Coaches
Chloé Desjardins
Certified CanSkate Coach
Trained Regional Coach
Marie-Josée Dion
Certified Provincial Coach
Josée Filion
Certified National Coach
Julie Fortin
Certified Regional Coach
Trained Provincial Coach
Sarah-Maude Houle
Entraîneur Patinage Plus formé
Nadia Jai-Mansouri
Certified Provincial Coach
Ariane Laurier
Certified Regional Coach
Trained Provincial Coach
Trained National Coach
Audrey-Ann Laurier
Trained CanSkate Coach
Arianne Nolet
Trained CanSkate Coach
Trained Regional Coach
Émily Portelance
Certified Provincial Coach
STAR Skate Coaches
Chloé Desjardins
Certified 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 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
Sarah-Maude Houle
Trained CanSkate CoachTrained Regional Coach
Contact: smh@bell.net
Discipline(s): CanSkate, free skate, dance, skills
Works with: Ariane Laurier
- Part time coach
- Gold in dance, Star 5 free style and skills
- Four participation to Provincial Michel Proulx competition
- Participated in multiple National competitions in synchronized skating
- CanSkate program assistant in CPA Hull from 2010 to 2022
- Master in physiotherapy (Ottawa University 2024)
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: Sarah-Maude Houle
- 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
Arianne Nolet
Trained CanSkate CoachTrained Regional Coach
Contact information: arianne.nolet@gmail.com
Discipline(s): CanSkate, free skate, dance and skills
Works with: n/a
- Part time CanSkate coach since 2024
- Senior bronze dance, Star 5 free skate elements and skills
- CanSkate program assistant from 2016 to 2021
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
