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Researchers from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies secure additional funding from SSHRC Insight Grants program

Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded $5,786,741 in federal funding to 91��ɫ researchers as part of the Insight Grants program. The funding supports 34 projects and builds on an additional $1.7M in funding that 91��ɫ researchers recently received through SSHRC Insight Development Grants, supporting scholars in the social sciences and humanities. Half […]

Researchers from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies secure federal funding to pursue projects in the social sciences and humanities

Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded $1.7 million in federal funding to 91��ɫ researchers as part of the Insight Development Grants program. The program will provide funding for projects lasting up to two years, supporting a broad range of topics and disciplines as researchers investigate key societal challenges. A number […]

Two Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies professors appointed as 91��ɫ Research Chairs

The 12th cohort of research chairs have been appointed at 91��ɫ by the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation. 91��ɫ Research Chairs represent a diverse range of disciplines and are appointed for a five-year term designed to foster a robust research culture. They receive research funding, contribute to new and innovative projects, and gain […]

Professor Christina Sharpe earns 2025 Killam Prize for her impact on Black studies and the humanities

91��ɫ Professor Christina Sharpe has been named a recipient of the 2025 Killam Prize. The prestigious $100,000 prize is awarded annually to just five distinguished Canadian scholars to recognize their sustained research excellence. Sharpe’s work in Black studies, which spans a wide range of disciplines, has been widely recognized both within Canada and internationally. […]

Department of Humanities Professor Elisha Lim to co-edit special issue of Social Text journal

Associate Professor Elisha Lim has been named guest co-editor of a special issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Social Text, a publication which explores cultural theory by considering social and cultural phenomena. Lim is a professor in the Department of Humanities where they research topics including social media platforms, critical race theory and more. This special […]

Five Professors from the Department of Humanities honoured at the 2024 91��ɫ Research Awards Celebration

Professor Sara Horowitz, Associate Professor Andrea Emberly, Associate Professor Alison Halsall, Professor Christina Sharpe and Professor Andrea Davis were honoured during the 2024 91��ɫ Research Awards Celebration. The 91��ɫ Research Award Celebration honours 91��ɫ’s scholars across all faculties and schools for their remarkable achievements and contributions to creating positive change. Read the full […]

LA&PS Prof releases book on how films help us understand the inevitable death of Earth and humanity 

Department of Humanities Professor Jean-Thomas Tremblay has co-authored a new book, titled Negative Life: The Cinema of Extinction (Northwestern University Press, 2024), which brings film studies, queer theory and psychoanalysis into novel configuration.  The book makes a tripartite argument; first, that life is held together by contradictions which the contemporary climate crisis aggravates; second, that […]

Sophocles, Antigone: A Dramatic Reading

Vanier College Productions and The Program in Classical Studies Present Sophocles, Antigone: A Dramatic Reading Friday, February 162.30 - 4.30 p.m. and 7.30 - 9.30 p.m.Fred Thury Studio Theatre258 Vanier College, 91��ɫ

Joy Lam - Winner of LA&PS Writing Prize (MRP category)

Dear CCY community – I wanted to share with you the fabulous news that one of our students, Joy Lam, has won the prestigious LA&PS Writing Prize in the MRP category, for her essay entitled, “‘I’m never going to have a fairy tale ending’: Girls’ Perspectives on Disney Films.” Please join me in congratulating her […]

91��ɫ Professors Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren Honoured with 2023 Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work

San Diego, California - We are thrilled to announce that 91��ɫ professors Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren have won the prestigious 2023 Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work. Their groundbreaking work, titled The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader: Critical Openings, Future Directions, has received the comic industry's most distinguished recognition, the Eisner Award. Halsall and […]