Welcome to the Faculty of Arts, a dynamic community of students, faculty and staff working in and across the humanities, social sciences, and fine, performing and media arts.
Through our diverse range of research, teaching, and learning, we contribute positive social impacts in a culturally complex and technologically driven world. Aligned with the University of Waterloo’s strengths in work-integrated learning, Arts prepares students for life and for work with skills and values that emphasize the welfare of individuals, communities, and the environments in which we live.
News
SAF team places second at 2025 VCIC Global Finals
Congratulations to the School of Accounting and Finance's Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) team on placing second at the Global Finals! This represents a great achievement as their finish is the highest ranking achieved by an international team in the VCIC Global competition's 27-year history.
Professor honoured as top graduate supervisor
Dr. Evan Risko from the Department of Psychology has been awarded Waterloo's prestigious Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision, recognizing his exceptional commitment to the success of his graduate students.
Arts researchers featured in 2025 Global Futures
The University of Waterloo’s annual publication, Global Futures: Innovation Update, was recently released featuring four Arts researchers. Dean Alexie Tcheuyap often says "Arts is everywhere" – and he's not wrong. It isn't just a reflection of the breadth of our disciplines, it's the impacts Arts researchers have on global challenges.
Events
Abortion, Authoritarianism, and Reproductive Justice
This talk will explore how a reproductive justice framework can inform our thinking about abortion, and bodily autonomy more generally, in the current authoritarian context of the United States.