Open your mind, transform our world
The humanities and liberal arts are engaged with the complex, ever-evolving questions of what it means to be human. They speak to issues of human dignity, creativity, thought, justice, freedom and value amidst myriad people and places. We explore language, culture, technology and the environment, recognizing the richness offered by diversity, difference, distance and place.
The humanities equip us to make critical and difficult choices, to recognize the difference between what is right and what is easy, and to take responsibility for our choices.
—from the Faculty of Humanities Vision and Mission Statement
Do you love reading and writing? Are you fascinated by current and past world events? Do you seek to explore and understand other cultures and languages?
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We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.