Marcel Castonguay
Mission Services Committee Chair
Marcel is presently the Executive Director of Centre de santé communautaire Hamilton/Niagara, a non-profit, multidisciplinary care organization that serves the French speaking populations of the Hamilton and Niagara areas. The Centre employs over 100 full-time staff and serves over 10,000 patients. The services provided range from primary care (medical services), chronic disease management, specialized services such as a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) clinic, adult and children mental services, services to newcomers and support services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. It also provides early-years services as well as a number of support services for seniors.
Prior to joining the Centre de santé 15 years ago, Marcel enjoyed a 23-year career in the Ontario Public Service working in various ministries such as Labor, Transportation and the three ministries comprising the justice sector.
As Executive Lead for French language services across the ministries of the Attorney General, Solicitor General and Community Safety and Correctional Services, Marcel championed a number of legislative projects such as the regulation on bilingual proceedings before Ontario’s court system. During this time, he also had the opportunity to co-chair national working groups on access to justice in both official languages with representatives from all provinces and territories. He also had the opportunity to lead many provincial transformation initiatives to enhance access to French language justices services within Ontario.
Marcel grew up in northern Ontario, is an avid golfer, likes biking and enjoys reading. He played hockey in his younger years and also coached for a number of years. The Niagara 2021 Canada Summer Games are his first hands-on experience with Canada Games but he enjoys following both summer and winter Olympic sports.