Bachelor of Humanities undergraduate degree program established. 1996 Establishment of the College of the Humanities. Establishment of the Simon Reisman Chair in Trade Policy. Establishment of the Founders Award. Department of Religion joined the College of the Humanities.
Physics undergraduate degree program replaced with an applied physics program.
New undergraduate program in Communications Engineering established. Co-operative education programs offered in all engineering programs. Faculty of Science realigned its departments into the College of Natural Sciences and the School of Mathematics and Statistics. Centre for Initiatives in Education added to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Department of Geography renamed the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies.