By Sean Graham
This week, I speak with Matthew S. Wiseman, historian of science and medication in fashionable Canada. We focus on why militaries interact in scientific analysis, the civilian advantages of that analysis, and the way scientists navigated their analysis through the Chilly Battle. We additionally chat about analysis consent inside a army setting, the challenges of researching the Chilly Battle period, and the legacy of scientific analysis within the mid-Twentieth cenetury,
Matthew would be the delivering the second session of the Shannon Lecture sequence on Monday October 6 entitled ‘Chilly Battle Consent? Navy Experimentation and Analysis Ethics in Mid-Century Canada.’
Historic Headline of the Week
Matthew S. Wiseman, “Canada Created a Chilly Battle Isolation Laboratory. It Resulted in Scandal,” The Walrus, July 31, 2025.
Sean Graham is a cultural historian, an Adjunct Professor at Carleton College, and a contributing editor with Activehistory.ca
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