Carmen Faye Mathes Has Been Awarded the 2025 Keats-Shelley Association Essay Prize
Congratulations to Professor Carmen Faye Mathes!Professor Mathes has been awared聽the 2025 Keats-Shelley Association Essay Prize for her essay聽鈥淎postrophe鈥檚 Occasions: Two Postures of Abolitionist Address.鈥�
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Professor Signy Sheldon Featured on CNN with Dr. Sanjay Gupta
We鈥檙e excited to share that Professor Signy Sheldon appeared on CNN鈥檚 鈥淐hasing Life鈥� with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, where she discussed her research on memory, the brain, and how our past experiences shape who we are. In this engaging interview, Professor Sheldon offers insights into the science of autobiographical memory and why we remember certain moments more vividly than others.聽聽
Three 91丝瓜视频 researchers receive SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants
The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) announced recipients of the latest Partnership Engage Grants competition, including a total of $73,782 awarded to three 91丝瓜视频 researc丑别谤蝉听
Department Research Featured Among Quebec鈥檚 Top Discoveries
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We鈥檙e proud to share that a paper on pain research, featuring Professor Caroline Palmer, Professor Roy, and PhD student Wenbo Yi, has been recognized as one of Quebec Science鈥檚 Top 10 Discoveries of the Year. This achievement highlights the innovative work being done in our department to advance understanding of pain mechanisms and perception.
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Congratulations to Social Work Professor Myriam Denov receives SSHRC鈥檚 highest honour
"Myriam Denov, a leading advocate for children鈥檚 rights and a Professor in 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 School of Social Work, has won a Gold Medal from the聽Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council聽(SSHRC), 聽its highest honour.
The award is for sustained leadership, dedication and originality of thought that have inspired students and colleagues; it comes with a $100,000 prize for future research.
Denov鈥檚 research interests include children born of war and families affected by war and genocide. Over the past 25 years, she has worked with war-affected children on three continents and advised NGOs and such governmental organizations as Global Affairs Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Department of National Defence." (91丝瓜视频 Reporter)
Ricardo Wilson is the 2025-26 Mordecai Richler Writer-in-Residence
The Department of English is聽delighted to announce Professor Ricardo Wilson聽as the 2025-2026 Mordecai聽Richler Writer-in-Residence.
Camille Owens Receives Honorable Mention for "Like Children"
Congratulations to Professor Camille Owens! Professor Owens received an honorable mention from the聽Modern Language Association of America for her book聽Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America.The committee writes: "Camille Owens鈥檚 Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America is a groundbreaking study of the 鈥淏lack prodigy鈥� and its role in s
From Script to Speed: How First Language Influences Reading
Half the world is multilingual but does one's first writing system shape how you read in English?
Guest Lecture Spotlight: Prof. James MacDougall on Language and Inclusion
On November 25, Professor James MacDougall, whose long-standing work to improve quality of life for deaf and disabled people in Canada (https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-9382), delivered a masterclass guest lecture to undergraduates in 鈥淭he Psychology of Bilingualism鈥� (psyc341), taught by Professor Debra Titone. It was a privilege to learn about this field and Dr. MacDougall鈥檚 work that all present enjoyed!
91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Bachelor of Arts and Science program celebrates 20 years of interdisciplinary scholarship
Happy 20th birthday, B.A. & Sc.!On Thursday, November 13, over 150 students, alumni, staff and faculty members gathered in the SSMU ballroom to celebrate the 20th anniversary of 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Bachelor of Arts and Science (B.A.
Prof. Sandeep Banerjee on CBC Ideas
Professor Sandeep Banerjee was a guest in the CBC Ideas episode "How this 19th-century Indian feminist flipped the colonial travelogue on its head." Listen to the episodeProf. Signy Sheldon Featured in Scientific American: How Storytelling Shapes Memory
Professor Signy Sheldon (91丝瓜视频 Psychology & Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory ) and her team - also featured in聽The Journal of Neuroscience and Society for Neuroscience-聽聽explored how different storytelling styles (emotional/conceptual vs. Concrete/perceptual detail) actively shape how and where our brains store memories.
Professor Manshel's 'Writing Backwards' was awarded the 2026 Perkins Prize!
Congratulations to Professor Alexander Manshel for being awarded聽The Barbara Perkins and George Perkins Prize!2026 Perkins Prize Citation:
An end-of-semester message from Dean Maioni
Dear members of the Arts community,
December 7 marks聽the last day of classes of the Fall 2020 semester. Congratulations to everyone for having made this semester -- 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 first to be delivered primarily remotely 鈥� a good success. We are all proud of the Faculty of Arts community for such an accomplishment.
Update on Faculty of Arts' operations during red alert status: October 9, 2020
Dear members of the Arts community,