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Research overview

Department of Communication, Media and Film

UCalgary Arts

is the home of Critical and Creative Arts, Humanities and Social Science scholarship at UCalgary.

Faculty of Arts Researchers are award-winning artists, scholars, distinguished members and officers. Our scholarship encompasses a wide spectrum of disciplines and specializations. We work across and within the arts, humanities and social sciences. Arts is one of the key contributors to transdisciplinary scholarship at UCalgary, through projects and initiatives that engage scholars and communities across Alberta, Canada, and beyond.

Our Research Stories

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Are TV shows bringing back the water-cooler conversation?

Dawn Johnston explains the popularity of the weekly release model

Assistant teaching professor and researcher Victoria Guglietti.

The research ripple effect, from campus to community

Funding provides pathways that take research skills from the classroom to the community

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Research project uncovers stealthy world of digital food marketing to teens

Charlene Elliott uncovers how food marketers are trying to appeal to teen audiences

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Project digitally preserves former Indian residential schools in Alberta

Imperial donation kicks off partnership with Indigenous communities and UCalgary

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