Toronto, July 8, 2025 – Game Plan is pleased to announce the appointment of Natalie Doucette as the Mental Health Clinical Lead.

Under the direction of the Game Plan Senior Manager and the National Chief Medical Officer for Health and Wellness, Doucette will primarily be responsible for implementing the Mental Health (MH) Strategy for High Performance Sport in Canada.  The goal of this role is to ensure that the Canadian sport system has world-class mental health programs and support.

Doucette is a bilingual, Registered Psychologist and Certified Mental Performance Consultant with experience supporting high performance athletes and teams at local, provincial and national levels. She is currently employed with the Canadian Centre for Mental Health in Sport, the Canadian Sport Institute Alberta, Team Alberta, as well as with many local teams and athletes through her private practice. She has lived experience as a varsity athlete and is very passionate about supporting athletes’ mental health throughout their performance careers and beyond.

In this part-time position, Doucette will work closely with stakeholders throughout the sport system to align mental health care and education services offered to athletes and National Sport Organizations (NSOs).

ABOUT GAME PLAN

Game Plan is Canada’s holistic athlete-support network. Its nationwide team of world-class experts and specialized advisors empower national athletes with practical ways to live healthy, balanced, and personally successful lives at every stage of their journey. Game Plan’s growth-centred programs, structured services, and everyday resources are custom designed to support the total well-being of every individual athlete.

Established in 2015, Game Plan is a globally leading initiative which functions in collaboration with the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC), Sport Canada and the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sport Institute Network (COPSIN).