Why Arts?
The Faculty of Arts is home to highly motivated educators, researchers and students who have the critical and technical skills, as well as the creative knowledge and spirit, to make sense of our rapidly changing and increasingly globalized world.
Reasons to join our faculty
The Faculty of Arts is a vast and multidisciplinary academic community. Some of our researchers are conducting cognitive neuroscience at the Foothills Hospital, while others are choreographing exquisite dance performances. Likewise, some of our students are training to master Earth-space technologies, while others are learning the vocabulary and grammar of ancient languages.
Rather than a challenge, we see diversity as our strength. Across our 12 departments and two schools, we create an environment where our students, faculty and staff foster critical thinking, engage as global citizens, and collaborate as leaders, bold innovators and creative practitioners.
Graduate News
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U of C grad student creates homes for bees ... one ceramic sculpture at a time
Four Arts grad students awarded prestigious Vanier scholarships for 2018
PhD students receive national award for their innovative research and extraordinary leadership
English doctoral student and author longlisted for Giller Prize
Joshua Whitehead one of 12 authors nominated for elite literary award
The Animal Kinship Project
Classics and Religion instructor Dr. Craig Ginn draws attention to Indigenous histories and worldviews through music, highlighting Indigenous understandings of relationality with animals.
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ENGLISH
A new approach to digital posters
What exactly is the virtual? Dr. Derritt Mason explores how the use of current technology can enrich and deepen the study of new media.
ARCHAEOLOGY
Excavating Cluny Fortified Village
Archaeology Masters students spearhead the Aboriginal Youth Engagement Program, providing rich learning opportunities for indigenous high school students.
ART
A musical instrument for the unborn child
Dr. Aura Pon has created a lightweight electronic instrument that can be strapped across a pregnant woman’s belly in the fashion of a belt.
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