2024 Skate Canada National Club Award Winner
Meet our Team of Coaches
Skate Canada trains and certifies coaches through the Coaching Association of Canada’s National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP). All coaches must maintain the following requirements to be in good standing:
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Skate Canada Coaching Membership
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Skate Canada NCCP Status
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Valid First Aid Certification
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Background screening
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Completion of Respect in Sport Training Activity Leader Training
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Completion of the Skate Canada Code of Ethics
CHANTAL LEWIS
STARSkate Coach
• STAR 8 Ice Dance
• 7th Figure
• Gold Free Skate, former junior competitor
• Gold Skating Skills
• NCCP Certified Regional Coach
• Star 1-5 Assessor
• STAR 6-Gold Skills Assessor
• STAR 6-Gold Artistic Assessor
• 25 years coaching experience
• Former competitive skater who trained with international and Olympic level coaches and skaters.
Available for all coaching levels group & private, recreational & competitive. Freestyle, Dance, Skills.
STEPHANIE SLINGER
STARSkate, PowerSkate and CanSkate Coach
• Gold Dance
• STAR 8 Skating Skills
• Senior Bronze Free
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NCCP Certified Club Coach - CanSkate
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NCCP Regional Coach Certified
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NCCP Provincial Coach In-Training
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NCCP PowerSkate Trained
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STAR 1-5 coach assessor
• BEd Primary, Junior 2007
Blair Leroux
STARSkate, PowerSkate and CanSkate Coach
• Gold Dance
• STAR 9 Skating Skills
• Competitive Free Skate
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NCCP Certified Club Coach - CanSkate
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NCCP Regional Coach Certified
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STAR 1-5 coach assessor
KIMBERLEY STEVEN
STARSkate Coach
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NCCP Certified- CanSkate
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NCCP Certified Regional Coach
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NCCP Certified Provincial Coach
Krystin Nievas
STARSkate and CanSkate Coach
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Junior competitive Free Skate
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Pre-Novice Ice Dance
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NCCP CanSkate Coach In-Training
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NCCP Regional Coach In-Training
MELISSA GROVES
CanSkate Coach
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STAR 6 Ice Dance
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STAR 6 Skating Skills
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Preliminary Free
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NCCP Certified Club Coach - CanSkate
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BEd, Primary, Junior, Intermediate 2007
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Special Education Part 1 2007
Katrina Vivaraies
CanSkate Coach
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STAR 7 Dance
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STAR 6 Skating Skills
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STAR 4 Free Skate
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NCCP CanSkate Coach In-Training
Gabrielle Wheeler
CanSkate Coach
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STAR 6 Dance
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STAR 6 Skating Skills
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STAR 4 Free Skate
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NCCP CanSkate Coach In-Training
Audree Piette
CanSkate Coach
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STAR 6 Dance
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STAR 6 Skating Skills
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STAR 5 Free Skate
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NCCP CanSkate Coach In-Training
All our Program Assistants participate in annual training.
PROGRAM ASSISTANTS
• Assist the Skate Canada Coach in delivering the CanSkate program on‐ice and off‐ice
• Demonstrate skills and teaching progressions
• Supervise practice sessions
• Lead warm‐ups and cool‐downs, under the direction of the Skate Canada Coach
• Reinforce learned skills
• Lead circuits, drills and group activities
• Distribute awards
• Being a role model for young skaters
Coaches select Program Assistant candidates who demonstrate:
• A helping nature
• Patience with others around them
• An ability to communicate ideas clearly
• Reliability
• A sense of commitment to tasks
• Qualities of a good role model
• Ability to lead activities in a creative, enthusiastic manner