Valérie Lapointe-Gagnon is an Associate Professor of History at the Faculté Saint-Jean of the University of Alberta and President of Acfas-Alberta. Her research interests include the intellectual and political history of contemporary Canada and Quebec, women's history, Canadian francophonies, constitutional issues, and Canada-Quebec relations. In 2018, she published with Boréal the essay Panser le Canada : une histoire intellectuelle de la Commission Laurendeau-Dunton, recipient of the Prix de la présidence de l'Assemblée nationale du Québec. She contributes to La Presse + by publishing columns on political news.