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 diverse research, teaching, and learning, we effect social impact 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
Congratulations to recipients of 2024 SSHRC Insight and Insight Development grants
From gender inequality in hybrid work to cryptocurrency and tax evasion, this year's SSHRC-funded projects are tackling many challenges facing society today.
International project on wisdom and decision making awarded $1.5 million in funding
The interdisciplinary project will examine the different factors that influence what people around the world consider to be wise ways to make decisions and solve dilemmas.
Welcoming new talent: researchers join Arts through the Provost’s Program for Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Scholars
The Faculty of Arts is pleased to welcome two new postdoctoral fellows, who have joined the Provost’s Program for Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Scholars: Dr. Geneva Smith who began in her role on July 1, 2024, and Dr. Paula Catalina Sanchez Nuñez de Villavicencio who will begin on August 1, 2024.