Safeguarding the future of sport
Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) is proud to announce the formation of our inaugural Culture and Safety Advisory Committee. This group is dedicated to supporting SIA to strengthen prevention and protection strategies for integrity, safety and inclusion across Australian sport.
The Committee brings together 7 independent experts with diverse backgrounds and lived experiences while providing a voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), disability and LGBTQ+ communities.
Their vital role is to provide insights to inform SIA’s strategies and activities, working together to help safeguard the future of sport by assisting to foster safe, fair and inclusive sporting environments for all Australians.
Meet the committee
The committee members are:
- Dean Barton-Smith AM OLY
- Libby Burke
- Mark deWeerd
- Phil Doorgachurn
- Lauren Jauncey
- Mitch Nivalis (they/them)
- Kyle Vander-Kuyp OLY.
Committee members will provide independent and strategic advice so SIA can better understand and respond to cultural challenges in sport.
This includes insights to enhance inclusion, address racism and discrimination. The committee will help ensure SIA’s strategies are co-designed and to assess whether our programs developed in partnership, address threats to integrity and are effective in supporting community safety, fairness and inclusiveness.
Their insights are especially important in shaping SIA’s Culture and Safety Strategy, which aims to support sport via practices and protocols through an integrity lens impacting the long-term safety of sport.
SIA Culture and Safety Advisor, Patrick Johnson, is looking forward to the contributions the group will bring.
“I’m energised by their commitment to lend their voice to these important issues and the contributions they will bring to our agency and the broader sporting community on cultural awareness and cultural safety.”
To hear more from some of our committee members, view the video below.
