OUR EXPERTS TEAM
President & Nutritionnist
MÉLANIE OLIVIER
Founder and president of VIVAÏ, Mélanie Olivier's expertise in sports nutrition is recognized throughout the country and among her peers as the first nutritionist to be appointed as a member of the performance improvement team for the Canadian Olympic Committee for the Games of Torino 2006, Beijing 2008 and Vancouver in 2010. With a bachelor's and a Master's degree in sports nutrition from the University of Montreal, Melanie worked for more then 15 years with professional and amateur athletes across the country.
Melanie is a registered dieititian with l'ordre professionnel des diététistes du Quebec and member of Dietitians of Canada, she is also recognized by the Coaching Association of Canada as a specialist in sports nutrition. She is also responsible for the Quebec members of the Sport Nutrition Network of Dietitians of Canada. Melanie has been involved with amateur athletes since the inception of the National Centre Multisports Montreal (CNMM ), now the National Institute of Sports in Quebec (INS). In particular, she has worked closely federations and national teams and federations such as the Canadian Short Track Speed Skating Team, Canadian Freestyle Ski and the Canadian Synchronized Swimming Team.
Her reputation extends beyond North America as Melanie has worked for over 18 years with internationally renowned athletes such as boxers Lucian Bute and Eric Lucas from Groupe Interbox. She is now working with the Montreal Canadien's players, their school-club Ice Caps and collaborate with Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
An excellent, bilingual communicator, Melanie has spoken and instructed for many organizations and conferences. She was also a national spokesperson for promotional campaigns and at various product launches.
Regularly in the media, Melanie has worked on several television shows including L'Épicerie on Radio-Canada, Cours Toujours on MaTv, Deux filles le matin on TVA, and in documentaries like La boxe en 5 rounds, La préparation des athlètes olympiques on Canal D and for radio program Culture physique on Radio-Canada.
Redactor of nutrition chronics for different magazines during many years, Melanie embarked on the adventure of writing a book on nutrition, exercise and maternity: Sport et Nutrition pendant et après la grossesse, published in 2012 by Les Éditions de l'Homme.
« Coming from a family of innkeepers in the Eastern Townships and as athlete in alpine skiing, sports nutrition was revealed to me during my athletic career end with the Quebec team. It was obvious that this was my path and one I still find many challenging and exciting. Nutrition is an evolving science and trial and error are part of our daily lives. Attention to the ordinary day-to-days, which is often overlooked in favour of trends or the latest product, which allows to achieve extraordinary performance. »
Mélanie
Director & Nutritionnist
Boisbriand - Terrebonne - Laval - Montréal
MÉLANIE MANTHA
Director at VIVAÏ for a couple of years now, Melanie coordinates our school, sports group and business programs as well as an increasing number of projects at VIVAÏ. Her professionalism, strong organizational skills and contagious energy make her a high demanded speaker. Convinced of VIVAÏ’s philosophy of using sports nutrition as way to teach general healthy eating habits to adolescents, she has played an integral role in the development, oversight and execution of presentations and workshops in dozens of Quebec schools.
A great writer, Melanie had contributed to several articles for the magazine Outdoor Spaces, Elle Quebec and others, and in few newspapers like Terrebonne Newspaper, Le Trait d’Union and Pays-d'en-haut La Vallée.
« From a very young age, I realized that eating improved my performance both on the field and in the classroom. This is what led me to a profession when I can show people the power of nutrition on physical, psychological and social well-being. »
Mélanie
Nutritionnist
Montréal - St-Sauveur
ARIANE LAVIGNE
Ariane has a bachelor’s degree in nutrition from the University of Montreal and has been a nutritionist since 2008. Wanting to expand her knowledge of athletic performance, she obtained a diploma specialized in sports nutrition from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Always in search of personal and professional advancement, she combines her profession with her greatest passion: alpine snowboarding. She understands the realities of elite sports, having been a member of the Canadian National Snowboard Team who participated in the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi.
Bursting with new ideas, Ariane will stop at nothing to seek out new professional opportunities. Passionate about sport, she works with sports enthusiasts, high performance athletes and sport federations, such as Tennis Canada and the Quebec snowboard and alpine skiing teams. On top of her private practice, she is involved as a spokesperson in sporting events, a key note speaker, a writer, she also develops menus and promotes nutritional kiosks. Her articles and columns can be found in various media platforms, such as blogs, editorial articles or editorial collaborations; La Presse+, Magazine Découvertes, iPlant, Tremblant and the maple products of Quebec, to name a few.
« Life brings us develop and reach our full potential; An adapted nutrition to our own reality is the secret ingredient in the recipe for success! »
Ariane
Passionate about running and triathlon, it was during her studies that Amélie decided to specialize in sports nutrition, because for her, sports and nutrition become one. In 2017, she followed a 15 hour training on nutrition and sports nutrition given by the french nutritionist Anthony Berthou, in collaboration with the Clinique du Coureur. She also is a candidate for the sports nutrition diploma given by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
In addition to her mentoring of athletes of all levels, she has mainly worked in private clinic since she finished school. She has also given multiple conferences and is a writer for several blogs. Amélie will help you achieve your nutritional goals to optimize your performance through a great listening and personalized approach. Aiming for good nutrition without restrictions, she advocates balance and pleasure above anything else.
Nutritionnist
As a former swimming athlete, she understands the importance of sport in the everyday life, the need to surpass oneself and the importance of nutrition to achieve it. While continuing to swim, Claudia is interested in different sports such as triathlon, bodybuilding, cycling, squash, tennis, gymnastics and others.
Claudia has been working in a private clinic since she left school and specializes in long-term changes. Her goal is to provide tailored and specific advices to the reality of each to find balance, knowledge and motivation in order to achieve the objectives. Her listening and empathy allows her to adapt her approach from one person to another. Very dynamic, Claudia loves to share her nutritional knowledge through her consultations, her writing articles, on social networks, during workshops, conferences or kiosks.
« Eat to live or live to eat? Why not both? »
Nutritionnist
Proud triathlete and marathoner, Marina is passionate about sports nutrition and firmly believes that perseverance and motivation are the keys to success. She loves writing blog posts on sports nutrition and writes for Tribay Market, WheelPower and MOVE Proteins. It is therefore a duty to stay up to date in this area by participating in several trainings. She is also very interested in nutrition for young athletes and gives conferences on good lifestyle and sport in her community.
So, whether you want to improve your performances by changing your eating habits, losing weight, or simply gaining healthy eating habits, Marina will help you make the right choices and will help you set realistic and motivating goal. Building a collaborative relationship based on mutual trust is essential in her practice.
Nutritionnist
Knowing that habits are formed from an early age, she gives culinary workshops for children and adolescents, as well as conferences for parents of young children to promote the adoption of healthy lifestyle habits.
Having experience with many types of clients, her dynamism and determination will push you to pursue your goals to the end. Her goal is to make you walk or even run to success, with her coaching and advices tailored to your situation.
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