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Appointee Biographies

Ontario Geographic Names Board

PIERRE OUELLETTE

Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and demonstrating leadership and creativity, Pierre Ouellette has nearly 25 years of varied experience in the workplace, including fifteen years in the university sector. Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of French Ontario since July 2021, Pierre Ouellette is recognized for his community commitments. He also had the chance to work within teams dedicated to carrying out mobilizing projects, as was the case within the Société Radio-Canada when he was regional director responsible for Ontario from 2016 to 2021. He also enjoyed success in the 1990s when he created two weeklies, one French-language and the other bilingual, in northern Ontario as well as at the University of Hearst, where he was in turn turn professor of history and sociology, vice-rector for teaching to ultimately become rector of the establishment.