Critical thinking, research, empathy, collaboration, and communication all matter in every kind of work. Humanities courses help you build those skills. Which of those skills do you use most often in your life right now?

People are drawn to ideas, reflection, and meaning. The humanities offer opportunities to ask big questions and think seriously about life. What kind of questions do you find yourself returning to again and again?

A humanities degree opens up many paths, but studying the humanities also does something more: it helps you become a well-rounded person. What do you think you could do with a humanities degree?

Just because we can do something does not always mean we should. Studying the humanities helps you think through ethical choices and ask better questions. Have you ever had to decide between what you could do and what you should do?

Democracy needs informed, engaged citizens. Studying the humanities helps you think about public life, accountability, and the role of citizens in shaping the world around them. What do you think helps people stay engaged in public life?

In a world full of headlines, posts, and fast-moving information, critical thinking matters. Studying the humanities will help you spot logic gaps, question assumptions, and recognize fake news more confidently. What's one thing you look for when you're checking whether something is reliable?

The humanities help us think more deeply, communicate more clearly, and understand the world around us. Over the next 11 posts, we'll share why they matter now more than ever! What do you think we gain most from the humanities?

🚨 Deadline TODAY! Get your application in for the 2026–27 PEN Canada Exiled Writer-in-Residence 🔗 uoft.me/PEN26-27 @pencanada.bsky.social

📰 Check out our July 9 newsletter, featuring: 👏 Alison Keith invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada 👥 2026–27 Fellows ✍️ PEN Canada Exiled Writer-in-Residence Call 💻 DH@UofT Co-Working Space Call …and more! 👉 Read now: mailchi.mp/utoronto/... Subscribe uoft.me/jhi-news

In addition to the JHI Circle of Fellows we also support non-residential Fellows like our 6-month Faculty Research Fellows. Welcome Susana Bejar, Michael Chazan, Valentina Napolitano, Alejandro Paz, Martin Revermann and Atsuko Sakaki! uoft.me/6M-Fellows

As our annual theme Doubles, Doppelgangers begins, we welcome all of our incoming residential JHI Fellows. Look for profiles on each fellow as the year progresses! Meet our 2026-27 12-month fellows uoft.me/12M-Fellows

📰 Don't miss out! We're still publishing during the summer. Be the first to find out about our funding calls and events by signing up for our newsletter Next issue comes out July 9. Subscribe uoft.me/jhi-news

All of us at the JHI are delighted to share that our former Director, Alison Keith, has been invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada! We're so happy to see her receive this well-deserved honour. Please join us in congratulating her 👏👏

Doubles, Doppelgangers is the Jackman Humanities Institute's theme for 2026–27. Throughout the year, our Circle of Fellows, annual art exhibition, and Program for the Arts will explore this theme from a range of perspectives. More about our theme uoft.me/jhi-themes

We also say goodbye to our 2025–26 Six-Month Faculty Research Fellows and their diverse projects on Babylonian neighbourhoods, John Galt, matsutake mushrooms, digital diasporic youth media, and more. 👏👏👏

As another JHI fellowship year comes to a close, we thank our residential fellows for a year of sharing research, exchanging ideas, and building a community around our theme, Dystopia and Trust. While it's always difficult to say goodbye, we're excited to see where your next chapters take you.👏👏👏

🤖 How does AI shape the ways we feel, care, and connect? This poetry event uses creative writing, shared readings, and live engagements with AI systems to explore the affective dimensions of artificial intelligence and its role in shaping human relationships. 👉 More: uoft.me/cu3

Artist Shannon Garden-Smith, standing beside one of two lamps in the exhibition. In a hare’s form III, 2021. Pigmented gelatin, plant clippings, lamp cord, approximately 18” x 18” x 18”. You only have two days left to see Proof of Life, curated by Chloe Gordon-Chow. Info: uoft.me/jhi25-26

Patrick Cruz is one half of Boring Earth, a collaboration with fellow artist Laila Fox. You only have a few more days to see Proof of Life, curated by Chloe Gordon-Chow. We're open today from 9-11, Thursday 9-4 and Friday 9-4. Info: uoft.me/jhi25-26

Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate the launch of the Proof of Life catalogue, curated by Chloe Gordon-Chow and edited by Arrow Below. Pictured with Chloe are artists Shannon Garden-Smith and Patrick Cruz. The exhibition closes June 19. Info: uoft.me/jhi25-26

Good morning U of T, from the Jackman Humanities Institute at St. George and Bloor! #UofT #UofTArtSci

👏👏 Congratulations to our 2026-27 Undergraduate Fellows, who'll be joining us during our upcoming Doubles, Doppelgangers theme year: Parker Bloom, Sharmeen Imran, Leanne Rambali, Amber Ramos, Josephine Tjhia and Ella Zhang. More info https://uoft.me/ctC

📰 Our June 11 JHI Newsletter just dropped! Featuring: ✉️ Letter from Alison Keith 👋 Farewell to 2025–26 Fellows 🎓 2026–27 Undergraduate Fellows 🧩 2026–27 Working Groups 📅 Upcoming Events …and more! 👉 Read now: mailchi.mp/utoronto/... Not subscribed yet? Sign up uoft.me/jhi-news

Following the announcement of Randy Boyagoda's appointment as JHI's next Director, U of T Arts & Science has published an article on the transition, reflecting on Alison Keith's leadership and contributions to the JHI and looking at Boyagoda's vision for the Institute. 👉 More: https://uoft.me/ct4

📚 Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday to celebrate the launch of Alison Keith’s latest book, Sulpicia: Life, Love, and Literature in Ancient Rome. It was wonderful to see such a great turnout and to welcome both familiar and new faces!

⏳ Closing soon: Proof of Life, curated by Chloe Gordon Chow boring earth, Offerings, 2024 – ongoing. Photo courtesy of the artist. Info: uoft.me/jhi25-26

🎨 Don’t miss Proof of Life, curated by Chloe Gordon Chow Today’s spotlight: Jenine Marsh, detail from Within or beyond my means (3), 2021. Flowers, synthetic rubber, wire, train-pressed coins, acrylic varnish, steel. Photo courtesy of the artist. Info: uoft.me/jhi25-26

🔍 Continuing our look at Proof of Life, curated by Chloe Gordon Chow Shannon Garden-Smith, In a hare’s form III, 2021. Pigmented gelatin, plant clippings, lamp cord, approximately 18” x 18” x 18”. Photo: Lfdocumentation. One of two lamps on display. Info: uoft.me/jhi25-26

🖼️ Proof of Life is closing soon, curated by Chloe Gordon Chow Today we’re highlighting Ernesto Cabral de Luna, La Vida en Tres Quebradas / Trocitos de Memoria (2025) 👉 More info uoft.me/jhi25-26 Info: uoft.me/jhi25-26

🎙️Humanities at Large Series 2 featured incredible discussions, make sure to listen! Here's Episode 6. 📷 Photographer Tamara Abdul Hadi reflects on how seeing a place through someone else’s lens can shape how we imagine it. Tamara was our 2024-25 Artist in Residence. 🎧 uoft.me/jhi-podcast