Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport

(Ottawa, Ontario – August 21, 2012) – The Ligue de développement de hockey Midget AAA du Québec extended its contract with the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) to provide anti-doping education, administrative assistance and testing services to its athletes and support personnel for another year.

“We are very happy to continue our relationship with the Quebec midget AAA hockey league,” said Paul Melia, President and CEO of the CCES. “This marks the sixth consecutive year that they have placed their faith in us to provide them with an anti-doping program that is second-to-none. We appreciate their continued commitment to clean sport and hope others will follow their lead.”

“The Midget AAA League was a pioneer in the fight against doping in Canadian hockey and we are pleased to extend our work through this new agreement, in collaboration with Hockey Québec and the CCES, to benefit our hockey players,” said Gaston Therrien, President of the Midget AAA League.

Hockey Québec is a governing body that was founded in 1976. It coordinates the activities of approximately 7,500 hockey teams, comprised of 110,000 players from some 250 sports organizations, and supports the efforts of nearly 50,000 volunteer administrators, coaches and officials throughout Quebec. Jointly formed in 1976, the Midget AAA League is the largest minor hockey league recognized by Hockey Québec. Its priority is the overall development of individuals, whether players, coaches, officials or volunteers, both from a sports and a human perspective. For more information, visit the Hockey Québec (www.hockey.qc.ca) and the Midget AAA League (www.liguemidgetaaa.ca) websites.

The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport is an independent, national, not-for-profit organization. We recognize that true sport can make a great difference for individuals, communities and our country. We are committed to working collaboratively to activate a values-based and principle-driven sport system; protecting the integrity of sport from the negative forces of doping and other unethical threats; and advocating for sport that is fair, safe and open to everyone.

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