Joannie Rochette to enter Skate Canada Hall of Fame

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http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/w...ette-skate-canada-hall-of-fame-2017-1.4246469

Nick McCarvel recently interviewed Joannie Rochette on the "Ice Talk" podcast --- definitely worth a listen, IMO :):
http://web.icenetwork.com/fans/icetalk
Ep. 37: Joannie Rochette/Jackie Wong
Olympic bronze medalist Joannie Rochette chats with Ice Talk about going to medical school, the lasting impact the Vancouver Games have had on her life and the rise of the Canadian lady in figure skating.

It is great that she is now pursuing a degree in medicine at McGill. :)
Skate Canada's press release:
https://skatecanada.ca/2017/08/skate-canada-announces-hall-of-fame-class-of-2017/
The class of 2017 will include athletes Joannie Rochette and Jennifer Robinson, coaches Sadie and Albert Enders and Josée Picard and Éric Gilles, and builders Ron Vincent and Steve Milton.
... The exact dates and locations of the various inductions will be announced as they become available.
Congratulations to all the inductees!

ETA link to the Hamilton Spectator article (includes a quote from Steve Milton): https://www.thespec.com/sports-story/7502283-rochette-spectator-s-milton-in-skating-hall-of-fame/
 
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Olympic star on the path to becoming Dr. Rochette (cross-posting this McGill University article link here for those who may not visit the Trash Can): http://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?sid=1762&pgid=1754
Excerpts:
Rochette will start working in a hospital in January. In mid-September, she and her McGill peers received their crisp white coats at the Faculty of Medicine’s annual White Coat Ceremony – the event marks a second-year med student’s transition from the classroom to clinical encounters and the responsibilities associated with seeing patients.
Rochette doesn’t yet know what area of medicine she wants to focus on, but is looking forward to working in a hospital.
“What I hear from people is you retain a lot more when you actually meet the patient, take a history and it’s not just theoretical.”
Rochette had a rather eventful summer. As an ambassador for Right to Play, the global organization that uses sports and games to educate and empower children, she travelled to Ghana in early July, visiting Right to Play projects as part of a delegation with Canada’s Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, Marie-Claude Bibeau.
“I really like the organization and I think that it’s a smart way to use sport and play to teach kids life values [and] lessons,” she says.
 
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