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December 22, 2017

Carleton Students Take on Tough Social Issues in Community Engaged Sociology Course

By Lucy Juneau This isn’t your ordinary university course. There isn’t even a textbook. Community Engaged Sociology, a team-based course looking to take book learning and translate it into action,... More

December 20, 2017

Norman Paterson School of International Affairs Marks 50 Years

By Dan Rubinstein What do Canada’s ambassador to Italy, the Attorney General of Ontario, the Dean of Arts at McGill University, the president and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute... More

December 18, 2017

Preschool Started by Carleton Thriving at 50 Years

By Lucy Juneau What was once the Carleton University Preschool, now the Rainbow Kidschool, is celebrating 50 years of operation this year. It originated in the Department of Psychology in... More

December 15, 2017

Jim Davies Discusses the Psychology of Star Wars on The Agenda

On Dec. 14, 2017. TVO's The Agenda welcomed Jim Davies, Carleton University's director of the Science of Imagination Laboratory, to discuss the psychology of Star Wars and how appealing to... More

December 14, 2017

Grad Research: Superbugs and the Outbreak Narrative

Each time the grave threat of a new disease lands upon our shores, media tells the story to the public in more or less the same way: the outbreak narrative.... More

December 14, 2017

Grad Research: The Tragically Hip

Like millions of Canadians, Carleton graduate student Michelle MacQueen tuned into the CBC broadcast of the last show of the beloved rock band The Tragically Hip. At some point between... More

December 14, 2017

Carleton Music Student Scoops up Two Gold Medals

By Lucy Juneau Carleton University student Brittany Clayton won two gold medals from the Royal Conservatory of Music for achieving the highest flute marks in Ontario for the six and... More

December 11, 2017

Carleton University Hosts First National Sikh Symposium

By Ellen Tsaprailis The Canada-India Centre for Excellence (CICE) at Carleton University recently held its first national symposium as part of a new initiative to highlight diversity in Canada and... More

December 11, 2017

Justice Abella Cites Work Undone with Indigenous Peoples, Minorities and the Poor

By Joseph Mathieu Photos by Mike Pinder “Integration based on difference, equality based on inclusion despite difference, and compassion based on respect.” These principles, says Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella,... More

December 11, 2017

Sharing Grad Research With Northern Schoolchildren

PhD Biology student Andrea Reid won an NSERC Aboriginal Ambassador Award. She is also a National Geographic Young Explorer. Recently, she returned from a trip to north-central BC. In the following blog, she... More

December 7, 2017

Carleton Men’s Hockey Team Turns Pucks into Bucks for Holiday Presents

By Lucy Juneau Tis’ the season for generosity and the Carleton University Raven’s men hockey team is in full spirit. The goalies on the team are saving more than just... More

December 6, 2017

Roundtable Tackles Challenges Faced by Media When Covering Mass Atrocities

By Joseph Mathieu Photos by Chris Roussakis “In a world numbed by terrorism and death, what stories, what evidence, will finally pierce apathy?” This is media’s biggest challenge when it... More