Religious Studies Program

Department of Classics

Religious Studies Resources


The Study of Religion in Canada


The academic study of religion in Canada occurs in many venues and varieties. There are seven national-scale learned societies for the study of religion in Canada:

These societies are incorporated within the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion (CCSR) http://ccsr.ca/, which owns and publishes the premier academic journal in Religious Studies within Canada, Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, published by Sage.

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Canadian Departments and Programs in Religious Studies / Sciences Religieuses


Atlantic Canada

New Brunswick
Mount Allison University: http://www.mta.ca/religiousstudies/
St. Thomas University: https://www.stu.ca/religiousstudies/

Newfoundland
Memorial University Newfoundland: http://www.mun.ca/relstudies/about/

Nova Scotia
Acadia University: http://religion.acadiau.ca/
Cape Breton University: https://www.cbu.ca/academic-programs/program/religious-studies/
Dalhousie University: http://www.dal.ca//faculty/arts/religious-studies.html (YOU ARE HERE!)
Mount St. Vincent: https://www.msvu.ca/en/home/programsdepartments/BA/religiousstudies/default.aspx
St. Francis Xavier University: http://sites.stfx.ca/religious_studies/
St. Mary's University: http://www.smu.ca/academics/departments/religious-studies.html

Prince Edward Island
University of Prince Edward Island: http://www.upei.ca/programs/religious-studies

East-Central Canada

Ontario
Carleton University: http://carleton.ca/chum/religion/
McMaster University: https://www.religiousstudies.mcmaster.ca/
Queen's University: http://www.queensu.ca/religious-studies
University of Ottawa: http://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/en
University of Toronto: http://religion.utoronto.ca/
                               http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/historical-studies/welcome-department-historical-studies
                               http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/hcs/
University of Waterloo: https://uwaterloo.ca/religious-studies/
University of Western Ontario - King's: www.kings.uwo.ca/academics/religious-studies/
Wilfrid Laurier University: https://www.wlu.ca/programs/arts/undergraduate/religion-and-culture-ba/index.html
York University: http://www.yorku.ca/laps/huma/rest/

Québec
Bishop's University: http://www.ubishops.ca/academic-programs/faculty-of-arts-and-science/humanities/religion/
Concordia University: http://religion.concordia.ca/
McGill University: http://www.mcgill.ca/religiousstudies/
Université de Montréal: http://www.ftsr.umontreal.ca/
Université de Québec à Montréal: http://religion.uqam.ca/
Université de Sherbrooke: http://www.usherbrooke.ca/fater/
Université Laval: http://www.ftsr.ulaval.ca/

Western Canada

Manitoba
The University of Winnipeg: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/religion-and-culture/index.html
University of Manitoba: http://umanitoba.ca/religion/

Saskatchewan
University of Regina: http://www.uregina.ca/arts/religious-studies/
University of Saskatchewan: https://stmcollege.ca/study-here/classes-and-programs.php#ReligionandCulturePrograms

Alberta
Athabasca University: http://rels.athabascau.ca/
Mount Royal University: http://www.mtroyal.ca/ProgramsCourses/FacultiesSchoolsCentres/Arts/Departments/Humanities/relstudies.htm
University of Alberta: https://www.ualberta.ca/interdisciplinary-studies/religious-studies
University of Calgary: http://rels.ucalgary.ca/
University of Lethbridge: http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/religious-studies

British Columbia
Simon Fraser University: https://www.sfu.ca/students/calendar/2013/fall/programs/religious-studies/certificate.html
Trinity Western University: https://www.twu.ca/academics/faculty-humanities-social-sciences/religious-studies
University of British Columbia: http://cnrs.ubc.ca/
University of Victoria: http://www.uvic.ca/humanities/religious/


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