Mathieu Arsenault is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the Université de Montréal and editor of the journal Bulletin d’histoire politique. A specialist of 19th-century Indigenous history in Canada, he obtained a PhD in history from York University (Toronto) in 2019. He is the author of several publications in Indigenous history and historiography and was awarded the Medal of Excellence in Research from the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 2023. In 2026, he published the book Ne rejette pas nos paroles: Politique autochtone et gouvernance coloniale au Canada (1815–1860).
A member of the Centre interuniversitaire d’études et de recherches autochtones (CIÉRA) and the Chaire de recherche en histoire contemporaine du Québec, his current research focuses on relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, the dynamics between First Nations and the State, as well as medical colonialism in Quebec and Canada. He received an International Chair as part of his collaboration with the Université Libre de Bruxelles during the spring 2027.