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The Faculty of Arts is pleased to welcome two new postdoctoral fellows, who have joined the Provost’s Program for Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Scholars: Dr. Geneva Smith who began in her role on July 1, 2024, and Dr. Paula Catalina Sanchez Nuñez de Villavicencio who will begin on August 1, 2024.

Four graduate students in the Industrial/Organization Psychology program swept the podium at the Canadian Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology poster awards. Congratulations to Amy Barron, Iris Xing and Allister Grapes who placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, respectively, as well as Pearlyn Ng for winning the best Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion poster award.

Faculty of Arts and campus colleagues gathered to celebrate Dr. Sheila Ager’s five-year tenure as Dean. Emceed by Doug Peers, former Dean of Arts (a “has-dean”), there were reflections, laughs, and almost-tears shared by friends, colleagues, and family. Speakers included Bob Kerton, Dean of Arts Emeritus, Mary Wells, Dean of Engineering, Lili Lui, Dean of Health, Dean Ager’s brother, and the dean herself. 

Dean Sheila Ager and the Arts Honours and Awards committee are happy to share the results of the 2024 Arts Awards for Excellence in Service, Teaching, and Research.

Join us in congratulating our newest group of PhD students! From classes to research to teaching, this degree represents seemingly endless hard work and determination. We're proud of all they have accomplished, and look forward to seeing how they make a difference in the world.

The Faculty of Arts is proud to celebrate all graduating students this spring convocation. Here, we give a special nod to the Departmental Awards for Distinguished Academic Achievement, and the Governor General’s and Alumni Gold Medal awards.

The Faculty of Arts is very proud to award alumnus and lawyer Brad Regehr with an honorary doctorate, the highest honour conferred by the University of Waterloo, at this year’s spring convocation ceremony.

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.