Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA) is unequivocally opposed - on legal, medical and ethical grounds - to the practice of doping in sport, and fully supports the position of Sport Canada, the Federation internationale societe d'aviron (F.I.S.A.) and the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) against the use of banned substances. The use of doping substances, or the encouragement or counseling to the use of doping substances and techniques, or the assisting or inciting of an athlete to use doping substances or techniques by any member of Rowing Canada Aviron constitutes a doping violation and will not be tolerated.

•Download RCA's Doping Policy (pdf file rev. Sept 2007)

According to the World Anti-Doping Code, "It is each athlete's personal duty to ensure that no Prohibited Substance enters his or her body."

Doping Related Links

Prohibited list for 2008 now available to download.
FISA's (World Rowing Federation) new page dedicated to anti-doping
Updates to the WADA Prohibited List for 2007
September 12, 2006 - The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has issued an Abbreviated Therapeutic Use Exemption Guideline as a supplement to the Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP).
Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport www.cces.ca
Substance Classification Booklet (pdf)
Drug Information Database: www.didglobal.com
World Anti-Doping Agency www.wada-ama.org/en/