gerry approached me about the position, I accepted) but like how I was originally going to have involvement with the AB Tankard (that seemed to have also fallen through) guess he decided otherwise and let the place rot.

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