Co-op
Gain paid, hands-on work experience related to your degree while building career skills before graduation.
Learn More →Opportunities
Explore academic, professional, creative, and funding opportunities available to English students at the University of Lethbridge.
Experience
Build practical experience, develop professional skills, and get involved in student-led organizations connected to writing, editing, publishing, and leadership.
Applied Studies
Earn academic credit while applying your classroom learning in a real-world workplace or community setting.
Learn More →The ESS
Join the English Students’ Society executive team to gain leadership, planning, communication, and advocacy experience.
Learn More →Whetstone
Get involved with student literary publishing through writing, editing, reviewing, and creative community-building.
Learn More →The Meliorist
Contribute to campus media as a writer, editor, designer, organizer, or student leader.
Learn More →ECOTH
Organize the Environmental Conference of the Humanities.
Learn More →Advanced Research
Develop your own research questions, work with faculty mentors, and prepare for conferences, graduate school, or future academic work.
Independent Study
Design a focused research project with a faculty supervisor and explore a topic beyond regular course offerings.
Learn More →Honours Thesis
Complete a major fourth-year research project and produce a substantial piece of scholarly writing.
Learn More →Conferences
Present your research, receive feedback, meet other scholars, and build confidence in academic communication.
Learn More →Competitions and Funding
Find awards, prizes, and funding opportunities that support research, writing, conference travel, and student creative work.
The Bridge Prize
Submit original short fiction to a national student writing competition hosted by the School of Liberal Education.
Learn More →Chinook Summer Research Award
Apply for funding to conduct full-time undergraduate research with a faculty supervisor during the summer.
Learn More →George Ellis Research Scholarship
Receive support and recognition for undergraduate research in the humanities, social sciences, or fine arts.
Learn More →Travel and Conference Funding
Explore funding sources that can help offset conference travel, registration, and presentation costs.
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