Matthew S. Wiseman is an assitant professor (teaching stream) in the Department of History at the University of Waterloo. 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 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.
Wiseman holds a Ph.D. in History from Wilfrid Laurier University and the Tri-University Graduate Program in History. Before joining the University of Waterloo, he held consecutive postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Toronto, Western University, and 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.
