Elizabeth (she/her/elle) has been involved with Shad in different capacities since 2008. She was first involved as the Recreational Director then as the Program Manager at Shad Université Laval from 2008 until the campus closure in 2015. She was eager to jump back in to land a hand in growing a new campus when Shad McGill opened in 2018. She got a chance to become Assistant Program Director from 2020 to 2022 and then as a part time Program Manager for the summer of 2023. She took some time away as she was coaching short track speed skating at the national level, which allowed her to experience incredible moments such as leading the Youth Olympic Team in South Korea in January 2024. She is now back from those adventures and will lead the Shad UBC program in 2025 as their Program Director. Elizabeth has an undergraduate degree in psychology and social intervention as well as a masters in psychopedagogy. In her everyday life, she is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant, accredited with the Canadian Sport Psychology Association, and works with athletes to help them to achieve their performance goals and take care of their well-being through their sport. She believes that her coaching and mental performance skills are great assets to help the Shad students to get to know themselves, go out of their comfort zones and leave our program motivated to pursue new adventures in their everyday lives.