Matthew S. Wiseman

Matthew S. Wiseman is an historian, author, and educator. His research and teaching focuses on the history and social development of science and medicine in modern Canada. He has published extensively on the history of medical research ethics and the ethical uses of medical science in military and civilian contexts, both past and present. His work also examines the militarization of science in Canada during the Cold War and the extent to which security and national defence impacted the work of scientists in government, academia, and private industry.

Wiseman’s books include a monograph on the history of military science in northern Canada and the Canadian Arctic between 1945 and 1970, an edited collection of government policy papers written by the late nuclear physicist George Lindsey, and a co-edited volume on Canada’s political economy and the military-industrial complex. He also studies gender equality in the professional scientific community and is currently writing two books, one on the history of military medicine in Canada and a second on the history of women scientists at the National Research Council.

Wiseman holds a Ph.D. in History from Wilfrid Laurier University and the Tri-University Graduate Program in History. He has taught at the University of Waterloo and has held several other professional appointments, including a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto, an Associated Medical Services (AMS) History of Medicine and Healthcare Postdoctoral Fellowship at Western University, and a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at St. Jerome’s University.

In addition to his ongoing research, Wiseman is a Research Fellow of the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada and a co-editor of Scientia Canadensis: Canadian Journal of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine.