Today, James Rush, Vice-President, Academic and Provost, announced the appointment of Professor Alexie Tcheuyap as Dean of the Faculty of Arts for a five-year term commencing 1 July 2024. Professor Tcheuyap is currently Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, International Student Experience at the University of Toronto.
Brush with Art celebrates and exhibits the talent of Fine Arts students, including Jialing Wu's six digital prints entitled A Poem Without Words (2024).
The Dean of Arts announced that Dr. Shana MacDonald will be the inaugural O’Donovan Chair in Communication Across the Disciplines to foster mutual respect and understanding among scholars and practitioners in the humanities, sciences, and technology fields.
Congratulations to doctoral students Rebecca MacAlpine and Chris Martin, recipients of this year's Warren Ober Award for Outstanding Teaching by Graduate Students!
The latest edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject are out, and Arts subjects continue to rise in the rankings.
The Faculty of Arts is proud to share that Professor Logan MacDonald (Fine Arts) is one of five Waterloo researchers to win a Government of Ontario Early Researcher Award (ERA), which will support his Longhouse Labs (LLabs) project.
Co-operative and Experiential Education is recognizing Stephanie Davis for her exceptional work as a policy analyst at Ontario Public Service, for the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs Ontario (IAO).
The Government of Canada has just announced that Dr. Talena Atfield has been named a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Tentewatenikonhra'khánion (We Will Put Our Minds Together). Dr. Atfield is of Kanien'kehá:ka of the Grand River and mixed settler backgrounds and is an assistant professor in the Department of History.
The Faculty of Arts has lost an outstanding alumna, Wendi Campbell, who passed away on January 15, 2024. Her social impacts included leading the Food Bank of Waterloo Region as CEO for more than 15 years.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus John English has been named to the Order of Ontario in recognition of his significant contributions as a historian, author and administrator, including his work in bringing "history to life, shaping our understanding of our past and place in the world today."