"The key question isn't "What fosters creativity?" But it is why in God's name isn't everyone creative? Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? I think therefore a good question might be not why do people create? But why do people not create or innovate? We have got to abandon that sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything."
Abraham Maslow
Insights
In Chantale, you have a thoughtful professional and practitioner in the field. She demonstrates a performance-focused approach while establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with both the athletes and members of the coaching staff. I believe she will be a significant asset to your team and I recommend her highly and unreservedly
Tom Patrick, PhD Senior Lecturer, High Performance Sport School of Sport and Recreation Auckland University of Technology Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1020 New Zealand
Biography
Chantale Lussier, PhD (c)
Based in Ottawa, Chantale is a sport psychology and performance enhancement consultant. A registered professional member
of the Canadian Sport Psychology Association and the International Society of Sport Psychology, she has
a wealth of experience working with a broad range of artists and athletes of various disciplines, ages and competitive
ranking. Feeling equally at ease working with children, adolescents,
and adults, her clients have ranged from grassroots levels all the way through to elite performers. Notably, she has worked extensively
with dancers, consulting for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Schools Professional Division (2002-2004), and the Professional Contemporary
Dance program at The School of Dance (2005-present). Since 2009, she is also a National Committee member of Physical Health
Education Canada's Dance PAC. In addition, Chantale has consulted with provincial and
national competitive athletes in Manitoba and Ontario including swimmers, figure skaters, gymnasts,
and tennis players. Most recently, Chantale has been
working as a psychology researcher for the Department of National Defenses Operational Effectiveness and Leadership Section, Director
Military Personnel Operational Research and Analysis 4 (DMPORA 4).
Herself a graduate of the Royal Winnipeg Ballets Professional Division Teachers Course, Chantale is a professional member of the Cecchetti
Society of Canada with Associate Diploma teaching certification and Advance Cecchetti (ballet). Following a 12 year career in the performing
arts as a dancer (stage, tv, and film), choreographer, teacher, and artistic director, her interest in the human experience through movement
brought her to the University of Winnipeg where she completed a B.A. (honors) in Psychology with a minor in Kinesiology, and to the University
of Ottawa for a M.A. (human kinetics) in Sport Psychology. A doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa, Chantale
was awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Doctoral Fellowship Research Award (2006-2009) for her research at the 2008 Canada
Dance Festival on the role of feelings, emotions, and the body in creative experiences in dance, movement, and art education.
Chantale's genuine desire to serve drives her consulting work. Her compassion for others, along with her ability to walk a mile in someone
elses shoes, makes her a powerfully gentle person who values presence, authenticity, active listening, and reflection as a way to accompany, witness,
and support people on their journey towards personal excellence, well-being, joy, and creativity. In addition to her consulting practice and research,
Chantale has published a number of articles, and feels most creative when writing and photographing. A martial artist with a blue belt in taekwondo,
she has recently run her first 10k event. An avid outdoorswoman, Chantale enjoys a wide array of seasonal physical activities, and lives with her
husband, their dog, and four cats, which they have affectionately nicknamed the Zoo.
Chantale Lussier, PhD (c)
Herself a graduate of the Royal Winnipeg Ballets Professional Division Teachers Course, Chantale is a professional member of the Cecchetti
Society of Canada with Associate Diploma teaching certification and Advance Cecchetti (ballet). Following a 12 year career in the performing
arts as a dancer (stage, tv, and film), choreographer, teacher, and artistic director, her interest in the human experience through movement
brought her to the University of Winnipeg where she completed a B.A. (honors) in Psychology with a minor in Kinesiology, and to the University
of Ottawa for a M.A. (human kinetics) in Sport Psychology. A doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa, Chantale
was awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Doctoral Fellowship Research Award (2006-2009) for her research at the 2008 Canada
Dance Festival on the role of feelings, emotions, and the body in creative experiences in dance, movement, and art education.
Chantale's genuine desire to serve drives her consulting work. Her compassion for others, along with her ability to walk a mile in someone
elses shoes, makes her a powerfully gentle person who values presence, authenticity, active listening, and reflection as a way to accompany, witness,
and support people on their journey towards personal excellence, well-being, joy, and creativity. In addition to her consulting practice and research,
Chantale has published a number of articles, and feels most creative when writing and photographing. A martial artist with a blue belt in taekwondo,
she has recently run her first 10k event. An avid outdoorswoman, Chantale enjoys a wide array of seasonal physical activities, and lives with her
husband, their dog, and four cats, which they have affectionately nicknamed the Zoo.
