Gilles Marchildon

Gilles Marchildon (born May 6, 1965) is a francophone activist and LGBT activist currently living in Toronto. He is currently Toronto campus director for Collège Boréal.[1] Prior to that, he worked in the field of health as Executive Director of the French-language health planning agency Reflet Salvéo (now called Entité 3) from 2014 to 2019 [2] and previously, from 2010 to 2014, as Executive Director of the community health agency Action Positive VIH/SIDA.[3] He was President of ACFO Toronto[4] and also Vice Chair of the City of Toronto's French Language Adivosory Committee.[5] He continues to serve on a City of Toronto committee, namely the Advisory Committee on Seniors Services and Long-Term Care. He also sits on the board of the provincial community foundation, la Fondation franco-ontarienne where he was elected President.[6]

Gilles Marchildon
Born (1965-05-06) May 6, 1965
Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada

He was Executive Director of Egale Canada during the organization's campaign to obtain recognition of equal civil marriage rights (2003 to 2006).[7] In addition, he is one of the 3 founding directors of the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees IRQR and served as its first president from 2008 to 2011.[8] He has also worked as Director of Communications for the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network from 2009 to 2010 and for WUSC [] from 2006 to 2008.

A native of Penetanguishene, Ontario, Marchildon studied political science at the University of Ottawa, and was president of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa in 1987-88. He later lived in Paris and Toronto before moving to Winnipeg, where he established his own communications and marketing firm, People and Ideas, and served on the boards of several community organizations for both the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and Franco-Manitoban communities in Winnipeg, including the Reel Pride film festival and the Winnipeg Film Group. He served as editor and publisher of Swerve, Winnipeg's LGBT magazine, for four years, and also wrote for Xtra! and Icon magazines in Toronto.[9]

Media Presence

As an advocate and representative of the Francophone community in Ontario, Marchildon was often interviewed by French-language media :

  • "Entrevue avec Gilles Marchildon (Reflet Salvéo)" [11]
  • "6000 $ à PoM pour des vidéos encourageant les jeunes à s’occuper de leur santé… en français" [12]


As Executive Director of Egale Canade, Gilles Marchildon has frequently been published and quoted in The Globe and Mail, Xtra!, and NOW Toronto:

  • Gilles Marchildon.[13]
  • The court gets it right.[14]
  • Lobby groups tussle over same-sex bill[15]
  • Legal furor erupts over same-sex proposal[16]
  • Tories split over gay-marriage plan[17]
  • PM's pick for bench draws fire[18]
  • Canada turning its back on God, Pope says[19]
  • Census coloured by broad array of interests [20]
  • Ford bests Smitherman; Wong-Tam takes Ward 27 in nail biter[21]
  • Egale’s gay gaffe [22]
  • Protest planned for Toronto Egale fundraising gala [23]

As Executive Director of Action Positive, he has been interviewed in French on Ici Radio-Canada Première, the French version of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and in Fugues (magazine), Montreal's leading gay magazine:

  • Y a pas deux matins pareils : Divulgation du statut de sérapositivité[24]
  • Y a pas deux matins pareils : VIH: criminel ou pas?[25]
  • Gilles Marchildon, nouveau directeur des programmes à Action positive VIH/sida [26]
  • Une année déterminante pour les droits des homosexuels en Ontario[27]

As Director of Communications for the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, he has been interviewed in French in Métro (Canadian newspaper) and has been published in the Globe and Mail (Letters to the Editor):

  • La parole à Gilles Marchildon, porte-parole du Réseau juridique canadien VIH/sida[28]
  • AIDS, a hurdle at a time[29]

His work as Chair of the Board and President of ACFO-Toronto has been covered in L'Express de Toronto, Le Métropolitain, and on Ici Radio-Canada:

  • Deuxième et dernière réunion du comité francophone de la ville[30]
  • Comité francophone de la ville de Toronto: c'est (re)parti![31]
  • L’ACFO-Toronto envoie un questionnaire aux candidats aux élections municipales[32]
  • Un questionnaire sur la francophonie pour les candidats municipaux[33]
  • Entrevue avec Gilles Marchildon[34]

References
  1. "Mr. Gilles Marchildon is appointed director of Collège Boréal's Toronto Campus".
  2. "Mandat renouvelé pour Reflet Salvéo".
  3. ""Action Positive VIH/SIDA Executive Council 2013-2014"". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  4. ""Association of French Canadians of Ontario, Toronto Executive Council"". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  5. "French Language Advisory Committee (2010-2014)"
  6. "Membres du conseil d'administration".
  7. "Making Issues Sexy".
  8. "Former Board Members of IRQR"
  9. "Gilles Marchildon". Xtra. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  10. « J'ai besoin de contribuer à faire évoluer positivement la société » – Gilles Marchildon
  13. "Gilles Marchildon"
  14. "The court gets it right"
  15. "Lobby groups tussle over same-sex bill"
  16. "Legal furor erupts over same-sex proposal"
  17. "Tories split over gay-marriage plan"
  18. "PM's pick for bench draws fire"
  19. "Canada turning its back on God, Pope says"
  20. "Census coloured by broad array of interests"
  21. "Ford bests Smitherman; Wong-Tam takes Ward 27 in nail biter"
  22. "Egale’s gay gaffe"
  23. "Protest planned for Toronto Egale fundraising gala"
  24. "Y a pas deux matins pareils : Divulgation du statut de sérapositivité"
  25. "Y a pas deux matins pareils : VIH: criminel ou pas?"
  26. "Gilles Marchildon, nouveau directeur des programmes à Action positive VIH/sida"
  27. "Une année déterminante pour les droits des homosexuels en Ontario"
  28. "La parole à Gilles Marchildon, porte-parole du Réseau juridique canadien VIH/sida"
  29. "AIDS, a hurdle at a time"
  30. "Deuxième et dernière réunion du comité francophone de la ville"
  31. "Comité francophone de la ville de Toronto: c'est (re)parti!"
  32. ""L'ACFO-Toronto envoie un questionnaire aux candidats aux élections municipales"". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  33. "Un questionnaire sur la francophonie pour les candidats municipaux"
  34. "Entrevue avec Gilles Marchildon"
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