Previous Positions
Over his career, Michel has held a number of positions within Lakehead University, other post-secondary institutions, industry, and the non-profit heritage sector. A practicing heritage specialist, he holds a Professional Membership with the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP).
For more information see below.
- Senior Heritage Specialist, WSP Canada (2017-11-17 to 2019-12-20)
- Adjunct Professor, School of Environment, Resources & Sustainability, University of Waterloo (2017-02 to 2020-02)
- Chair, Department of History, Lakehead University (2017-08 to 2019-08 and 2012-02 to 2016-07)
- Instructor, Department of Economic and Social History (for PhD in Political, Societal, and Regional Change), University of Helsinki (2019-02 to 2019-06)
- Instructor, Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, Trent University (2019-09 to 2019-12)
- Course Developer, Trent Online, Trent University (2017-11 to 2018-12)
- Associate Professor of History (tenured), Lakehead University (2010-07 to 2018-07)
- Visiting Professor, Department of History / L.R. Wilson Institute for Canadian History, McMaster University (2014-01 to 2014-07)
- Visiting Lecturer, International Summer School in Karelia, Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation (2012-05 to 2012-06)
- Visiting Professor, Department of Political and Economic Studies, Economic and Social History Division, University of Helsinki, Finland (2011-02 to 2011-03)
- Acting-Graduate Coordinator, Department of History, Lakehead University (2015-04 to 2015-09 and 2012-03 to 2012-09)
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Philosophy, Lakehead University (2010 to 2014)
- Site Coordinator, north2north Exchange Program, University of the Arctic (2008 to 2014)
- Director, Lakehead University Centre for Northern Studies (2010-05 to 2014-01)
- Instructor, Lakehead University at Seven Generations Education Institute, Couchiching First Nation (2011-02 to 2011-04)
- Co-Director, Lakehead Social History Institute (2007-09 to 2010-05)
- Assistant Professor of History, Lakehead University (2008 to 2010)
- Lecturer in History, Lakehead University (2007 to 2008)
- Contract Lecturer, Lakehead University (2004 to 2007)
- Teaching Fellow, Queen's University Department of History (2005 to 2006)
- Curriculum Development Support, Office of Continuing Education and Distributed Learning (2002 to 2003)
- Historical Interpreter, Fort William Historical Park (Summer 2001)
- Researcher, Heritage Mississauga (Summer 2000)
- Weekend Information Staff, Peel Art Gallery, Museum, and Archives - formerly Peel Heritage Complex (1995-1998)