Faculty of Arts
Cultivating the leaders of tomorrow.
In the Faculty of Arts, we are training a new generation of decision-makers to better understand the world and propose ethical solutions to its problems.
The world is facing dramatic transformations. From increasing political polarization and emerging technologies to persistent social inequities and the sustainability crisis, the challenges that await Arts graduates are more complex than ever before.
These are urgent issues – but also opportunities for positive change.
In the Faculty of Arts, we are cultivating the leaders of tomorrow: researchers with the creativity to see past boundaries, and graduates who can not only navigate rapid changes, but help drive them.
Across a multitude of disciplines, we stimulate students’ curiosity, build community and graduate creative thinkers able to articulate values and solve complex problems across traditional boundaries.
Join us in creating knowledge, nurturing curiosity and fostering communities committed to shaping a more equitable world.
The Arts Opportunities Fund
Directing support to the Arts Opportunities Fund allows us to respond to emerging opportunities quickly and strategically. These may include:
- Providing experiential learning opportunities, from internships to student journals to student-organized research events
- Funding for early-career researchers, especially graduate students and post-doctoral fellows
- Incorporating technology into modernized teaching and learning spaces
- Support for visiting speakers, conferences, and student mobility opportunities that increase knowledge sharing and engagement
The student experience
The Faculty of Arts is redesigning the undergraduate student experience with an emphasis on active learning, community building, and approaching complex problems with creative, multifaceted thinking.
With your support, we will:
- Launch a re-designed Foundation Program that revolutionizes the first-year experience
- Fund the Office of Arts Education, which disseminates the best practices in pedagogy, benefitting instructors and their students across every program
- Further leverage the Arts Internship Office and provide more opportunities for experiential learning – in Montreal, across Canada, and around the world
Technology, society and democracy
Our faculty members are engaged in cutting-edge research in their fields, influencing policy related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and the impacts of media on democracy. Your support will help us:
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Informing policy development
Our researchers inform policy at the local, national and global levels on issues of governance structures and sustainability – ranging from housing in Montreal, to energy and healthcare within Canada, to international peace and security.
Your support will help us:
- Contribute to knowledge and policy affecting international development, human migration and refugees through research as well as the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies and new resources for studies on women, peace and security
- Increase capacity for effective policy work in Canada and abroad through the teaching, research and outreach of the Max Bell School of Public Policy
- Establish a dedicated centre for data-driven social science research that builds on the existing Centre on Population Dynamics
Diverse perspectives, enriching contexts
The Faculty of Arts is committed to advancing reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, addressing anti-Black racism and sexism, and promoting gender equity. We are taking concrete action through faculty appointments and academic program development.
With your contributions, we will:
- Continue to build the Faculty of Arts Institute for Indigenous Research and Knowledge (FAIIRK) by expanding support for Indigenous research, on-site knowledge keepers, events and symposia
- Support our Black and African Studies initiatives and provide research support for Black and African students to pursue their intellectual passions, facilitating the diversification of our collective knowledge and increasing and sustaining diversity amongst society’s leaders
- Pioneer new interdisciplinary MA programs including in the Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
- Expand the reach of the prestigious Cundill History Prize
- Reinforce our diverse programs in a full range of languages