Mathieu Chantelois

Mathieu Chantelois (born July 4, 1973) is a Canadian television personality, journalist, magazine editor, and marketing executive.

He is a graduate of Carleton University's journalism program, and in 2018, he completed a certificate in strategic perspectives in nonprofit management at Harvard Business School.

[2] Following the end of his term on The Lofters, Chantelois continued hosting programming for PrideVision and its successor channel OUTtv, including Read Out!, featuring authors from the LGBT community, and the reality series COVERguy.

[5][6] In 2007, Chantelois created the Green Space Festival, a fundraising event for an LGBT community centre in Canada.

[14] Guests at Pride Toronto during Chantelois's tenure included RuPaul,[15] Pussy Riot, Cyndi Lauper, Chaz Bono, John Waters,[16] George Takei, and Margaret Atwood.

[18] He resigned the position on August 11, 2016, to take a position at Cineplex Media,[19] approximately six weeks after both receiving praise[20] and facing criticism over his handling of the Black Lives Matter demand that Toronto Police officers be barred from participating in Pride events in uniform.

Chantelois currently serves as vice president, communications and promotion at the Canada Media Fund, a position he has held since June 2019.

[48] In March 2019, he wrote an op-ed piece, published by several media outlets, about his own evolution from seeing himself as a Québécois who lived in Toronto to seeing himself as a true Franco-Ontarian.

Wedding of Chantelois and Gomez