The School of Accounting and Finance (SAF), the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, and the Faculty of Arts mourn the loss of Professor Tony Wirjanto, a mentor and scholar whose impact extended well beyond the University and was shaped by his deep commitment to sustainability and climate research.
Dean Alexie Tcheuyap and the Arts Honours and Awards committee are pleased to share the results of the 2026 Arts Awards for Excellence in Service, Teaching, and Research.
Dean Alexie Tcheuyap is very pleased to announce the inaugural directors of the two new multidisciplinary schools in the Faculty of Arts. Dr. Jay Dolmage will serve as the Director of the School of Critical and Creative Humanities, and Dr. Ian Milligan will serve as Director of the School of Social, Political and Historical Research.
Research findings on the meaning and purpose of boredom from Psychology's Danckert Lab are made accessible for broad audiences in a documentary film produced by Radio-Canada’s popular television program Découverte.
Congratulations to Dr. Randy Allen Harris on being named University Professor, recognizing his excellence in research in the fields of Rhetoric of Science and Computational Rhetoric, and as a pioneer in the field of voice interaction design
As Dr. David DeVidi (Philosophy) completes seven years as Associate Vice-President, Academic, another Arts professor, Dr. Martin Cooke (Sociology & Legal Studies/School of Public Health Sciences) steps into that role after serving as Assistant Vice-President, Leadership and Strategic Initiatives.
Today Dr. Geoffrey Fong, founder of the ITC Project at Waterloo, receives the Doll-Wynder Award, the highest honour for groundbreaking advances in public health, public policy or epidemiological research presented by the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.
"For many Black Canadians, identity is shaped not only by heritage, but by how one is perceived, questioned, and situated within the national narrative," says Dr. Alexie Tcheuyap, Dean of Arts, who shares some of his own experiences and broader perspectives on the meaning of Black History Month in Canada.
Congratulations to Sinéad Costello, an undergraduate co-registered in Arts and St Jerome’s, who will soon journey to McGill University as a national finalist for the prestigious McCall MacBain Scholarships, Canada’s largest leadership-based scholarships for master’s and professional studies.
Waterloo’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute (CPI) has announced that Dr. Adam Molnar (Sociology and Legal Studies) will serve as Interim Executive Director of CPI and lead the institute's interdisciplinary vision that connects technical, human, and governance dimensions to address complex digital risks.