Canada
Communications expert
Stéphane Jobin has been a mentor with FISU’s Young Reporters Programme since 2023.
A graduate of Université Laval with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism (2004), he spent over a decade contributing to his alma mater’s sports programme.
His expertise in sports communications has taken him to multiple international events, including serving as Team Canada’s Communications Manager at the 2023 FISU Winter Games in Lake Placid, USA, and the 2015 FISU Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea. He also held the role of Communications Officer for Canada at the 2019 FISU Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy.
Before his tenure at Laval, Jobin was Editor-in-Chief for three weekly newspapers in the Ottawa region - L'Express d'Ottawa, La Nouvelle de Prescott-Russell, and The Orléans Star.
His journalistic career led him to fulfill a lifelong dream: covering the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.