Athletics Archives | Carleton Newsroom

August 31, 2023

Ravens Champion Change Around Sexual Violence

Carleton University's Ravens are starting the fall term strong thanks to Champions for Change – a training program that empowers student athletes to be catalysts for good against sexual violence. From August 15-17, students representing... More

February 16, 2023

Celebrating Black History Month: Carleton Faculty and Staff Dedicated to Black Inclusion

Learn more about members of the Black community at Carleton who are dedicated to greater Black inclusion and anti-Black racism in the classroom, on the field and in their personal lives. Menna Agha, assistant professor,... More

January 30, 2023

Celebrating Black History Month: Lauryn Walker is Making a Name for Herself in Rugby

Born into a sports family, Lauryn Walker grew up playing competitive soccer for most of her life. She enjoyed it but never felt like it was her calling. “I was always too aggressive for the... More

April 7, 2022

Connecting Fans, Athletes and Brands: App Helps Athletes Build Their Brand and Partnerships

Ottawa Redblacks wide receiver and former Carleton Ravens student-athlete Nate Behar has developed a tool that may help, recently launching an app called FireWork that provides a solution for athletes to develop partnerships with brands... More

February 4, 2022

Behar Brings Spark to Athletes

On August 8, 2021, the 2020 Summer Olympics closed in a relatively empty Japan National Stadium, under the theme of Moving Forward. While the events of that evening focused on moving toward the 2024 Summer... More

January 26, 2022

Balancing Act: How the fastest man in Canada prioritizes physical and mental health

When Andre De Grasse won a gold medal in the 200-metre sprint at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo last year, setting a new Canadian record with a scorching 19.62 seconds, his life changed dramatically. Although... More

May 20, 2021

Carleton University Ravens Add First Female Football Coach to Roster

Nadia Doucoure has joined the Carleton Ravens Football coaching staff as an offensive assistant – receivers coach—the first female football coach to join the team since the first game in 1962. “Having Nadia join our... More

May 5, 2021

Carleton Alumna Waneek Horn-Miller Speaks to CBC About the Power of Sport

Carleton University alumna, former Ravens water polo star, and Canada Sports Hall of Famer Waneek Horn-Miller spoke to the CBC’s Beyond the Win about her experiences during the 1990 Oka Crisis. Horn-Miller, a Mohawk of... More

October 13, 2020

Celebrating 75 Years of Carleton Ravens Football

On Oct. 13, 1945, a certain football team took to the field for the first time. It had been an idea floated that September, over pints at the Bytown Inn on O’Connor Street. Several engineering... More

September 11, 2020

Carleton Athletics Helps Launch New Community-Building Program

A dozen standup paddleboards launched onto a blustery and rainy Lac Leamy on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 4. Participants, which included members of the Carleton University Ravens men’s basketball team and kids from the... More

September 10, 2020

Raven Athletes Training for Eventual Return to Competition

In the old normal, Ravens defensive back Melique Straker wouldn’t have had a moment to think about fall semester sport training programs. Indeed, in the last two weeks of August, he would have been immersed... More

September 2, 2020

Family of Ravens

Oliver Castleman, Carleton University’s newest men’s hockey recruit, credits his family for playing a huge role in deciding to join the Ravens. The young and talented left-wing shooter—who spent the last four years playing for... More