El Chenier — President

El Chenier is Associate Dean of Scholarship in the Office of Graduate Studies and Professor of History at Simon Fraser University on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.

Chenier teaches and researches the modern history of sexuality in Canada and the United States. They founded the Sexuality Studies Association and served for many years as an adjudicator of the Michael Lynch Award for Queer History. Outside of the academy, they have most recently volunteered with Rainbow Refugee, a Vancouver-based organization that promotes safe, equitable migration and communities of belonging for people fleeing persecution based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or HIV status.