Orange Shirt Day 2022

Exchange Trip to Cambridge Bay Brings Carleton Inuit Students Closer to Culture and Land

Exchange Trip to Cambridge Bay Brings Carleton Inuit Students Closer to Culture and Land

A group of Inuit undergraduate students from a range of academic disciplines at Carleton University travelled to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, in March, as part of a unique, land-based learning experience... More

Carleton Brings Northern Expertise and Experience to University of the Arctic

Carleton Brings Northern Expertise and Experience to University of the Arctic

When Carleton University was formally and unanimously admitted into membership of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) at the network’s annual assembly in Inari, Finland, last weekend, the organization gained... More

Indigenous Students Build Connections, Ceremony and Understanding on Transformative Trip to Peru

Indigenous Students Build Connections, Ceremony and Understanding on Transformative Trip to Peru

In February 2025, four Indigenous students from Carleton University traveled to the Andean community of Paru Paru, Peru as part of the “Land as Relation” course (INDG 4905A), with support... More

Conservation & Sustainability students work with Pikwakanagan First Nation

Conservation & Sustainability students work with Pikwakanagan First Nation

Second-year Bachelor of Architectural Studies students engaged with members of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation during the winter term to research and prepare conceptual designs for a planned new... More

Carleton Indigenous Leaders Honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medal

Carleton Indigenous Leaders Honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medal

Two Indigenous leaders from Carleton University have been awarded the prestigious King Charles III Coronation Medal in recognition of their outstanding contributions to Indigenous education, advocacy and community engagement in... More

The Next Generation of Indigenous Journalists

The Next Generation of Indigenous Journalists

Storytelling is central to Indigenous cultures, and one particular type of storytelling has a vital role to play in Canada’s long journey toward reconciliation. “The modus operandi of journalism is... More

Nunavut Arctic College Students Visit Carleton for Environmental Science Collaboration

Nunavut Arctic College Students Visit Carleton for Environmental Science Collaboration

In December, 13 students from Nunavut Arctic College’s (NAC) Environmental Technology Program (ETP) visited Carleton as part of a growing collaboration aimed at encouraging Inuit participation in postsecondary education and... More

Opening the Circle: How Indigenous Pedagogies are being Hardwired into the Department of Electronics

Opening the Circle: How Indigenous Pedagogies are being Hardwired into the Department of Electronics

A core second-year electronics course at Carleton had a new feature recently added to its problem analysis (PA) sessions to make them more collaborative, positive and engaging for students. The... More

Chief Benedict Abram: Transforming First Nations Child and Family Services

Chief Benedict Abram: Transforming First Nations Child and Family Services

Speaking to a crowded room at Carleton University, Regional Chief of Ontario Benedict Abram described the recent negotiations between the Assembly of First Nations and the Government of Canada over... More

Using Virtual Reality to Engage with Indigenous Storytelling

Using Virtual Reality to Engage with Indigenous Storytelling

Kester Dyer, Assistant Professor in Film Studies, collaborated with the Experiential Learning Hub (ELH) to give his second-year students in his Indigenous Cinema and Media course the opportunity to view... More

Indigenous Studies at Carleton – Belle’s Story

Indigenous Studies at Carleton – Belle’s Story

Walking Together in Allyship: Carleton Reflects on Conciliation with Indigenous Peoples on Orange Shirt Day

Walking Together in Allyship: Carleton Reflects on Conciliation with Indigenous Peoples on Orange Shirt Day

The importance of listening, reflecting and acting with humility was at the forefront of this week’s event held in honour of Orange Shirt Day—an annual day of remembrance to acknowledge the... More