CALGARY (March 18, 2019) - Canada’s high performance sport community has announced national sport-related concussion guidelines designed to protect its national and next generation athletes.

The comprehensive and standardized sport-related concussion guidelines, developed by chief medical experts at the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sport Institute (COPSI) Network, Own the Podium (OTP), the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC), reflect a collaborative commitment to lead national policy development and provide world-leading health care provision for high performance athletes, coaches, staff and officials across Canada’s sport system.