Faculty

A warm congratulations to our 2025 alumni award winners! Avvy Yao-Yao Go (BA ’86), recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award for Professional Achievement, Susan Q. McKenzie (BA ’96, MA ’98 English), recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award for Community Builder, and Eyitemi Popo (MDEI ’16), recipient of the Rising Star Alumni Award. 

The Faculty of Arts is proud to share that Dr. Kate Ratliff, associate professor of psychology, has been named a Tier 1 SSHRC Canada Research Chair in Intergroup Attitudes. 

The Faculty of Arts reorganization proposal received final approval from the Board of Governors this week and the transition period officially begins. The new structure will see the Faculty’s current 15 departments and two schools reorganized into six schools. Board approval comes after a two-year development process, including extensive consultations with all stakeholders.

Meet some of the honourees and exceptional students who celebrated Fall Convocation with us this week.

Waterloo's interdisciplinary initiatives supported by the inaugural Global Futures Fund feature five projects with leadership and expertise from Arts researchers.

Congratulations to Dr. Clara Colombatto and Dr. Shana MacDonald whose projects were awarded funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF). The CFI provides funding to institutions to help recruit and retain outstanding researchers, acquire the tools needed for cutting-edge research and support partnership streams.