Coaches
Chloé Desjardins
Trained CanSkate Coach
Trained Regional Coach
Marie-Josée Dion
Certified Provincial Coach
Josée Filion
Certified National Coach
Julie Fortin
Certified Regional Coach
Trained Provincial Coach
Nadia Jai-Mansouri
Certified Provincial Coach
Ariane Laurier
Certified Regional Coach
Trained Provincial Coach
Trained National Coach
Arianne Nolet
Trained CanSkate Coach
Émily Portelance
Certified Provincial Coach
STAR Skate Coaches
Chloé Desjardins
Trained CanSkate CoachTrained Regional Coach
Contact information: desjardins_chloe@hotmail.ca or 819-923-0389
Discipline(s): Free skate, dance, skills, interpretation, choreography and stroking
Works with: Josée Filion et Julie Fortin
- Assistant coach Power Skate with Power Stride from 2017 to 2021
- CanSkate program assistant from 2011 to 2018
- Gold level in dance, skills, single and couple interpretation
- Recipient of the award for Choice of the coaches in 2010-2011 for her devotion to the sport
- Recipient of the award for CanSkate program assistant in 2013-2014 and 2015-2016
- Recipient of the award Purvie Gallery and Framing in 2014 for passed tests, perseverance and engagement
- Recipient of the award Bonnie Cochrane in 2016-2017 given to a skater demonstrating role model qualities and leadership through their passion and engagement with sport and school
- Experience in group entertainment
- Captain of a volleyball team in 2017-2019
- A few years of experience in jazz, hip-hop, ballet and acro
Marie-Josée Dion
Certified Provincial CoachContact information: mariejosee.dion26@gmail.com or 819-661-6824
Discipline(s): Free skate, dance, skills and choreography
Works with: n/a
- Part time coach since 2004 (CanSkate, Adults, STAR and semi-private)
- Gold in dance and skills
- Senior Silver in free skate elements
- Bronze single interpretation and silver couple interpretation
- Attended multiple skating seminars (Bruno Yvars and Jayson Dénommé amongst others)
- Awarded the Debbie Dunlavey trophy for Best Sportsmanship in 1999-2000 (CPA Sherbrooke)
- Assistant captain and captain of the Sherbrooke synchronized skating team (season 2001-2002)
- Master in Consultation/Intervention in Sport Psychology and Health (Ottawa University)
- Two years experience in ballet jazz
- Summer 2008: elaborated a summer camp for physical preparation (trampoline, dance and physical conditioning)
Josée Filion
Certified National CoachContact information: jozeric@gmail.com
Discipline(s): Free skate, dance, skills, choreography, stroking and synchronized skating
Works with: Chloé Desjardins et Julie Fortin
- Part time coach
- Gold in free skate and dance
- Novice in single competition
- Senior Silver in interpretive dance
- Works with recreative and competitive skaters
- Experience coaching national level skaters
- Highest level of skaters coached: Junior competitive
- Coached provincial champions skaters and members of team Québec
- Experience in CanSkate, skills, free skate, dance, couple, multiple show choreographies and mentor for other coaches
- Several years of experience in Sport-Étude
- Attended multiple skating seminars with Dough Lee (Elvis Stojko), Manon Perron (Joannie Rochette) and others
- Recipient of the Regional Volunteer Coach award multiple times
Julie Fortin
Certified Regional CoachTrained Provincial Coach
Contact information: julie.fortin87@hotmail.com
Discipline(s): Free skate, dance, skills, interpretation, choreography, stroking and synchronized skating
Works with: Chloé Desjardins et Josée Filion
- Part time coach since 2006
- Gold in skills, dance and interpretation, senior bronze in free skate
- Participated in Provincial Michel Proulx competition in senior bronze and Gold Triathlon
- Participated in multiple Provincial and National competitions competitions in synchronized skating
- Experience as a Judge level Juvenile/Senior bronze in single, couple and dance
- Attended multiple skating seminars (Brian Orser, Cathy Dalton, Anne Shelter, Bruno Yvars, Marilyn Langlois, Yvan Desjardins, Meagan Duhamel, Yebin Mok and others)
- Recipient of the Regional Coach and Recreative Skating award in 2016 and the Regional Volunteer award in 2017
- Several years experience in ballet
Ariane Laurier
Certified Regional CoachTrained Provincial Coach
National Coach in training
Contact information: axel.mini@hotmail.com or 819-639-9442
Discipline(s): Free skate, dance, skills, choreography and interpretation
Works with: n/a
- Full time coach
- Gold in single, skills, dance and interpretation
- Three participation to Provincial Michel Proulx competition
- As a skater, attended multiple skating seminars: Manon Perron, Joannie Rochette, Stéphane Yvars and Darlene Joseph
- As a coach, attended multiple skating seminars: Bruno Yvars, Yvan Desjardins, Christy Krall, and others
- Annual attendance to the Patinage Québec and Skate Canada congress
- Regional awards nominee several times
- Provincial nominee in 2013
- Available to coach in the summer
CanSkate, Semi-private and other coaches
Nadia Jai-Mansouri
Certified Provincial CoachDiscipline(s): CanSkate
Works with: n/a
- Part time coach since 1998 (CanSkate, Adults, STAR and semi-private)
- Gold in free skate and dance
- Coached in Toronto and Vancouver between 2001 and 2008
- Bachelor degree in Communications and Education
- Elementary level school teacher
- Certified level 8 in piano at The Royal Conservatory of Music
- Occasional actress and member of ACTRA
Émily Portelance
Certified Provincial CoachDiscipline(s): CanSkate
Works with: n/a
- Gold in free skate and dance
- Bronze interpretation
- As a skater, attended seminars with Anne Shelter, Jean-Pierre Boulais, David Graham and Elvis Stojko
- Regional CanSkate program assistant award recipient twice
- Provincial CanSkate program assistant award recipient in 1996
- Recipient of Regional Coach award
- Participated in multiple provincial competitions
- Recipient of the Best Sportsmanship in Figure Skating award
