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Ideas and actions

Welcome to the Faculty of Arts, a dynamic community of students, faculty and staff working in and across the humanities, social sciences and creative arts. Our ideas and actions are propelled by curiosity, creativity, and a deep commitment to contribute to a better world.

The Faculty of Arts acknowledges that we live and work on the traditional territory of ‎the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes ten kilometers on each side of the Grand River. Learn more about territorial acknowledgement.

       

News

  1. Dec. 7, 2018Arts alumni named to Forbes 30 under 30 list

    This year, 11 of Waterloo’s alumni and former students have earned spots on the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 list — including three students who majored or minored in Arts.

  2. Dec. 6, 2018Drawing is better than writing for memory retention, especially in older adultsWoman sketching

    Older adults who take up drawing could enhance their memory, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Waterloo found that even if people weren’t good at it, drawing, as a method to help retain new information, was better than re-writing notes, visualization exercises or passively looking at images.

  3. Dec. 3, 2018AI needs diverse human perspectives to work for everyonethree professors in chairs on stage at event

    At a recent Faculty of Arts public panel at Kitchener Public Library, professors in economics, philosophy, and human-computer interaction discussed implications of artificial intelligence and how we can ensure its development and application responds to diverse human experience.

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Events

  1. Dec. 12, 2018The doing and undoing of religion in the field: ethnographic approaches to religion and migration

    Dr. Alison Marshall will cover the challenges of getting ethics approval for ethnographic research, as well as methods for choosing research questions, and locating, defining, documenting, organizing and writing up results of religion in the field.

  2. Dec. 18, 2018 Advent Jazz Vesper ServiceChristmas decorations and candle burning

    Join us for an evening of soulful jazz and worship in Grebel's Chapel. All are welcome! 

  3. Jan. 17, 2019Book launch — Atomic Assurance: The Alliance Politics of Nuclear ProliferationTwo workers working with nuclear weapons

    Do alliances curb efforts by states to develop nuclear weapons? Alexander Lanoszka's Atomic Assurance looks at what makes alliances sufficiently credible to prevent nuclear proliferation; how alliances can break down and so encourage nuclear proliferation; and whether security guarantors like the United States can use alliance ties to end the nuclear efforts of their allies.

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