2025-2026  REGISTRATION  LETTER

Dear Swimmer/Parent/Guardian,

Welcome to the 2025-2026 swimming season! Please take a moment to review this brief explanation of the swimmer registration process required of all swim clubs.

Each swim club in the province of Saskatchewan is a member of the national governing body for swimming called Swimming Canada and the provincial governing body or Provincial Section (PS) called Swim Saskatchewan. In return for government sport funding, all governing organizations are required to report on membership. Non-identifying statistics are obtained directly from the data collected in the Registrationand Event Management System (REMS). With your assistance to provide accuracy, we can comply with our requirements and continue to benefit from strong government support, virtually all of which is directed towards the support of swimmers, coaches and clubs. All swim clubs are required to process all registrations to Swim Saskatchewan and Swimming Canada via the REMS.   

The final steps of registering with your swim club includes completing the following mandatory steps in the REMS: 

1.  Confirmation of primary contact and  personal  information 
2.  Signing the Acknowledgement and Assumption of Risks Form
3.  Agreement to comply to the  Swimming Canada Privacy Policy ,  Swimming Canada Code of Conduct  and abide by all other  Swimming Canada Policies  and  Swim Saskatchewan Policies; including our new Safe Sport policies 
4.  Indication of your preference to receive emails of a commercial nature
5.  Confirmation of Canadian citizenship status  – identifies eligibility of swimmer to set records or national team selection. 

NOTE: It is only upon completing the above steps in the REMS that you/your swimmer are considered officially registered and a member of [INSERT NAME OF CLUB] and then covered by insurance. This registration process must be completed before entries into a swim meet can be submitted and accepted. Your information is held by the Club, Swim Saskatchewan and Swimming Canada in compliance with the Swimming Canada Privacy Policy and the Swim Saskatchewan Privacy Policy

 

In addition to the mandatory questions, there are five optional declarations that may be completed in the REMS. Providing this information is voluntary and will be used for statistical and informational purposes as well as for program development. It will not be used by your Provincial Section or Swimming Canada for any prohibited purpose as per The Canadian Human Rights Act and Provincial Human Rights legislation.

1.  Gender Identification   – allows swimmers to self-declare their gender identification (Cisgender, Non-Binary, Transgender). This optional self-declaration will have no effect on the gender of registration but will provide valuable information in order to continue to develop and grow programming.
2.  Indigenous Descent  –  identifies   eligibility  for  the  North American Indigenous Games and /or regional/provincial funding opportunities (if available).  In some Provincial jurisdictions,  these statistics are also required as part of government funding reporting requirements .  
3.  BIPOC   Declaration  –  this optional self-declaration will provide information for government reporting and to develop and grow programing. 
4.  Impairment Declaration   –  helps   Swimming Canada,  Swim Saskatchewan   and your swim club  to direct opportunities that are specifically  targeted to   swimmers with a d isability (Para   Swimmers) 
R efer to:  https://www.swimming.ca/what-is-para-swimming-2/
5.  d/Deaf/ Hard of Hearing   –  assists   in identifying  individuals who may be eligible for participation in events specifically targ eted to swimmers who are d / Deaf/ hard of hearing. 

Thank you and have a great swimming season!

Heather Birenbaum​​​Nicole Hedman-Chernick​​Erin Kinny

Associate Director, Operations​Swim Saskatchewan Registrar​[Swift Current Barracudas ] Registrar

Swimming Canada​​​[email protected]​[[email protected]]

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2025-2026