Alex Tétreault (born 1994) is a

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writer and activist from

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,Rachel Crustin
"Alex Tétreault, développer l’art queer franco-ontarien"
ONFR, January 27, 2024. who has been the city's poet laureate since 2024. He attended high school at

École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier, in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario, opened its doors in 1969. École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier was the second public high school French language in Ontario to offer free education to all young francophone ...

, where he was associated with the Les Draveurs theatre troupe, and later studied in the theatre program at

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. He was subsequently a communications and marketing manager for the

Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario (''Theatre of New-Ontario'') is a Canadian professional theatre company. Located in Sudbury, Ontario, the company produces French language stage productions. The company was founded in 1971 by the Coopérative des ar ...

, who awarded him a $2,500 grant in 2019 toward the creation of his first original stage play. During this era, he also served as chair of

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until 2021. His play, ''Nickel City Fifs : Une épopée queer sudburoise sur fond de trous'', premiered in 2023 with a performance at Zig's, the city's

gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late ...

bar. An English version of the play, ''Sudbury Saturgay Night'', also received a reading at the 2023 PlaySmelter festival. It undertook a wider tour of markets throughout Ontario in 2025, and its print publication received a

Trillium Book Award The Trillium Book Award ( or ''Prix Trillium'') is an annual literary award presented to writers in Ontario, Canada. It is administered by Ontario Creates, a Crown agency (Ontario), Crown agency of the Government of Ontario, which is overseen by ...

nomination for French Prose in 2025. His second stage play, ''Avert Your Gays'', debuted at the 2024 PlaySmelter festival."Le dramaturge sudburois Alex Tétreault présente un texte sur l’homophobie"
CBON-FM, April 30, 2024.

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