Hockey Canada posts new job to overhaul handling of maltreatment, harassment and abuse

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Hockey Canada is hiring a new "director of maltreatment, harassment and abuse" to improve safety within the organization following intense public scrutiny over its handling of sexual assault allegations.

The sport's national governing body posted the new job on Thursday and said it would include overseeing the introuction of an "independent and confidential complaint mechanism," according to the posting. 

"Hockey Canada's goal is to create a sport culture and environment that is free from all forms of maltreatment and harm," the job posting said. 

Hockey Canada says it's looking for someone to lead the development of a "multi-year" mistreatment strategy and lead the creation of a new reporting and tracking system to capture allegations of wrongdoing at all levels of hockey from grassroots to the national level. 

The director will also be tasked with the creation of a new screening program to assess player's character for high-performance programs, according to the job posting. 

The job posting is the latest effort by the organization to try and restore its credibility and the public's trust more than two months into its sexual assault allegations scandal. 

Regional hockey associations have threatened to stop paying Hockey Canada dues over concerns, MPs are continuing to call on the hockey organization's leadership to resign and Canada's minister of sport wants a major overhaul of the board of directors. 

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The creation of a new job to handle mistreatment complaints is part of a commitment Hockey Canada made in July while announcing a plan to combat the