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
Professor Logan MacDonald wins Early Researcher Award
The Faculty of Arts is proud to share that Professor Logan MacDonald (Fine Arts) is one of five Waterloo researchers to win a Government of Ontario Early Researcher Award (ERA), which will support his Longhouse Labs (LLabs) project.
Master of Public Service student Stephanie Davis named Arts Co-op Student of the Year
Co-operative and Experiential Education is recognizing Stephanie Davis for her exceptional work as a policy analyst at Ontario Public Service, for the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs Ontario (IAO).
Dr. Talena Atfield named CRC in Tentewatenikonhra'khánion (We Will Put Our Minds Together)
The Government of Canada has just announced that Dr. Talena Atfield has been named a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Tentewatenikonhra'khánion (We Will Put Our Minds Together). Dr. Atfield is of Kanien'kehá:ka of the Grand River and mixed settler backgrounds and is an assistant professor in the Department of History.