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
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.
Industrial/Organizational Psychology students dominate poster awards at national convention
Four graduate students in the Industrial/Organization Psychology program swept the podium at the Canadian Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology poster awards. Congratulations to Amy Barron, Iris Xing and Allister Grapes who placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, respectively, as well as Pearlyn Ng for winning the best Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion poster award.
Events
Warm Welcome
Our Warm Welcome event is taking place on Tuesday, September 10th, from 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at the Arts Undergraduate Office (AUO), in PAS (2439).
Arts undergrad students only. Drop by and get free coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and timbits. Treats are first come, first served. Limited quantities are available. Hosted by the Arts Undergraduate Office.
Sadko Hadžihasanović & Emily Neufeld at UWAG
The University of Waterloo Art Gallery is proud to present Sadko Hadžihasanović's exhibit "War and Piece" & Emily Neufeld's exhibit "Prairie Invasions: A Homecoming."
How Wikipedia became the Last Good Place on the Internet
The Department of Political Sciences presents "How Wikipedia became the Last Good Place on the Internet" by Professor Sverrir Steinsson.