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The Faculty of Arts presents each year the Awards of Excellence in Studies to recognize outstanding students within the Faculty of Arts.

Rosalía Cornejo-Parriego’s career has been shaped by a deep and enduring interweaving of culture, gender, race and politics. A full professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, she focuses her research on Spanish cultural studies with an intercultural and transnational perspective. Her work examines a wide array of cultural products — literature, film, art and journalism — fram...

The Faculty of Arts is developing a marketing campaign designed to promote arts and humanities education.

For Suyi Okungbowa, an assistant professor in the Department of English, writing speculative fiction is a way to imagine Afrocentric futurisms — alternative realities that prioritize people of African descent.

The rise of AI and digital platforms is reshaping how we work, interact and understand the world. For students, this requires them to be able to think deeply and broadly. It demands adaptability, curiosity and, most importantly, the ability to continuously learn. In today's world, how we learn is as important as what we learn.

Fair access to information is key to ensuring full citizen participation. To help achieve this goal, an innovative research project is exploring the links between violence, informational context and the way Francophone women — especially racialized and marginalized women — consume news online.

Professor Suzy Ahn’s research delves into the fascinating world of how we speak. Specifically, she focuses on how the tongue and larynx move when producing sounds in different languages. By analyzing the intricacies of speech articulation, this assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics seeks to understand both universal and language-specific patterns in the ways in which humans produce ...

Anne-Marie Ouellet, an associate professor in the Department of Theatre, is exploring an innovative approach to playwriting. Rather than starting from a pre-existing script, the researcher-creator uses stage writing, a method that puts the stage at the centre of creation.

« Comment devenir chroniqueuse ou chroniqueur littéraire en une journée? » est un atelier de 60 minutes offert par le Département de français, à l’Université d’Ottawa, pour initier les élèves (de la 10e à 12e année) à la rédaction de blogues, entrevues et reportages.

In a world increasingly dominated by data, understanding and interpreting numbers is crucial. However, many students, professors and ordinary citizens lack the basic skills to make sense of data, skills that are vital not just for research, but for navigating daily life and making informed decisions.