Marc-Antoine Mahieu

Roles & Affiliations

Marc-Antoine Mahieu holds dual roles as Associate Professor at Université Laval (Department of Anthropology) and as a Lecturer at INALCO. He is Director of the Langues et Cultures des Amériques section at INALCO (2022-2025) and leads Inuktitut L2 instruction via videoconferencing. He is a member of LACITO (CNRS laboratory) and serves on the National Council of Universities.

Research

Focuses on Inuktitut linguistics, translation studies, and Arctic sociolinguistics. Specializes in Nunavik Inuit dialectology, language preservation, and Indigenous cultural policy. Published works include analyses of Inuktitut syntax, translation ethics, and Indigenous literary history.

Awards

• 2019: Prix Samuel de Champlain
• 2016: Palmes académiques
• 2008: Fondation Émile Benveniste Prize

Grants & Editorial Work

Edited landmark publications like Hunter with Harpoon (2020) and co-edited Questions de sémantique inuit (2016). Active in collaborative translation projects between Canada and France.