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French Studies research assistants Sarah Reilly and Monika Sosnowski are currently filming and starring in a new series of videos that help to disseminate research from L’Ontario français et ses premiers textes (Early Ontario French Narratives), a SSHRC-funded project led by Professor François Paré (French Studies). The videos are intended to deepen understanding of French Ontario history and its inseparable conne

This Faculty is practically on fire when it comes to federal and provincial research grants. Warm congratulations go to Ian Milligan (History), Evan Risko (Psychology), and David-Antoine Williams (St. Jerome’s/English), who have each won a 2015 Early Researcher Award (ERA).

It was a wildly unpredictable day of snow, rain, and sunshine, but that didn’t stop the Faculty of Arts from holding a successful groundbreaking ceremony for the new student space to be built over the courtyard of Hagey Hall.

Jenifer Sibdhannie, a fourth year Arts & Business student, has been awarded the prestigious TD Fellowship in Advancement by the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education.

The Faculty of Arts hosted its third annual 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) heat on March 12 with 15 graduate students competing in a tight race. A strong advocate for 3MT, Dean Douglas Peers likened the caliber of research presented by Arts students to the 3MT National Competition last year where he was a judge.

Children actually help entrepreneurial dads stay the course, but the gender difference starts to disappear when women get access to startup funds, says Waterloo economist.

Mompreneurship is a buzzword these days for mothers looking to re-enter the workforce—or those looking for a better way to balance work and family. But in Canada, children increase the likelihood that a woman will exit the entrepreneurial market by nearly 20 percent, while children help self-employed men stay the course.

Chris Eliasmith, Professor in the Departments of Philosophy, Systems Design Engineering and Computer Science and Canada Research Chair in Theoretical Neuroscience has won the NSERC John C. Polanyi Award that honours an individual or team whose Canadian-based research has led to a recent outstanding advance in the natural sciences or engineering.

The Faculty of Arts congratulates Professor Jay Dolmage whose first book Disability Rhetoric was recognized with a Prose Award yesterday at a ceremony in Washington DC.

The Faculty of Arts congratulates Professor Jim Walker of the Department of History for his latest honour, the Olivier Le Jeune Memorial Award from the Ontario Black History Society.

“Economics is everywhere, it dominates our political discourse, and whether we want to or not, we all engage in the economy,” says Geoff Evamy Hill, co-founder of Rethinking Economics Waterloo.