Photo : Greg Kolz | patinage de vitesse Canada 2 Derrick Campbell MEN’S NATIONAL SHORT TRACK “As far back as I can remember, I have SPEED SKATING COACH collaborated with the experts at INS Québec. Our association has improved greatly over the past several years.” FROM MONTREAL TO PYEONGCHANG Our team needs to improve physically, strategically and WITH INS QUÉBEC’S TEAM mentally. In every sport, at the beginning of the season, we establish what we want to work on. Planning allows We were busy last year with the 2018 Olympic Games in us to be at the cutting edge of our sport and outperform PyeongChang and I can confirm that INS Québec’s sports other teams on the international scene. For example, using medicine and sport sciences teams were key pieces in our force plates to the monitor training load is an asset to our sporting successes. The contributions of the experts at INS coaching. It’s a great way to analyze athletic progress when Québec, which included preparing the athletes, cohesion, training to compete. organization, planning and follow-ups, represent important elements for our team. We are also working on an accelerometer project with performance analyst, Benoit Lussier. The project continues It’s an opportunity to rely on the combination of a to develop and has enormous potential. centralized program with the top athletes in the country and a strong support team at our training centre and at the As far back as I can remember, I have collaborated with INS Québec Complex. I work with top experts, but more the experts at INS Québec. Our association has improved importantly, our teams work together on the field every day, greatly over the past several years. When I look ahead, which allows us to share essential information. I’m thinking we are in a good place to continue to build a successful, of strength and conditioning coach, Alexandre Clark, who relationship of trust. We work well together and our success travels to the arena as well as François Bieuzen, exercise proves it. We should preserve what we do well and continue physiologist, Martin Fréchette, sports nutritionist and Alain to improve. Delorme, integrated support team coordinator and all others who make a difference. Joint report of the Chair of the Board The 2017–2018 year allowed INS Québec to gauge the extent of the work accomplished and the President and by its professionals over the last Olympic and Paralympic winter cycle. The overwhelming Chief Executive Officer success of Quebec athletes who won 41% of the Canadian delegation’s medals at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, reaffirms the Institute’s commitment to providing high-quality performance services. Whether through having intensified our work in sports nutrition, introduced the integrated support team concept or implemented an enhanced service offering in our network of regional multi-sport training centres (RMTC), INS Québec is fully immersed in carrying out its 2017–2021 strategic plan. Central to the Olympic and Paralympic summer sports cycle already underway, the athlete remains at the core of what we do with the mission to always act as a Catalyst of dreams… Photo : OSA images S ERVICES AVAILABLE FOR QUEBEC ATHLETES A NEW APPROACH SUSTAINING OUR MOMENTUM IN 2018–2019 In addition, INS Québec will intensify IDENTIFIED IN ÉLITE AND RELÈVE CATEGORIES its efforts to increase its independent With the intention of strengthening In 2018–2019 we plan to pursue the funding. This additional revenue will allow Collaboration with the regional multi-sport coaching to help athletes reach the numerous projects underway and to expand us to develop new projects and innovative training centres, which is an integral part of highest levels, INS Québec has focused our research, innovation and outreach services for athletes and coaches with INS Québec, has proved crucial in initiating on creating integrated support teams. This activities. whom we work and for anyone else who the expansion of its services in the various new approach, which allows science and might benefit. regions. sports medicine experts to coordinate their Preliminary results from research activities actions around the needs of athletes and started in 2017–2018 should be released. The athletes are the focal point of our Increased funding from the Government of their coaches, ensures our consideration for For example, the implementation of mobile actions. If this resonates with the various Quebec has allowed INS Québec to deploy all performance factors. applications currently under development stakeholders involved in high-performance an improved range of sports medicine will also be available. Rolling out regional sport throughout Quebec, we have athlete services will continue and we are and sport sciences service throughout Performance Services at both the succeeded as an “essential performance planning to expand our nutrition activities. 2017–2018 for athletes identified in both Complex at the Olympic Park in Montreal partner” to sports organizations in Quebec the Élite and Relève categories. Athletes and Canada. and our regional multi-sport training We must emphasize that conducting identified in the Espoir category registered centres, and information workshops to research and implementing services shall in a recognized Sport-Études program have introduce the integrated support team begun to receive these services gradually. remain possible with the support from concept, which aims to improve the the Government of Quebec, an invaluable Thus, next-generation athletes now have athlete’s overall support. access to the expertise of INS Québec. partner of INS Québec. The 2017–2018 year represents 2,200 NUTRITION: A GROWING EXPERTISE athletes, 1,700 of whom are members of Tom Quinn, O.C the RMTC network and who are eligible to Nutrition grew rapidly in 2017–2018. By Chair of the Board of Directors receive medical and scientific services from expanding the activities led by our team INS Québec, throughout Quebec. of nutritionists, including consultations, informative workshops and thematic tastings, we can provide cutting-edge expertise to training groups and resident sports that invested in their athletes’ Gaëtan Robitaille nutrition. President and Chief Executive Officer Photo : OSA images INS QUÉBEC ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018 | 5 Highlights of 2017–2018 INS QUÉBEC SUPPORTED 39 ATHLETES IN THE 2,200 ATHLETES WITH ACCESS WINTER OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES TO IMPROVED SERVICES INS Québec supported 34 Quebec athletes Next-generation athletes now have access to and their coaches from six different Olympic sports medicine and sport sciences expertise sport categories and five athletes in four at INS Québec in their region. Thanks to Paralympic sport categories in training for the the work of the RMTCs, 2,200 athletes can Winter Games in PyeongChang. Thanks to benefit from the services throughout Quebec. sports medicine, sport sciences, total athlete wellness and coach training experts, Quebec athletes and coaches were able to benefit INS QUÉBEC EXPERTS AT THE from state-of-the-art performance services as WINTER OLYMPICS well as the latest scientific and technological breakthroughs on their way to the Games. Véronique Carmel, sports physiotherapist, A $130,000 PROFIT Alexandre Clark, strength and conditioning coach, Alain Delorme, integrated support team coordinator and Suzanne Leclerc, For a second consecutive year, the sports physician, accompanied the short- business community contributed to the track speed skating team to PyeongChang to success of the benefit event for INS provide support to the athletes before, during Québec raising $130,000. The funds will and after their competitions. allow INS Québec to continue to develop its sports medicine, sport sciences and training services and one-on-one support offered to Quebec’s high-performance and next-generation athletes and to those that support them. Photo : fotosports.ca | patinage de vitesse Canada 6 100 GATHER TO CELEBRATE INS INTEGRATED SUPPORT TEAMS QUÉBEC’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY THROUGHOUT QUEBEC On the theme “From CNMM to INS Québec,” By exposing the various experts who work over 100 guests gathered at the Complex on with the athlete to the integrated support September 21, 2017, to celebrate the 20th team approach, INS Québec and members anniversary of Institut national du sport du of its network (RMTC) can ensure Québec. The Parliamentary Assistant to the consistent action in order to encourage Minister of Education, Recreation and Sport, performance and wellness. Mr. Marc Carrière, took the opportunity to announce a $2 Million investment into INS Québec’s network. RBC TRAINING GROUND’S FINAL ROUND TAKES YOU FAR One young athlete stood out at the RBC Training Ground final in Quebec, which took place at the Complex on July 8, 2017. Kassandra Savoie is not only the youngest participant to have won RBC Training Ground but was also invited to try outs with Rugby Canada, Rowing Canada Aviron and Cycling Canada in spring 2018. INS QUÉBEC ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018 | 7 Services P ERFORMANCE SERVICES But the deployment of INS Québec’s new Over the coming year, INS Québec will collaborative approach goes beyond the work with provincial and national sports Meetings to foster greater cooperation circus arts, as Marc Schryburt explains: federations to support them as they “Our services are now available to develop their plans for the next generation Initiated by Marc Schryburt, Vice- wheelchair rugby and boxing. These sports of athletes. Acting as a unifying force, INS President of Performance Services