Re-elected in 2021
(Board member since 2016)
André has served on the Curling Québec Board of Directors since July 2016. He served as Vice-President in 2017-18 and as President for the following four years. He holds a bachelor of science in physical education and sports from the University of Sherbrooke (1980), a master’s degree (M. Ed.) in education from the University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (1996) and a doctorate (Ph. D.) in Educational Sciences from the University of Ottawa (2007). Retired from the field of education since 2011, he has, during his 35 years of service, assumed various functions: physical educator, school principal, university teacher and finally vice-director of the Regional University (UQAT).
In terms of the development of curling in Quebec, he has been involved at different levels for over 50 years, both in his local club and within the regional association, the Association de curling du Nord-Ouest québécois (ACNOQ). A resident of Val-d’Or, he is still a member of the Belvédère de Val-d’Or sports club, of which he chaired as president for several years. Always passionate, he remains very active on the Quebec senior and master circuits, having had the opportunity to participate in all the provincial championships in these categories over the past nine years and has every intention of continuing in this course of direction for years to come.