UCalgary Arts Research
Home of Critical and Creative Arts, Humanities and Social Science scholarship at UCalgary.
Arts Indigenous scholars
Advance scholarship and support their communities with research in:
- Indigenous politics
- Indigenous health and wellness
- Indigenous futurism
- Indigenous employment
- visual art and creative writing
Department of Psychology rankings show excellence in the discipline
The Department of Psychology in the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Arts has made the rankings of the world’s top university psychology departments.
Strategic Priorities
UCalgary Arts’ five strategic priorities place justice, community, sustainability, environment, and wellness deeply within research and creative activities.
Our five strategic priorities
- Justice, Equity, and Transformation
- Connection, Community, and Culture
- Digital Futures
- Health and Wellness
- Climate, Energy and Sustainability
These priorities map our path in scholarship, teaching, learning, and community engagement. They serve as lenses through which we conduct our work. Learn more about our commitments and these areas.
Our strategic priorities are informed by our ethical commitment to the principles inscribed in ii’ taa’ poh’to’p, UCalgary’s Indigenous Strategy, the Scarborough National Charter on anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Higher Education, as well as Dimensions: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Charter, and the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).
In all our research we are committed to being open, fair, impartial, and non-discriminatory.
We commit to creating opportunities and removing barriers for members of equity-deserving groups, including Indigenous Peoples, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, and individuals who are LGBTQ2S+.
Learn more about our faculty commitments to equity, diversity and inclusion.
Rediscovering Alberta’s First Black Cowboy
CONNECTION, COMMUNITY AND CULTURE
John Ware's homestead unearthed near Millarville in dig led by UCalgary archeologists
What was a working ranch, anchored by the tiny, hand-built house where the former American slave lived with his wife, Mildred, and four children, is now just rural cow pasture — and for lead archeologist Dr. Lindsay Amundsen-Meyer and her team, the first step was to determine where the Ware house stood.
Municipal politicians claim to be ideological moderates. Is it true?
In municipal politics, the saying goes, there’s no right-wing or left-wing way to pick up the garbage. This makes the people who are elected to municipal office more pragmatic and ideologically moderate than their provincial or federal cousins.
It’s an appealing vision, especially in our politically polarized age. But is it true? Political scientist Dr. Jack Lucas explores the issue for The Conversation Canada.
Municipal politicians often argue that local government is the part of the political world where things actually get done.
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Calgary Institute for the Humanities
Since 1976, we've worked to foster humanities research, encourage interdisciplinary conversations between scholars and communicate humanities research to the greater community.
Learn more about research at UCalgary
CMSS Showcase 2025
Join the Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies for its annual Networking Showcase event featuring a panel of alumni presenting on their career paths and experiences in the security and strategic fields.
April 23, 5 p.m.
University Theatre