News

We are very pleased to announce that two of our undergraduate students received departmental awards at this year's spring convocation ceremony.

Douglas Tennant was awarded the Religious Studies Departmental Award. Douglas graduated with a BA in Religious Studies with a World Religions Specialization.

Claris Lam received the St. Jerome's University Religious Studies Departmental Award. Claris graduated with a BA in Religious Studies and a minor in English Language and Literature.

Our warmest congratulations to both of you!

Welcome to our Q & A series with Religious Studies instructors, alumni, and students. Get to know our people, research, and courses!

Welcome back to our Q&A series with Religious Studies instructors, alumni, and students. Get to know our people, research, and courses!

If you missed it, check out part 1 of our Q&A with Dr. Batten to learn about the relevance of studying religion. This week, we will answer questions about our undergraduate program.

We are very pleased to announce that three of our PhD students have been successful in the SSHRC competition!

Chris Miller has been awarded a two-year SSHRCC doctoral award, Doaa Shalabi has been awarded one of the prestigious Canada Graduate Scholarships, and Sahver Kuzucuoglu  has been awarded a 3-year year SSHRC fellowship.

Religous Studies professor Douglas E. Cowan received an Arts Award in Excellence in Research at yesterday's ceremony. Here are photos of the event.

Congratulations, Doug!

On Wednesday, February 27, the Federation of Students will officially launch its new student-run equity service: Racial Advocacy for Inclusion, Solidarity and Equity, or RAISE.

Congratulations to Religious Studies PhD student Christopher Emory-Moore on winning the 2017-2018 PhD Graduate Award for the CSSR Essay Contest! His essay was on “Present Peace, Future Freedom: Children’s Meditation Instruction in Two Diasporic Tibetan Buddhist Lineages”

This past fall (2018) three of our graduate students convocated! A very warm congratulations to Dr. Laura Morlock, Dr. Brooke Brassard, and Dr. Carmen Celestini for all of your hard work!

This Friday February 16, a number of our PhD Students will be competing in the upcoming 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition.

Illuminating: Medieval art form meets 21st century knowledge in The Saint John's Bible