Mathieu Chantelois  Mathieu Chantelois (born July 4, 1973) is a Canadian television personality, journalist, magazine editor, and marketing executive. Mathieu Chantelois was born and raised in Mascouche, a suburb just outside Montreal, Quebec. He studied at Pierre Laporte Secondary School, a musical academy in Montreal. 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. Chantelois was one of the original housemates on the Canadian reality television series "". The first season's only openly gay resident, Chantelois created the series "So Gay TV" for PrideVision. "So Gay TV" was nominated for Best Talk Series at the 2002 Gemini Awards. 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". Chantelois has also worked as a cultural reporter for TFO's "Panorama". In 2006, Chantelois was named chair of the board at The 519 Church St. Community Centre in Toronto, Ontario. He stepped down from the position in 2009, but is still involved with the organization in other capacities. In 2007, Chantelois created the Green Space Festival, a fundraising event for a LGBT community centre in Canada. He was named one of eight local heroes by the "Toronto Star". The festival has raised over $2.5 million in the last 10 years. In 2009, Chantelois became editor of the movie magazine "Famous Quebec". Under his leadership, in 2010 "Famous Quebec" became "Le magazine Cineplex". In 2015, Chantelois was named the new executive director of Pride Toronto. In 2016, under his leadership, the first Pride Month in Canada was launched, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the first sitting prime minister to march in the Pride parade, and for the first time ever the official Pride and Trans flags were raised at the same time to help kick off Pride Month. Guests at Pride Toronto during Chantelois's tenure included RuPaul, Pussy Riot, Cyndi Lauper, Chaz Bono, John Waters, George Takei, and Margaret Atwood. The event also got Guinness World Record recognition for the world's largest stage show of drag artists, with 73 drag queens and kings taking to the stage.