OTTAWA, ON: This past weekend, Skate Canada honoured 16 award winners during its annual Awards Banquet at the 2022 Ice Summit held in Québec City, Que. The awards were given out on Saturday, May 28 at the ExpoCité – Centre de Foires. 

The winners received their awards on Saturday night in front of a crowd of Canada’s top skating delegates. The evening was co-hosted by event announcers Monique Bujold and Martin Gaudreault. The awards were given out by Olympians Madeline Schizas, Keegan Messing, Laurence Fournier Beaudry, Nikolaj Soerensen and Les Suprêmes Captains Laurie Désilets and Marie-Eve Comtois.   

The Skate Canada Awards program honours dedicated members of the skating community who have donated their time to help contribute to improving the quality of skating in Canada. 

The 2021-2022 recipients were: 

National Club Coach Award 

Tracey Zwiers 

National Competitive Coach/Choreographer Award  

Marilyn Langlois 

National Official Award 

René Perron 

National Event Volunteer Award 

Michael Pogue 

National Elizabeth Swan Memorial Award 

Andrew Bosco  

Billie Mitchell Award 

Janice Hunter 

Skate Canada also presents a volunteer award to one member of each of the Skate Canada sections. The following exceptional volunteers were awarded the 2021-2022 National Volunteer Award:  

British Columbia/Yukon Section 

Joanne Nickel 

Alberta/Northwest Territories/Nunavut Section 

Robin Forsyth 

Saskatchewan Section 

Terry Hadley-Cole 

Manitoba Section 

Donna Yee 

Ontario Section 

Tracy Pereira  

Québec Section 

Hélène D’Amour 

New Brunswick Section 

Annie Aube 

Nova Scotia Section 

Melissa Robinson 

Newfoundland/Labrador Section 

Lindsay Hillier 

Prince Edward Island Section 

Cassandra Mosher-Gallant 

Skate Canada congratulates all award winners, nominees and countless invaluable volunteers! 

For information: media@skatecanada.ca