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As a sport leader committed to a growth mindset, it’s helpful to pause, learn from others, and challenge conventional thinking.
That’s why Sport Law has launched the Re-Imagining Sport Leadership Series, customized leadership webinars to help you advance your sport management knowledge.
What’s involved?
Hosted on Zoom by Sport Law, the webinars will be held from noon to 13 h00 EST on the following dates, and recorded for later use:
About your Host
Dina Bell-Laroche is a respected consultant and leadership coach who has been working within the Canadian sport system since 1991. A graduate of Carleton University with an Honours in Journalism, Dina completed her master’s degree at Brock University where she studied how a Management by Values approach to leadership could inspire humanistic cultures in sport. Dina’s book Values-in-Action: Igniting Passion and Purpose in Sport Organizations is a must read for sport leaders.
She is currently enrolled as a thanatology student at King’s University. Dina is a Certified Professional Leadership Coach with the International Coach Federation, with over 2500 coaching hours under her belt. She is a dynamic and inspiring speaker who is committed to supporting humanistic management practices in sport.
How do I sign up?
Click here to register for the Re-Imagining Sport Leadership Series
Fee: $450 + tax ($508.50) for entire series
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Sport Law invites passionate sport leaders to elevate their leadership through a transformative two-part online Management by Values workshop.
In today's rapidly evolving sport landscape, leading with values has never been more critical. Amidst increasing demands for transparency, accountability, and inclusion, values-driven leadership ensures that your organization thrives ethically and sustainably. The workshop is based on Values-in-Action: Igniting Passion and Purpose in Sport Organizations, which empowers leaders to align decisions, actions, and culture with clear values, so you can effectively navigate challenges, inspire trust, and foster an environment where everyone excels.
Imagine leading with deeper clarity, confidence, and connection. Imagine fostering a culture that ignites passion and aligns your organization's purpose with meaningful action. This two-part, interactive workshop is designed to help you do exactly that:
Why attend?
Facilitated by Lauren Brett, a Certified Leadership Coach, known for empowering leaders to cultivate high-performance, values-driven cultures.
Let's ignite passion, purpose, and possibility together.
Here’s what you need to know:
Our current culture is grief and mourning phobic, and does not invite people to recognize, honour, and express their grief. This mindset translates to different domains where we are too often encouraged to stay strong, be brave, and focus on the future. This leaves the bereaved person feeling disenfranchised and needlessly isolated and can lead to unnecessary anxiety, depression, exhaustion, and burnout. As the current bereavement model treats loss from a clinical perspective, many are left floundering as they attempt to navigate the wilderness of their grief. Too often grievers are encouraged and rewarded to be stoic, pushing through the loss to focus on the next win, the next competition, and the next goal. We must do better.
Workshop Objectives:
What’s Included:
The workshop will run from 9am-5pm EST on ZOOM, on April 10, 2025
Please note the registration fee for this event is $495 + HST ($559.35).
To register, click here. Note upon registering, you will be sent an invoice.
For more information on the workshop, please contact Dina Bell-Laroche at DBLaroche@sportlaw.ca
Join Sport Law for an insightful 90-minute webinar designed specifically for Canadian sport organizations. Hosted by Sport Law lawyers, Will Russell, Mike Fleurantin and Donny Jackson, Employment Basics in the Sport Context will provide an overview of key employment concepts and common challenges faced by organizations operating in the sport sector across the country.
In this session, we will explore topics such as:
This session is ideal for Executive Directors, senior staff, board members and managers across all jurisdictions and at every level, from national organization down to community clubs. This webinar is a valuable opportunity to strengthen your organization’s employment practices so that you can keep your focus on the field.
Cost: Free.
To register: Please click here.
Join Will Russell and Michelle Kropp for a free 90-minute webinar that dives into the legal developments that shaped Canadian sport in 2024 and explores the challenges and opportunities on the horizon for national, provincial/territorial and community sport organizations in 2025.
From key legal decisions to emerging trends in governance and Sport Integrity matters, this session is your playbook for staying informed and prepared in the ever-changing world of sport law.
Download webinar here for free.
As a leader who wants to continue to grow, you may find connecting with others helps your ongoing developmental journey. For those leaders who have completed the NOVA Profile, you already know how insightful the tool can be in helping us gain perspective and expand our awareness. For those that have yet to experience the NOVA, you will come to appreciate the gift of understanding different behavioural preferences, sourcing the wisdom of motivations, and how best to communicate with others. By connecting with others on a similar leadership journey, you will benefit from the wisdom of other leaders. By staying open, you will become more curious and humble. This is what sport needs now more than ever to respond to our increasingly complex environment.
To respond to your evolving needs, Sport Law is once again launching a nine-session peer-to-peer leadership learning experience that will expand your knowledge of the NOVA Profile, uncover your assumptions, support your desire for deeper connection, and elevate your capacity to lead with purpose.
What’s involved?
How do I sign up?
Sport leaders need a place where they can learn, connect, and evolve.
If you are interested in joining our 2024 session, please email Dina at dblaroche@sportlaw.ca no later than January 12, 2024. First come first serve, space is limited.
For those who have not completed their NOVA Profile, you can do so in advance of the session at an extra cost.
Fees
Regular fee - $2,500 + tax , Early Bird Fee* - $1,995 + tax
*Save with Early Registration by signing up by December 15th, 2023.
Grief is our normal and natural response to loss. Given the mammoth amount of loss in the sport sector, leaders need to understand and better relate to the deep sorrow that they may experience or to better accompany those that are suffering.
Why is becoming grief and loss literate so important for sport leaders, coaches and athletes? Our current culture is grief phobic and loss denying. We do not encourage people to recognize, honour, and express their grief. Too often, athletes, coaches and leaders are encouraged, nay rewarded, for staying stay strong, being stoic, and focusing on the future. This can leave people feeling disenfranchised and needlessly isolated which in turn can lead to unnecessary anxiety, depression, exhaustion, and burn-out. We must do better.
Have a listen to Players’ Own Voice Anastasia Bucsis and Sport Law Partner Dina Bell-Laroche as they explore unexpressed grief and how losses accumulate over their career, creating unnecessary burden and pain.
To better support the sport sector, Dina has been offering this workshop since 2021 with a view of equipping sport leaders with grief and loss essentials. Previous participants have walked away feeling inspired, motivated to address some of the many ways we are denying our pain, and put in place measures to proactively address systemic inequities that contribute to unnecessary suffering.
Workshop Objectives:
What’s Included:
The workshop will run from 9am-5pm EST on ZOOM, on Wednesday, January 17, 2024.
Please note the registration fee for this event is $495 + HST.
To register, click here.
For more information on the workshop, please contact Dina Bell-Laroche at DBLaroche@sportlaw.ca
Welcome to Sportopia, the place to re-imagine the future of sport! This week’s episode welcomes a conversation about the gift of feedback. Hosted by Dina Bell-Laroche and Steve Indig, partners of Sport Law, this episode talks about the importance of giving thoughtful feedback and the impact that feedback can have. Throughout the episode, our hosts talk about how you can prepare to give feedback as a leader or coach, the importance of trust in giving feedback, and more!
Check out more blogs from Sport Law to learn more:
Email us at hello@sportlaw.ca or contact us on social media @sportlawca to let us know what you want us to discuss next. We want to hear from you! Stay tuned for new episodes every two weeks!
Hosts: Dina Bell-Laroche and Steve Indig
Producer: Taylor Matthews
Learn more about how Sport Law works in collaboration with sport leaders to elevate sport at sportlaw.ca
The Sportopia Podcast is recorded on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. We wish to thank these First Peoples who continue to live on these lands and care for them, and whose relationship with these lands existed from time immemorial. We are grateful to have the opportunity to live, work, and play on these lands.
Sport Law is committed to recognizing, supporting, and advocating for reconciliation in Canada and to actively work against colonialism by amplifying Indigenous voices and increasing our own understanding of local Indigenous people and their cultures.
Welcome to Sportopia, the place to re-imagine the future of sport! This week’s episode welcomes a conversation about the realities of risk management. Hosted by Dina Bell-Laroche and Steve Indig, partners of Sport Law, this episode covers how you can identify, assess, manage, monitor, and communicate risk within your sport organization. Throughout the episode, our hosts talk about how values come into play when talking about managing risk and how the current sport system is amplifying risks for leaders, coaches, volunteers, and athletes.
Check out more blogs and learning opportunities from Sport Law to learn more:
Email us at hello@sportlaw.ca or contact us on social media @sportlawca to let us know what you want us to discuss next. We want to hear from you! Stay tuned for new episodes every two weeks!
Hosts: Dina Bell-Laroche and Steve Indig
Producer: Taylor Matthews
Learn more about how Sport Law works in collaboration with sport leaders to elevate sport at sportlaw.ca
The Sportopia Podcast is recorded on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. We wish to thank these First Peoples who continue to live on these lands and care for them, and whose relationship with these lands existed from time immemorial. We are grateful to have the opportunity to live, work, and play on these lands.
Sport Law is committed to recognizing, supporting, and advocating for reconciliation in Canada and to actively work against colonialism by amplifying Indigenous voices and increasing our own understanding of local Indigenous people and their cultures.
Welcome to Sportopia, the place to re-imagine the future of sport! This week’s episode welcomes a conversation about the world of leadership coaching with the help of the NOVA Profile. Hosted by Dina Bell-Laroche and Steve Indig, partners of Sport Law, alongside Certified Integral Coach, Lauren Brett, this podcast explores how leadership coaching is needed to support sport leaders through the modernization of the sport system. Throughout the episode, our hosts talk to Lauren about what she has been seeing lately as a leadership coach in sport and what is needed to get us where we want to go.
Check out more blogs and learning opportunities from Sport Law to learn more:
Lauren Brett is a Certified Integral Coach specializing in leadership coaching, cultural transformation, and interventions that support sport coaches. Learn more about Lauren here.
Email us at hello@sportlaw.ca or contact us on social media @sportlawca to let us know what you want us to discuss next. We want to hear from you! Stay tuned for new episodes every two weeks!
Hosts: Dina Bell-Laroche, Steve Indig, and Lauren Brett
Producer: Taylor Matthews
Learn more about how Sport Law works in collaboration with sport leaders to elevate sport at sportlaw.ca
The Sportopia Podcast is recorded on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. We wish to thank these First Peoples who continue to live on these lands and care for them, and whose relationship with these lands existed from time immemorial. We are grateful to have the opportunity to live, work, and play on these lands.
Sport Law is committed to recognizing, supporting, and advocating for reconciliation in Canada and to actively work against colonialism by amplifying Indigenous voices and increasing our own understanding of local Indigenous people and their cultures.
Welcome to Sportopia, the place to re-imagine the future of sport! This week’s episode explores “Special Meetings” and Annual General Meetings (AGMs) with the help of Sport Law team member, Jason Robison. Hosted by Dina Bell-Laroche and Steve Indig, partners of Sport Law, alongside Jason, a Certified Parliamentarian, this podcast discusses the purpose of special meetings, how a parliamentarian can take your special meeting to the next level, what special meetings trends are we tracking, and some caveats to avoid along the way.
Check out more blogs and webinars from Sport Law to learn more:
Learn more about Jason Robinson.
Email us at hello@sportlaw.ca or contact us on social media @sportlawca to let us know what you want us to discuss next. We want to hear from you! Stay tuned for new episodes every two weeks!
Hosts: Dina Bell-Laroche, Steve Indig, and Jason Robinson
Producer: Taylor Matthews
Learn more about how Sport Law works in collaboration with sport leaders to elevate sport at sportlaw.ca
Grief is our normal and natural response to loss. Given the mammoth amount of loss in the sport sector, leaders need to understand and better relate to the deep sorrow that they may experience or to better accompany those that are suffering.
Why is becoming grief and loss literate so important for sport leaders, coaches and athletes? Our current culture is grief-phobic and loss-denying. We do not encourage people to recognize, honour, and express their grief. Too often, athletes, coaches and leaders are encouraged, nay rewarded, for staying stay strong, being stoic, and focusing on the future. This can leave people feeling disenfranchised and needlessly isolated which in turn can lead to unnecessary anxiety, depression, exhaustion, and burn-out. We must do better.
Have a listen to Players’ Own Voice Anastasia Bucsis and Sport Law Partner Dina Bell-Laroche as they explore unexpressed grief and how losses accumulate over their career, creating unnecessary burden and pain.
To better support the sport sector, Dina has been offering this workshop since 2021 with a view of equipping sport leaders with grief and loss essentials. Previous participants have walked away feeling inspired, motivated to address some of the many ways we are denying our pain, and put in place measures to proactively address systemic inequities that contribute to unnecessary suffering.
Workshop Objectives:
What’s Included:
The workshop will run from 9am-5pm EST on ZOOM, on Tuesday, February 28.
Please note the registration fee for this event is $495 + HST.
To register, click here.
For more information on the workshop, please contact Dina Bell-Laroche at DBLaroche@sportlaw.ca
Sport Law has launched Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share! free online sessions with real time advice for sport leaders from Partners Steven Indig and Dina Bell-Laroche. The intention is to give back to the sport community that we been serving since 1992 by providing effective measures to deal with what might be keeping them up at night. In light of current world events, this week's conversation will remain flexible, based on questions from participants, and hopefully leave sport leaders feeling informed and inspired to put in place measures to manage COVID-19.
Who: Sport leaders who have questions about all things sport management including legal matters, employment, crisis, governance, financial, risk management, communications, and so much more. Registration is on a first come first serve basis and will have a maximum of 100 participants.
Flow: Each conversation will begin with the Partners welcoming everyone and offering a few comments on something topical that is affecting the sport community. They will then move into providing listeners with an opportunity to ask a question or share a perspective that they would like some advice on. Dina and Steve will create a safe and engaging environment for the listeners to address some very specific topics that will most certainly benefit the entire group.
Sport Law has launched Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share! free online sessions with real time advice for sport leaders from Partners Steven Indig and Dina Bell-Laroche. The intention is to give back to the sport community that we have been serving since 1992 by providing effective measures to deal with what might be keeping them up at night. In light of current world events, this week's conversation will remain flexible, based on questions from participants, and hopefully leave sport leaders feeling informed and inspired to put in place measures to manage COVID-19.
Who: Sport leaders who have questions about all things sport management including legal matters, employment, crisis, governance, financial, risk management, communications, and so much more. Registration is on a first come first serve basis and will have a maximum of 100 participants.
Flow: Each conversation will begin with the Partners welcoming everyone and offering a few comments on something topical that is affecting the sport community. They will then move into providing listeners with an opportunity to ask a question or share a perspective that they would like some advice on. Dina and Steve will create a safe and engaging environment for the listeners to address some very specific topics that will most certainly benefit the entire group.
Sport Law has launched Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share! free online sessions with real time advice for sport leaders from Partners Steven Indig and Dina Bell-Laroche. The intention is to give back to the sport community that we have been serving since 1992 by providing effective measures to deal with what might be keeping them up at night. In light of current world events, this week's conversation will remain flexible, based on questions from participants, and hopefully leave sport leaders feeling informed and inspired to put in place measures to manage COVID-19.
Who: Sport leaders who have questions about all things sport management including legal matters, employment, crisis, governance, financial, risk management, communications, and so much more. Registration is on a first come first serve basis and will have a maximum of 100 participants.
Flow: Each conversation will begin with the Partners welcoming everyone and offering a few comments on something topical that is affecting the sport community. They will then move into providing listeners with an opportunity to ask a question or share a perspective that they would like some advice on. Dina and Steve will create a safe and engaging environment for the listeners to address some very specific topics that will most certainly benefit the entire group.
Sport Law has launched Conversation Matters: You Ask, We Share! free online sessions with real time advice for sport leaders from Partners Steven Indig and Dina Bell-Laroche. The intention is to give back to the sport community that we have been serving since 1992 by providing effective measures to deal with what might be keeping them up at night. In light of current world events, this week's conversation will remain flexible, based on questions from participants, and hopefully leave sport leaders feeling informed and inspired to put in place measures to manage COVID-19.
Who: Sport leaders who have questions about all things sport management including legal matters, employment, crisis, governance, financial, risk management, communications, and so much more. Registration is on a first come first serve basis and will have a maximum of 100 participants.
Flow: Each conversation will begin with the Partners welcoming everyone and offering a few comments on something topical that is affecting the sport community. They will then move into providing listeners with an opportunity to ask a question or share a perspective that they would like some advice on. Dina and Steve will create a safe and engaging environment for the listeners to address some very specific topics that will most certainly benefit the entire group.
