Coaches

Kerri Brauner

National Coach Certified

  • Over 30 years of coaching experience
  • Coach of Quad Gold Skaters & National Competitors
  • Coach of Provincial Champions
  • Gold Figure, Dance, Free Skate Tests
  • Junior Competitive & Novice Pairs Tests
  • Provincially recognized for achievement in Figures & artistic ability
  • Master of Education

Olivia Roberts


CanSkate Coach Trained

  • 9 Years of Skating Experience
  • 8 Years of Singles Skating
  • 6 Years PA Experience with Pre-CanSkate and CanSkate
  • Mounain Regionals Medalist in Synchronized Skating

Josh Brauner

National Coach Trained

PowerSkate Certified

  • 9 years of coaching experience
  • 26 years skating experience
  • Skated internationally, coached by several Olympians including Olympic Champion Bruno Massot
  • Quad gold skater with partial diamond dances
  • 2 time provincial pairs champion
  • National level competitor in singles, dance, and pairs
  • Bachelor of Health Sciences in Bioinformatics
  • Master of Science in Data Science and Analytics (in progress)

Ashley Nishihata

Regional Coach Certified

  • 7 years experience
  • Triple Gold Skater, Partial Diamond Dance, Junior Silver Free Skate
  • Bachelor of Communication and Culture
  • Bachelor of Education
 

Luke Arbib

Provincial Coach Trained

  • 4 Years of Coaching Experience
  • 16 Years of Skating Experience
  • Triple Gold skater, Senior Silver Free Skate, partial diamond dances
  • National level competitor in ice dance
  • Competed provincially in singles, pairs, and ice dance
  • Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry with Honors (in progress)

Sam Thiessen

Provincial Coach Trained

  • 11 Years of Coaching Experience
  • 31 Years of Skating Experience
  • Trained with 2002 US Olympic Team including Olympic coach Tatiana Tarasova, Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin, and Russian ice dancers Maya Usova & Evgeny Platov
  • Skated with Israeli national ice dance champions Sergei Sakhnovski & Galit Chait
  • Skated at the Pre-Novice level
 

Justin St Cyr

Regional Coach Trained

  • 28 years of Partnering Ice Dance
  • Senior National Competitor 3 years
  • Formerly coached by Marina Zoueva
  • Highest test passed: Sr Competitive Dance
  • Design Director – 12 years at the Learning Network
  • Co-founder of Treemansion.com and subsidiaries
 

Jamea Flores

Regional Coach Trained

  • 15 Years of Skating Experience with Wild Rose
  • 3 Years of Coaching Experience
  • 2 Years Pairs Skating Experience
  • Gold Dance, Junior Silver Freeskate
  • Graduated Pharmacy Assistant at SAIT
  • Bachelor of Chemistry at UCalgary (in progress)
 

Mikaela Tsang

CanSkate Coach Trained

  • 6 Years Program Assisstant Experience
  • 9 Years Skating Experience
  • STAR 4 Silver Medalist
  • STAR 5 Bronze Medalist
  • Highest Tests: STAR 9 Artistic, STAR 8 Skills, STAR 5 Freeskate

Kiera Devlin

CanSkate Coach Trained

  • 13 Years of Skating Experience
  • 6 Years of Synchronized Skating
  • 8 Years PA Experience with PowerSkate, Pre-CanSkate and CanSkate