Mathieu Arsenault appointed to chair Montréal recognition committee
City council appointed the Université de Montréal historian to a first three-year term leading the municipal advisory body.
Montréal city council has appointed historian Mathieu Arsenault as chair of the city’s recognition advisory committee. The appointment was made October 19 and begins a first three-year term.
Arsenault succeeds Jean-François Leclerc. He earned a doctorate from York University in 2019 and has taught at Université de Montréal since 2020.
The city highlighted Arsenault’s work on Indigenous political activism, colonial relationships, Montréal history and public memory.
Source: Ville de Montréal, city announcement published October 22, 2026.
Featured image: illustrative stock photo of history books, by Giammarco Boscaro via Unsplash. It does not depict the appointee or the committee.
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