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Monday, September 22, 2014
Elizabeth Segran writes on FastCompany.Com that leaders of High-Tech companies, themselves often liberal arts graduates, are speaking out about the value of a liberal arts education for working in their... More
Resident Physician in Emergency Medicine University of Ottawa—Ottawa Hospital After studying for a Bachelor of Humanities with a Minor in Biology, I was accepted to the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University, and am now in the midst of my residency in Emergency Medicine at the Ottawa Hospital. I can’t imagine... More
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Managing Director Suske Capital Oakville, ON When I applied to the College of Humanities in 1997, I could never have imagined the breadth of opportunities the program would afford me. During my four years at the College, I was given many gifts. I learned how to write. I learned how not to write. I... More
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
A recent survey of 3 million Americans between the ages of 21 and 65 indicates that the long-term career and earnings prospects of Humanities and Liberal Arts graduates are better than graduates in professional fields, if one looks at an entire earning lifetime. Unemployment rates for Humanities graduates were found to be low, and to... More
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Intern Clinton Foundation After graduating from the Bachelor of Humanities, I decided to take a year off and gain some job experience before continuing my schooling. In January 2014, I started an internship with the Carter Center in their Democracy Program, monitoring political developments across the Middle East. I was also lucky enough to... More
Lecturer in Rhetoric and Composition, American University in Cairo Entrepreneur Social justice advocate I chose a degree in Humanities over my acceptance to McMaster for Civil Engineering and to Waterloo for Environmental Engineering. I based this decision on the advice: you can pursue a job that will pay well and maybe end up being... More
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Frank Bruni writes in the New York Times about an innovative college preparatory program in the Great Books, at Columbia University, for minority students who hope to be their first in family to attend... More
Executive Director at CKCU Kwende Kefentse spent four years in the Bachelor of Humanities program, and graduated with a B.A. Interdisciplinary Urban Studies in 2011. Kwende is the inaugural Executive Director of CKCU, Ottawa’s original independent campus-community broadcaster. In his 15 + year career at the intersection of the arts, heritage,... More
Saturday, August 9, 2014
ESL Program Resource Teacher Upper Canada District School Board I graduated from the Bachelor of Humanities program with a Combined Honours in English in 2006. After HUMS, I went on to complete my Bachelor of Education at the University of Ottawa, and I began teaching for the Upper Canada District School Board in the... More
Friday, August 8, 2014
Writer, Gardener, Jobbing Humanist I went to Carleton, sight unseen, with high expectations and I count myself exceedingly fortunate that those expectations were not only met, but surpassed. I learned Italian so I could study Dante and Greek so I could read Homer, and fell in love with philosophy because of Boethius. After my... More
Thursday, August 7, 2014
In a recent blog post, medical student Armaan Rowther argues that medical students need a background in the liberal arts. Read the original story on his blog. Here is the text of Rowther's post: 3 Reasons Premedical Students Need the Liberal Arts In his commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College, international affairs journalist and author... More
Associate Professor Faculty of History Oxford University After my undergraduate studies in the Bachelor of Humanities, I pursued a master’s in history at the University of Toronto, and then a doctorate in history at the University of Oxford, where I now teach. Unlike in North America, the British system of education has students focus... More
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