Career
A Leader in historical sociolinguistics and a pioneer in the digital humanities, she is an expert in Canadian French linguistics, presently holding the University of Ottawa Research Chair Le français en mouvement: Frontières, réseaux et contacts en Amérique française. In 2004, Professor Martineau was named Professor of the Year by the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ottawa. In 2009, she was named one of "16 extraordinary women" at the University of Ottawa.
In 2009, she was appointed to the University Research Chair in Language and Migration in French America.
In 2011, she received funding from the Leaders Opportunity Fund of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). In 2012, she was granted the Excellence in Research Award from the University of Ottawa.
In 2014, she was appointed to the University of Ottawa Research Le français en mouvement: frontières, réseaux et contacte en Amérique française. En 2015, she is conferred the title of Distinguished Professor.