Programs of study

Canadian Studies

Interested in exploring the history, culture, literature, politics and economy of this country? Then Ottawa is your destination of choice. The Institute of Canadian Studies was founded to explore the complexity of Canada and promote a deeper understanding of our country. In this program, you will have a chance to take courses in both English and French, which helps you become not only functionally bilingual, but also will put you more in touch with Canada’s two founding linguistic cultures.

• Minor in Canadian Studies

Aboriginal Studies

The Faculty of Arts offers a major and a minor in Aboriginal studies. Canadian society is awakening more and more to the enduring presence of Aboriginal societies and cultures in its midst. These programs are designed to serve both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students and scholars.The major provides a firm general-knowledge base while also focusing on Aboriginal history, philosophy, religions, cultures and arts, and on the languages of Canadian and North American Aboriginal peoples. Graduates of the programs can play important roles both inside and outside of Canada's Aboriginal communities.

• Major in Aboriginal studies
• Minor in Aboriginal studies

What can I do with my studies in Aboriginal studies?

Did you know? The main campus of the University of Ottawa is built upon the ancestral lands of the Algonquin Nation.

Contact

Timothy Stanley
Director

Links

• The Aboriginal Resource Centre

Vered Jewish Canadian Studies

The Faculty of Arts also offers a minor in Jewish Canadian studies that provides the student with a strong knowledge base in Jewish Canadian studies and includes courses in history, Jewish Canadian literature, religious studies, Yiddish language and culture, for example. The Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program promotes an understanding of Jewish life, culture, language, literature and history in Canada. The program offers a variety of courses in an interdisciplinary environment with courses in Jewish Canadian culture, history, literature and Yiddish. Courses are open to all students at the University of Ottawa and to members of the community at large.

Program description

• Minor in Jewish Canadian Studies

Études des francophonies

• Minor in Francophone Studies (in French only)
• Certificate in Francophone Studies (in French only)

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