Truly amazing stories in research and innovation come out of Carleton. Below are a few of our stories.
The Task-Based Approach to Language Teaching
"In traditional language classes, students often repeat what the teacher tells them to repeat." So says Prof. Eva Kartchava at Carleton University’s School of Linguistics and Language Studies (SLaLS). "To this day, people tend to... More
Champions for Change Tackle Sexual Violence
Carleton University has launched a unique sexual consent training program for varsity athletes and coaches - Champions for Change – which considers them leaders and an important part of the solution to sexual harassment and... More
Mapping a Scandal Yields a Pulitzer for Alum
If you tried to follow the timeline of the Donald Trump “hush money” scandal over the last couple of years, you could be forgiven for losing track of who allegedly paid whom when and for... More
Carleton Student Entrepreneurs Crack the Chinese Market
“Automation is all about innovation,” says Jyot Singh. Last July, Singh was working for Indian IT giant HCL Technologies, automating processes for large companies like FedEx and PepsiCo. What a difference a year makes. Singh... More
Filling in the Fossil Record
Hell hunter and devil digger. When Arjan Mann names a species, he doesn’t mess around. As part of his PhD research into carboniferous period creatures, the Carleton Earth Sciences student identified two new species. The... More
Flaring in the Amazon
Early on a Sunday morning in June, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Prof. Matthew Johnson and two Carleton graduate students hauled 700 pounds (more than 300 kilograms) of gear into the Ottawa International Airport. Eight large... More
Nishnawbe Aski Nation Leading Youth
Youth are the future of every community, and of every nation. But for Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), youth are even more than that. “We have roughly 50,000 people,” says Derek Fox, Deputy Grand Chief of... More
Profs. Lenore Fahrig and Shikharesh Majumdar Appointed as Chancellor’s Professors
Carleton University Profs. Lenore Fahrig and Shikharesh Majumdar were recently appointed as Chancellor’s Professors, a rank reserved for highly esteemed faculty members whose research activities have been, and continue to be, of outstanding merit with... More
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