Ian J. Vaillancourt is a Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Heritage Theological Seminary, in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. He is an ordained pastor in the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptists in Canada, and served in senior/teaching pastoral roles for 14 years before transitioning to serve Christ in the classroom. He earned his PhD at the University of St. Michael's College, in Toronto, Ontario. His particular research interests include the Book of Psalms (shape and shaping, witness to the Messiah), the canonical approach to biblical interpretation, Old Testament and whole Bible biblical theology, as well as theological exegesis.