A little something about Nicole

Nicole has spent the past 15 years working within Canada’s high-performance sport system, supporting elite athletes and teams on their journey to the podium. She was the first full-time sport dietitian at the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario, where she led the development of its Sport Nutrition Department, and later served as the National Lead of Sport Nutrition for Own the Podium, leading the vision and direction of high-performance sport across Canada.

Her experience includes hands-on work with some of Canada’s top athletes and teams. Most recently, she was the lead nutritionist for the Paris Olympic silver medal winning Canadian National Beach Volleyball Team, and the Canadian National Track Cycling Team who took home gold and bronze medals in Tokyo. Nicole has extensive experience supporting athletes across a wide range of sports, including swimming, rowing, wheelchair basketball, golf, figure skating, cycling, and Nordic skiing.

Nicole specializes in using individualized, evidence-based nutrition strategies to help athletes and active individuals meet the demands of training, optimize energy and performance, support recovery, and maintain overall health. She also works with individuals navigating injury or illness, helping to ensure nutrition continues to support healing, recovery, and a safe return to activity. Her approach is grounded in science, informed by extensive high-performance experience, and tailored to each person’s needs, lifestyle, and goals.

Nicole works with clients ranging from recreationally active individuals to highly competitive athletes and can provide support with sport performance and training nutrition; energy, carbohydrate, protein, and hydration needs; pre-, during-, and post-exercise fueling and recovery; competition and event nutrition; weight and muscle gain; Low Energy Availability (LEA) and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs); injury, illness, concussion recovery, and return to activity; iron and other nutrient deficiencies; evidence-based supplement guidance and review; periodized nutrition for training and competition; vegetarian and vegan nutrition; gastrointestinal concerns, including IBS, IBD, Crohn’s disease, celiac disease, and food allergies/intolerances; and support for nutrition concerns related to disordered eating.