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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Latest news

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

Scientists, Indigenous communities to safeguard Alberta’s provincial fish from uncertain future

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

Celebrating 10 years of UCalgary's Owerko Centre

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

Founded a decade apart, UCalgary and the Calgary Institute for the Humanities have grown together as a home for inquiry, dialogue and big questions

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

Campus flag on Swann Mall lowered today

New guidelines for treating migraines in emergency departments

UCalgary researcher co-leads review aimed at changing practice in the U.S. and Canada

From Engineering to Encore: Jovanni Sy’s Journey of Reinvention

UCalgary alum’s thesis play with premiere at the Stratford Festival in 2026.

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In the media

In the News Matt Polacko, Political Science, in The Conversation

What Canada’s public sector voting divide could mean for future elections

In the News John Yackel, Geography, CBC Calgary Eyeopener (audio)

Snow types

In the News Paul Chastko, History, CBC Calgary Eyeopener (audio)

New book on Alberta oil boom

In the News Robert Huebert, Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies, in Canada's National Observer

Who really benefits from the Arctic Corridor?

In the News Jonathan Stea, Psychology, in USA Today

A 5-month-old's shocking death and the dangers of extreme diets, medical misinformation

In the News Robert Huebert, Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies, in Radio Canada International (RCI)

Canada ’continues to monitor’ U.S. boat strikes in Caribbean as questions swirl and allies squirm

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