For more than 40 years, serving as chair of the boards of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Arts Stabilization Manitoba and Société historique de Saint-Boniface (SHSB), Michel Lagacé has worked to advance the provincial arts, culture and heritage sectors. Providing significant leadership in the francophone community, he led the management of the SHSB archives building, negotiating its recognition as the francophone equivalent of the Archives of Manitoba.