Research and teaching facilities and laboratories
Discover our wide range of Arts facilities, where research springs to life, knowledge is shared and teaching is enhanced.
Arts research news
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Canada Post strike highlights labour struggle over gig economy and precarious work
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Free menstrual products matter to support equity, but so do adequate facilities and sinks
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‘Decolonizing Lens’: Winnipeg and virtual film series reflects the beauty of Indigenous worldviews
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Five ways artificial intelligence can improve your dating life
Centres and institutes
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Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture (CCWOC)
Explores the transformative possibilities of the spoken and written word through collaborations across fields like history, Native studies, English and fine arts. Forges partnerships with arts and Indigenous communities. Sponsors events and a writer/storyteller-in-residence.
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Centre for Defence and Security Studies (CDSS)
Advances the knowledge, understanding and debate on defence and security issues through research, teaching and outreach. Research areas include the Arctic, NORAD, ballistic missile defence, terrorism and more.
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Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics (CPAE)
Promotes research and discussion on a wide range of ethical, social, political, biomedical, business, environmental and legal issues. Hosts public talks for academics, students and the public. Supports research through fellowships. Runs an annual high school essay competition.
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Centre for Social Science Research and Policy (CSSRP)
Serves as a focal point for research methodologies and policy-related activities in the social sciences. Provides training, support and infrastructure to UM students, faculty and staff and the wider community.
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Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies (CUCS)
Creates, preserves and communicates knowledge about Ukrainian Canadian culture and scholarship. Coordinates the Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Studies program and courses, offers a Letter of Participation program, promotes research and hosts events.
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Institute for the Humanities (UMIH)
Fosters research and scholarship in the humanities and communicates the value of humanities scholarship to the general public. Supports research clusters and affiliates. Offers fellowships and hosts workshops for academics and students. Conducts community outreach through lectures, events, a blog and grants for the public.
Collaborating research organizations
Collaboration is key to discovery. Our researchers work with a number of organizations, including these.
Our experts
Research Chairs are experts in their field. We invite you to learn about their work.
Arts endowed, sponsored and Canada Research chairs
Endowed chairs and professorships in the Faculty of Arts are created through contributions from individuals, government agencies, foundations and corporations, which provide targeted support in defined research fields. To learn how to endow or sponsor a chair, contact Donor Relations.
The federal government's Canada Research Chairs Program invests in researchers to attract and retain some of the world’s most accomplished and promising minds.
Research facilities and groups
Research clusters and groups
Research Clusters are groups of faculty and graduate students from different disciplines, departments, faculties and even universities with shared research interests.
Student research
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Celebrating undergraduate research
This past summer, the Faculty of Arts gathered to celebrate the efforts and contributions of undergraduate student researchers. Over 40 Faculty of Arts students who were 2023 undergraduate student research award (URA) and psychology undergraduate research experience award (PURE) competition winners and their research advisors came together for a luncheon event where they shared what the students worked on, what the supervisors had to say about the students’ amazing work and what each student learned from their experience.
Watch the video to learn more about the event.
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Marley Pauls [BA(Hons)/24] addresses the students and supervisors at the 2024 Faculty of Arts Celebration of Undergraduate Research luncheon.
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2024 UM Research Showcase Winners from the Faculty of Arts
Undergraduate Research Awards (URA) provide unique opportunities for students to learn from UM’s leading researchers while also opening up possibilities for future careers in research. The annual UM Undergraduate Research Showcase celebrates the exceptional work of students from across the university, highlighting their innovative research projects.
Scott Saindon, a third-year Indigenous Studies student, and Arshpreet Gill, a third-year Psychology student, both from the Faculty of Arts, were recognized as winners in the 2024 showcase for their outstanding contributions.
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