Former Sail Canada high-performance director, Mike Milner, has received a four-month suspension as part of the national Abuse-Free Sport Program. The sanction was announced on January 8 through the public registry managed by the Office of the Sports Integrity Commissioner. Sail Canada confirmed that Milner departed the organization in September 2024 and is no longer associated with them in any capacity.
According to Sail Canada’s statement, the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner imposed individual sanctions on Milner for Aiding and Abetting, Neglect, and Psychological Maltreatment after an independent investigation. The registry did not provide specific details of the incidents leading to the sanctions.
Sailing Canada appointed a new high-performance director in the previous year following Milner’s departure. Milner had served as the high-performance director for Sail Canada for six and a half years before the sanctions were imposed.
The responsibility for managing the registry is in the process of transitioning from OSIC to Sport Integrity Canada, which was formerly known as the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. Sport Integrity Canada assumed control of investigating complaints and reports of abuse or maltreatment in sport as of April 1, 2025, while OSIC continued to oversee ongoing processes.
Under the Canadian Safe Sport Program, Sport Integrity Canada enforces the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS). The registry functions as a repository of individuals subjected to sanctions or provisional sanctions under the UCCMS.