Faculty of Arts

Our mission is to reflect on the world and our place in it through critical inquiry, creative practices and collaborative exploration.

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60 years of UCalgary

UCalgary has launched a 60-week storytelling campaign marking the university’s 60th anniversary in 2026. Community members are invited to submit story ideas through the intake form.

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Our undergraduate students are curious and driven

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Our graduate students are bold leaders, innovators, creators

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UCalgary's most-read research news of 2025

In a year that saw the University of Calgary officially become a Top 5 research university, readers of UCalgary News learned about early humans adapting to extreme climates more than a million years ago, the cause of a mysterious white patch appearing next to northern lights, the subtle effects of the sounds found in a modern-day health-care clinic, and more

Alex Bierman interviewed on CTV News, Global News, and Calgary Herald about holiday stress and the ‘buy now, pay later’ system

Experts warn against using ‘buy now, play later’ programs

Investment from Environmental Damages Fund sets stage for bull trout’s comeback

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In the News Lindsay Amundsen-Meyer, Matthew Munro, Anthropology and Archaeology, in The Conversation

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Faculty of Arts

60 years of UCalgary

Our undergraduate students are curious and driven

Our graduate students are bold leaders, innovators, creators

Latest news

UCalgary's most-read research news of 2025

Alex Bierman interviewed on CTV News, Global News, and Calgary Herald about holiday stress and the ‘buy now, pay later’ system

Investment from Environmental Damages Fund sets stage for bull trout’s comeback

A decade of discovery in neurodevelopment and children’s mental health

Calgary Institute for the Humanities marks 50 years of asking ‘why’

In Memoriam – Sam (Saman) Ghalamkari, Haskayne School of Business, Faculty of Arts

In the media

Canada has too few professional archeologists, and that has economic consequences

'Diversify oil export markets': Danielle Smith pushes pipelines as Trump moves on Venezuela

A new ‘cold’ war? Canada looks to bolster Arctic security, sovereignty

Leading economists want less talk, more numbers from federal budget watchdog

Opinion: Human rights essential to cultivating Alberta’s pluralism dividend

‘When’s the last time you’ve seen this price?’: Drivers rejoice over 87 cent gas prices

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Anthropology and Archaeology

Art and Art History

Classics and Religion

Communication, Media and Film

Creative and Performing Arts (School of)

Economics

English

Geography

History

Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures (School of)

Philosophy

Political Science

Psychology

Sociology

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Faculty of Arts

60 years of UCalgary

Arts Research

Arts Research

Arts Strategy

Arts Strategy

Arts EDI

Arts EDI

Our undergraduate students are curious and driven

Our graduate students are bold leaders, innovators, creators

Latest news

In the media

Featured events

Explore our academic units

Anthropology and Archaeology

Art and Art History

Classics and Religion

Communication, Media and Film

Creative and Performing Arts (School of)

Economics

English

Geography

History

Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures (School of)

Philosophy

Political Science

Psychology

Sociology

Create Futures with UCalgary Arts