Truly amazing stories in research and innovation come out of Carleton. Below are a few of our stories.
Canadian Senate Recognizes Landon Pearson and Carleton University
Canadian Sen. Rosemary Moodie recognized Carleton University in a Senate session following a meeting with Landon Pearson at Carleton’s Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood & Children’s Rights. In the first Senate... More
Ottawa is Basketball City in 2020
The enjoyment of sport has a lot to do with place. On Lake Tonlé Sap, the floating village of Chong Khneas in Cambodia, the community takes shots on a floating court. In Dubrovnik, Croatia, the... More
New Home for Sprott School of Business Taking Shape
For more than a year, thousands of students, faculty and staff who walk or drive along Campus Avenue have been watching Carleton’s Sprott School of Business’s new home—the Nicol Building—emerge, embedding a novel imprint on... More
New Research Explores AI’s Implications for Defence, National Security and Intelligence
Military applications for artificial intelligence (AI). The very phrase evokes visions of robot super soldiers and autonomous drone strikes, but AI could have all sorts of non-combat applications too. It might even be used to... More
Earth Sciences Students Travel to Siberia to Discuss Ancient Volcanic Events
A group of Carleton University Earth Sciences students had an opportunity to present their work and absorb international perspectives at a conference in Siberia on ancient volcanic events. The conference, which took place in Tomsk,... More
Kinàmàgawin Symposium Focuses on Indigenous Identity and Sovereignty
Carleton University’s first annual Kinàmàgawin Symposium focused on important issues rooted in Indigenous identity and sovereignty, many of which remain pressing concerns today, according to the event’s speakers and panelists. “Kinàmàgawin” is an Algonquin word... More
Shireen Hassim Releases New Book on the Life of Fatima Meer
Feisty and formidable, Fatima Meer, who died in 2010 at age 81, was a trailblazing scholar and anti-apartheid activist with a lot to say. That South African society didn’t always know quite how to deal... More
Going Greener: Sustainability Strategies for Corporations
In the future, the most successful companies will be green. Carbon taxes will make heavy polluters less profitable, and consumer preferences for greener products will shift the way that people spend their money. “Many institutional... More
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