Gilles Marchildon

Who is Gilles Marchildon?

Gilles Marchildon is a Canadian communications consultant and activist, who served as the executive director of Egale Canada from 2003 to 2006.

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 Festival du Voyageur. He served as editor and publisher of Swerve, the city's LGBT magazine, for four years, and also wrote for Xtra! and Icon magazines in Toronto.

Marchildon was succeeded as executive director at Egale, on an interim basis, by Kaj Hasselriis. Marchildon is currently married and living in Toronto.