Faculty of Arts

New DESA Lecture Series Engages Students with African and Diasporic Literatures

Andria Caputo — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:49:46 +0000

When Moyọ Alabi, a U2 student in Honours English and Philosophy and President of the Department of English Students Association, was reviewing which courses to register for this academic year, she noticed that there were currently no courses on African literature being offered at ��VR��Ƶ.

��VR��Ƶ Ethics Bowl: Where Civil Discourse and Intellectual Courage Meet

Jess Strachan — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:33:20 +0000

On Saturday February 21st and Sunday February 22nd, ��VR��Ƶ hosted its annual Quebec Ethics Bowl, a debate tournament for secondary students. A total of 21 teams came to ��VR��Ƶ over the two days to debate complex topics like friendship and AI, life sentences, the limits of free speech, the ethics of weightloss medication, and more. Students enthusiastically argued their stances on these moral issues while they were scored by judges on their ability to form a logical and rigorous argument.

A Look Back at "Remembering Homelands, Rebuilding Lives: On the Lived Experiences of the Cambodian Diaspora in Canada”

Erik Kuhonta — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:20:50 +0000

As part of the Canadian Southeast Asian Studies Initiative, ��VR��Ƶ and Université de Montréal held a conference on 6-7 February 2026 entitled “Remembering Homelands, Rebuilding Lives: On the Lived Experiences of the Cambodian Diaspora in Canada.” Over one and a half days, an audience of over 120 students and community members listened to survivors of the Cambodian genocide, second generation Cambodians, and academic specialists on Cambodia share their personal journeys marked by grief, adversity, and hope.

2026 International Women’s Day ��VR��Ƶ Arts Research Spotlight

Arts News — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:37:45 +0000

On the occasion of yesterday’s International Women’s Day, here are just a few highlights of the exciting research and initiatives for you to discover that are happening within our the Faculty of Arts.

Artful Naturalism: New Exhibit takes an Anthropological Lens to reimagine the boundaries between science, religion and ecology

Andria Caputo — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:08:55 +0000

Artful Naturalism, a new exhibit at the Redpath Museum, brings together contemporary artworks and the permanent collections of the Redpath Museum to ask, “How do we order the world today and human beings’ place within it??

Interview with Ricardo Wilson, 2026 Richler Writer-in-Residence

Andria Caputo — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:15:33 +0000

Creative writer and associate professor of English at Williams College, Ricardo Wilson, has been announced as this year's Mordecai Richler Writer-in-Residence. During his time as the Richler Writer-in-Residence, Wilson will supervise creative writing workshops with students and work on his forthcoming novel, Even Worse than the Nightmare.

We spoke to Wilson about his upcoming projects and the work he undertook in publishing Langston Hughes's translation of Mexican and Cuban short stories, Troubled Lands.

Faculty Publication Spotlight: "Disjunctures" by Yann Allard-Tremblay

Andria Caputo — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:37:10 +0000

In his latest book, Disjunctures: Indigenous Redirections in Political Theory, Associate Professor Yann Allard-Tremblay, offers a thorough theoretical account of the irreconcilable differences between Indigenous and Euro-modern political traditions.

Melissa Shaw Receives Best Article Award from Ontario Historical Society

Andria Caputo — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:05:38 +0000

Melissa Shaw, Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Classical Studies, was awarded the 2025 Best Article or Paper Award from the Ontario Historical Society for her article “Who Used to Run the UNIA Hall’: Black Canadian Women’s Leadership of Toronto Division 21, 1919-1939.”

Celebrating Service Milestones in the Faculty of Arts

Arts News — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:48:23 +0000

Loyal and dedicated employees are the foundation of ��VR��Ƶ’s success. The Service Milestones Program recognizes the long-term commitment our employees have made to the University. This program celebrates employees reaching milestones of fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five, forty, forty-five, and fifty years of service at ��VR��Ƶ.

Congratulations to all employees who are marking these significant milestones in 2025:

New Centre for Global Chinese Studies Highlights Interdisciplinary Research on China and Global Chinese Experience

Andria Caputo — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:05:41 +0000

Established in September 2025, the new Centre for Global Chinese Studies brings together Faculty from across diverse fields, such as the social sciences, humanities, management, education and law, to advance interdisciplinary research on China and the global Chinese experience at ��VR��Ƶ.