UCalgary Arts

#UCalgaryArts is the place where innovation flourishes and boundaries are transcended. We are @UCalgary's most diverse faculty.

[SSHRC @SSHRC_CRSH]

📢 Today, we are happy to announce funding results for four of SSHRC’s biggest competitions!

Congratulations to the recipients of:
✅ Insight Grants
✅ Insight Development Grants
✅ Partnership Development Grants
✅ Partnership Grants (Stage 2)
Read more: https://t.co/0Nw94xMJqd

[UCalgary Arts @UCalgaryArts]

Dr. Peter Toohey, PhD, professor, Department of History, discusses Homer's The Odyssey following the release of Christopher Nolan's adaptation.
https://t.co/T03uLse5xi

[U Calgary @UCalgary]

Dr. Jean-Christophe Boucher from the Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies is leading a transdisciplinary team to create tools to identify information manipulation in the digital space https://t.co/Kx9L1tzUMe @UCalgaryArts

[UCalgary Arts @UCalgaryArts]

New federal SSHRC funding will support Faculty of Arts research across the humanities, social sciences and creative arts. Meet this year's Insight and Partnership Development Grant recipients.
https://t.co/QomIRcD2QN

[Dr. Sheri Madigan (she/her) @sherimadigan]

🎉 So pleased to announce that Raela Thiemann won a #CPA2026 Certificate of Academic Excellence for her master’s thesis. https://t.co/aJMEll8LEc
@UCalgaryArts
@UofCr4kid Way to go Raela!

[UCalgary Linguistics @UCalgaryLing]

The new course LING 599: Mathematical Linguistics (Formal Properties of Grammars) will be taught by Prof. Diego Gabriel Krivochen in Winter 2027 (MWF 12–12:50). This is a seminar for advanced students in LING, but students in other programs (CPSC, MATH, etc.) are most welcome!

[UCalgary Linguistics @UCalgaryLing]

LING 302: Language in Humans & Machines will be taught as a no-prerequisite block-week course August 24–28 by computational linguist Brooklyn Sheppard. Don’t miss out! LING 302 is only offered every two years or so, and it’s already over half full (65/120) https://t.co/Xwc5OsEJyf

[U Calgary @UCalgary]

UCalgary students join residents, Indigenous community members and Knowledge Holders on archaeological dig at Edworthy Park to discover clues to area's past https://t.co/yTd8Gj5qmc @UCalgaryArts

[Dr. Sheri Madigan (she/her) @sherimadigan]

Last week our lab traveled to Leuven, Belgium for the International Attachment Conference. It's always a delight to share our research while learning from leaders in #ChildDevelopment and #AttachmentResearch. https://t.co/MhYQp3kq4H @UCalgaryArts @UofCr4kids

[NSERC / CRSNG @NSERC_CRSNG]

📢
COMPETITION LAUNCH:
The Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program is open for applications.

Read application instructions here:

▶️ https://t.co/ZMYDhEdmAA

[The Owerko Centre @owerkocentre]

Congratulations to Owerko Centre members on their Canada Research Chair announcements.

Jennifer Zwicker on the renewal of her Tier II Canada Research Chair and Sheri Madigan on her new Tier I Canada Research Chair.

We are proud to celebrate your impact on child health research.

[U Calgary @UCalgary]

For 60 years, UCalgary has turned bold ideas into world-changing innovations. Explore the stories behind some of our biggest inventions in energy, health care, and technology: https://t.co/vrPPQIu920 @SchulichENGG @ucalgaryscience

[CanadianLightSource @CanLightSource]

Using the CLS, @UCalgary researchers studied #zinc in mouse brains. This research could help to better study conditions like #depression, autism, and schizophrenia in the future. Full story: https://t.co/PU3MyJ987P

@UCalgaryArts @HotchkissBrain @NSERC_CRSNG #ResearchInAction

[U Calgary @UCalgary]

UCalgary's Dr. Katherine Lawless studies human environment relations through soil, specifically how soil has shaped and is shaped by different social systems and practices. @UCalgaryArts

[U Calgary @UCalgary]

New initiative announced to expand interprovincial electricity transmission across Western Canada https://t.co/R64KsTjdqo @UCalgaryArts

[The Owerko Centre @owerkocentre]

Congratulations to Jackson Hewitt, recipient of the Owerko Centre Publication Award for his article: Testing Bidirectional Associations Between Maternal and Child Depression During Emerging Adolescence.

Check out the article: https://t.co/iXBpKct3zK

[UCalgary Arts @UCalgaryArts]

Faculty of Arts researchers have received more than $1 million in NSERC Discovery Grant funding to advance research in psychology, anthropology and archaeology. The five-year grants support innovative research and help train the next generation. https://t.co/EyQy15JbsT

[UCalgary Arts @UCalgaryArts]

Faculty of Arts researcher Dr. Blake Shaffer, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Economics, is leading a new initiative backed by $4.2M in federal funding to strengthen electricity transmission across Western Canada. https://t.co/y192npDc9U

[CanadianLightSource @CanLightSource]

Using the CLS, @UCalgary researchers studied #zinc in mouse brains. This research could help to better study conditions like #depression, autism, and schizophrenia in the future. Full story: https://t.co/PU3MyJ987P

@UCalgaryArts @HotchkissBrain @NSERC_CRSNG #ResearchInAction

[UCalgary Arts @UCalgaryArts]

Faculty of Arts researcher Dr. Jennifer Leason, PhD, has been renewed as Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Indigenous Maternal-Child Wellness.

She is one of six UCalgary researchers whose Canada Research Chair appointments have been renewed.

https://t.co/WjJfNN2WMI