SHAE-LYNN BOURNE

2025 Will Sears Awardee/ Guest Performer

SHAE-LYNN BOURNE is quite simply magic on ice and our 2025 Will Sears honoree. Together with her former ice dance partner Victor Kraatz, this Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Famer quickly rose to the top of the podium. The 10-time Canadian National Dance Champions became the first North American dance team to win the World Championships in 2003. In addition to being three-time Olympians, they accumulated a total of six medals at the World Championships. The two innovators were the first ice dancers to incorporate “hydroblading” – gliding on skates with one’s body outstretched so it’s nearly horizontal to the ice. Shae-Lynn received the Governor General’s Meritorious Service Cross for speaking out against unfair judging practices in figure skating, and most recently the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her achievements and significant contributions to Canada. Currently she is balancing coaching, choreography, and performing and is in worldwide demand in each of these capacities.