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Spring convocation is here! Meet some of the honourees and award recipients crossing the stage this week

Dean Alexie Tcheuyap and the Arts Honours and Awards committee are pleased to share the results of the 2025 Arts Awards for Excellence in Service, Teaching, and Research.

Congratulations to Chad Wriglesworth, Katy Fulfer and Serena McDiarmid on being recognized with distinguished teaching awards this year.

Congratulations to doctoral student Amar Mahmoud, recipient of this year's Warren Ober Award for Outstanding Teaching by Graduate Students! 

Taking us from colonial New Spain to Ancient Greece to contemporary opera, undergraduate students from culture-related programs presented their research at the second annual Culture Fest, an initiative designed to celebrate outstanding student work and make connections across programs and disciplines. 

The Faculty of Arts is fortunate to host Dr. Robin McCrary, Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Anti-racism and BIPOC Communities. Visiting Waterloo from Syracuse University, McCrary’s research is based in health humanities with the goal to improve patient trust in healthcare.

The medal honours outstanding individuals across Canada who have made significant contributions to their communities  

Congratulations to Anne Fleming (BA '88, English) whose novel "Curiosities" has been shortlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize! 

Burst a Balloon is back, and join us for an online silent auction with gift cards, tickets, warm socks and more to raise money for this year's United Way campaign

The Faculty of Arts welcomes Dr. Emma Brandt, a new postdoctoral fellow working in Communication Arts who began in her role on September 1, 2024.