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Department of English

Reading closely, thinking deeply, and writing well: a degree in English literature offers unmatched intellectual rewards while also providing an excellent base for future studies and professional development.

Welcome

At uOttawa you will learn from nationally and internationally recognized experts in a wide variety of fields. Core courses cover Canadian, American, British, Indigenous, and African and Asian diasporic literatures. The curriculum also covers the full range of historical periods and a wide variety of thematic approaches, such as environmental literatures, new media studies, decolonization and globalization studies. Programs in Creative and Professional Writing enable you to hone your writer’s craft and imaginative faculties, as well as your critical thinking and research methods. 

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Our programs

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Undergraduate studies

Besides providing an excellent base for professional development, a degree in English literature can offer you unmatched intellectual challenges.
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Graduate studies

What sets our graduate program apart is its combination of top-notch academic training and unrivalled collegiality. Our faculty are internationally renowned, producing leading research in their fields.

Student experience

We have a thriving cultural life on and off campus at the Department of English. Reading groups, work-in progress seminars, and visiting speakers ensure that the intellectual life of the department is conducted in public spaces beyond the lecture hall and seminar room.
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Reading, Writing, Thinking - Department of English
Jay Odjick

Writer in Residence

Jay Odjick is an artist, writer, and television producer from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabe community in Quebec.
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English Department welcomes first Indigenous Writer-in-Residence

An interview with Jay Odjick, uOttawa English Department’s first Indigenous Writer-in-Residence.
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English Department 2024-25 Graduate Seminars

A list of all upcoming graduate seminars for the academic year, 2024-25. Scheduling tbd. Texts and assignments may vary.

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Department of English

Hamelin Hall, room 338
70 Laurier Avenue E.
Ottawa ON Canada K1N 6N5
Map

Tel.: 613-562-5764
Fax: 613-562-5990
[email protected]

Office hours

Monday to Friday
From 8:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.
From 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(June to August: closed at 4 p.m.)