Archives: Humanities

Monday, January 18, 2010

Media watch FASS researcher and student

The Ottawa Citizen has identified a FASS researcher and student as two of their twelve “People to Watch 2010”. Chris Herdman, scientific director of the Visualization and Simulation Centre (VSIM), was among the first profiled in the Ottawa Citizen’s people to watch series.  Herdman received $28.8 million in funding from industry, the... More

Monday, September 14, 2009

Thinking beyond the clash of civilizations

By Nicole Findlay Scripture from the Bible, philosophy, the exploits of conquering heros, combined with commentary on modern political ideologies and the dogma pitting East against West provided Bachelor of Humanities students with a glimpse of what’s to come. Journalist, filmmaker and author Nelofar Pazira spoke to first-year B.Hum students at... More

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Film student recruited to review university instead of movies

By Lori Tarbett When humanities and film studies student Paul Anderson isn’t watching movies at the ByTowne or Mayfair theatres, as part of film studies research the student protests, he is either blogging for Admissions or working for the House of Commons. Anderson is one of ten students who write regular blogs which are... More

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Excavating the old world

By Lori Tarbett Anna Avdeeva and Magali Desjardins Potvin rolled up their sleeves this summer and received some hands-on training on how to dig up the past. The two students each spent four weeks participating in archeological digs overseas. Desjardins Potvin, a fourth year classical studies and humanities student, spent the entire time in... More

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Learning to Tango

By Nicole Findlay Armed with her Bachelor of Humanities, Maria Gruending has set her sights on a new education. Having read all of the classics, she has packed her books for company and moved to Argentina where she knows not a soul. Gruending is pursuing a long-time interest in Latin America, having already studied... More

Friday, July 21, 2006

Humanities – Senate Medalists

University Medal in the Humanities Alexander James Reginald Dearham, Bachelor of Humanities Senate Medalist Julie Crabb combined her Bachelor of Humanities with a major in English literature. She was drawn to the Humanities because of the College’s reading list, small class size and its interdisciplinary approach. In addition to the texts she... More

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

On Becoming a Writer… A student’s perspective

New Feature: FASS invites students to contribute their perspectives on FASS-related activities. Linda Bolton, a forth-year major in the College of the Humanities, is the first student contributor. On Becoming a Writer… A student’s perspective by Linda Bolton, fourth-year major, College of the Humanities On Friday, February 10, nearly 200... More

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