A World of Ideas, A World of Difference
The Faculty of Social Sciences comprises nine departments, schools and institute, which offer undergraduate, master's and doctoral programs in both English and French. 
News
- Visit the new Web pages for the Forum for Aboriginal Studies and Research
- Congratulations to Luc Juillet, who received the 2008 President's Award for Service to the University through Media and Community Relations on October 20, 2008
- Congratulations to Jennifer Lee for obtaining the Pierre Laberge Prize and to Martin Normand for earning the René Lupien Prize
- The latest issue of the Alumni Newsletter is available online
Upcoming events
- November 20: Wesley Wark, Visiting Research Professor at the University of Ottawa will host a public lecture on Never Say Never Again: Canada's Foreign Intelligence Needs.
- November 20: A Less Violent World? Explaining the decline in Global Conflict and Terrorism. Public Lecture by Andrew Mack,
Director of the Human Security Report Project
School for International Studies et the Simon Fraser University. - November 21: Seminar in Economics by Shlomo Yitzhaki from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem: Inequality Comparisions: The role of Government and Demographic Structure
- November 25: Abdulkader Sinno, Assistant Professor at Indiana University presents a public lecture on Organisational structures and war: Why the Taliban Succeeds.
- November 25: Special Event: A Conversation with a former Prime Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable John Turner.
- November 26: Does Knowing Your Adversary Necessarily Breed Extremism? The Case of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Lecture by Eitan Alimi, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Hebrew University.
- November 27: Panel Discussion and Book Launch featuring Mark Sedra, Research Scholar in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo: Afghanistan: Transition Under Threat.
- November 27: Public lecture by Gilles Kepel entitled: Au-delà de la terreur et du martyre : l'avenir du Moyen-Orient (in French only).
- November 28: Panel Discussion: Challenges for the New Unites States President with Micheal Kergin, Jeffrey Simpson and Peter Harper.
- November 27: Documentary and Discussion Panel on Haiti. Invited speaker: Jean Saint-Vil, an Ottawa-Gatineau based Haitian activist.
- December 3: From Allies to Partners: The EU and NATO in a Multipolar World. Public lecture by Sven Biscop,
Senior Research Fellow, Royal Institute for International Relations (Brussels)
and Visiting Fellow, College of Europe.
Student's Corner
- Annual Criminology Fair: the Fourth Annual Criminology Fair will be held on November 20th between 4pm and 6pm at the Terminus (2nd floor) of the University Centre.
- Important dates to remember for your course registration
