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Department of Philosophy

Why study Philosophy?

Learn how to think, discuss and write about abstract ideas. Discover how philosophy contributes to disciplines as diverse as sociology and computer science. You'll develop skills that lead to success in a wide range of graduate studies, and beyond.


Why Gender and Sexuality Studies?

The interdisciplinary Gender and Sexuality Studies (GSXS) program (formerly Women’s Studies WMST) focuses on issues of gender and sexuality, as well as race, class, disability, citizenship/documentation, age, and environmental issues. The program is defined by intersectional feminism and is global in scope. Issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion feature in all GSXS courses. GSXS instructors are committed to collaborative and participatory classrooms, decolonial learning, and a human rights agenda.

The supportive and welcoming attitudes of the members of the Philosophy Department at the University of Calgary fostered a collaborative environment that allowed me to thrive personally and academically.

Makmiller Pedroso

PhD'12, Assistant Professor, Towson University

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Explore our programs

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Philosophy

Learn to answer the big questions. What is the ultimate nature of reality? How should we construct a just society? And how can we lead good lives?

UCalgary student Nolan Hill

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Are you interested in exploring concepts like racism, socioeconomic class, gender, sexual identity? Do you see connections between the classroom and the community? Are you attuned to the pressing social issues of our times? Consider the Gender and Sexuality Studies program. Join the discussion, learn from other students, and deepen your critical thinking skills.

Faculty of Graduate Studies

MA and PhD programs

Our department is a vibrant philosophical community. You will benefit from graduate seminars, an active visiting speakers series and regular research group meetings. Add your voice to our community.


Philosophy and Gender and Sexuality Studies news and announcements

Philosophers do Internships

Doctoral student Siranat Thamtrachai discusses their internship with the Esker Foundation

Philosophers do Internships

Doctoral student Alican Basdemir discusses his internship with Community-Campus Engage Canada

Intuition and Kagan's Hierarchicalism

New journal article by Xihe Ouyang

Elias Yuan at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy

Elias Yuan presented at a poster session hosted by the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) Summer School in July 2024

The History of Schizoid: A Comparative Analysis

Larissa Kolias's 2022 SSHRC award winning project is a comparative analysis of “schizoid” within the descriptive and psychodynamic traditions

In the media

In the News Safaneh Neyshabouri, Philosophy/School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures, in The Globe and Mail, in

Alberta tables legislation regulating pronouns in school, gender in sports, limiting access to health care

In the News David Barrett, Geography, Allen Habib, Philosophy, in Global News

Balancing Calgary’s growth and water supply topic of university study

In the News Amanda Bryant writing in The Conversation Canada

Measuring methane intensity is a key step on the path to net zero

Canadian author Angela Reitsma Bick

Church on Thin Ice

Explore why Canadian Christians are leaving the Church in Lessons from the Quiet Deconstruction of Faith in Canada with Canadian author Angela Reitsma Bick.

Dec. 11, 6 p.m.
Calgary Central Library

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