February 15, 2007 — The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) conducted 1,792 doping control tests from July to December 2006. The majority were carried out under the domestic doping control program (1,349 tests), with nine anti-doping rule violations reported. See the attached tables for a breakdown by quarter, detail by sport on tests conducted on Canadian athletes, summary of violations, and the anti-doping violations registry.

During this six-month period, the CCES announced three major new partnership initiatives that will advance the fight against doping on several fronts. In July, the CCES announced its support of the NSF International Certified for SportTM program, which minimizes the risk that a dietary supplement or sports nutrition product contains substances on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List. The certification process will concentrate on the categories of stimulants, anabolic steroids, beta-2 agonists and masking agents.

An exciting development in October saw the Canadian Hockey League sign an agreement with the CCES to begin working toward an anti-doping policy of their own. The Quebec Major Junior and Midget AAA Hockey Leagues implemented mandatory education and testing two years ago, and influenced their umbrella league to follow its model. The program began with train-the-trainer workshops for the Ontario and Western Hockey Leagues in December.

A November announcement by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) unveiled a new partnership with the CCES to deliver anti-doping education and testing leading up to and during the Games. VANOC’s Director of Anti-Doping, Jeremy Luke, built his reputation at the CCES, and will further mine CCES expertise as he builds his team in Vancouver in the coming year.

Another highlight of this period was the success of our international capacity-building missions, particularly in support of WADA’s efforts to create a regional anti-doping organization in the Caribbean. CCES staff trained doping control officers in Trinidad and Tobago in July, and returned in the fall to conduct a policy workshop for sport leaders, increasing their awareness of the issues around Code-compliant, comprehensive anti-doping programs.

CCES continued to put a high priority on educating athletes about their anti-doping rights and responsibilities. The annual fall influx of new college and university athletes received anti-doping education sessions and copies of the Quick Reference Card. In collaboration with the Canadian Sport Centre in Calgary, athletes in the sports of bobsleigh, luge, skeleton, ski jumping and Nordic combined received education sessions prior to the start of their competitive seasons. Athletes from across the country bound for the upcoming Canada Games in Whitehorse were reached using CCES material. In November, staff conducted the world’s first WADA workshop for coaches, educating a group of Canadian and African coaches. Finally, the CCES attended the Sport Leadership Conference to address the topic of supplement use and further raise awareness in the sport community about the NSF Certified for SportTM program.

Apart from the large number of domestic tests conducted, the CCES provided 338 fee-for-service tests on behalf of national and international federations during events held in Canada. Highlights included testing at the World Lacrosse Championships in London, ON (23 tests), at the Women’s World Rugby Championships in Edmonton, AB (76 tests), and at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria, BC (40 tests). A further 12 tests were conducted on a contract basis for Canadian organizations outside the scope of the Canadian Anti-Doping Program. The CCES also undertook several international missions on behalf of WADA (72 tests) and the Association of National Anti-Doping Organizations (ANADO — 21 tests). The CCES is an independent, national, non-profit organization. Our mission, to foster ethical sport for all Canadians, is carried out through research, promotion, education, detection and deterrence, as well as through programs and partnerships with other organizations.