COVID-19 Archives | Carleton Newsroom

August 31, 2021

Residence Life at Carleton Adapts to Pandemic Challenges

Over the coming week, more than 3,000 students are moving into residence buildings on the Carleton University campus, making use of a new drive-through system to check into their building. After adapting to the ups... More

August 31, 2021

Back To School 2021: Safety and Interdisciplinary Programs in the Spotlight

It will be a September like no other at Carleton University as students, faculty and staff go back to school in person for the first time in 18 months. Guided by Carleton’s return to campus... More

April 29, 2021

Carleton University Professor Joins Royal Society of Canada Task Force on COVID-19

Carleton Political Management Prof. Jennifer Robson has joined the Royal Society of Canada’s Task Force on COVID-19 to investigate the pandemic’s impact on women. The Royal Society of Canada, founded in 1882, recognizes Canada’s leading... More

April 9, 2021

Carleton University’s Life Sciences Day 4.1 Investigates Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health

COVID-19 hasn’t just been a crisis of physical health, it has had enormous mental health consequences for too many. “In fall 2020, 40 per cent of people in Ottawa reported their mental health as only... More

April 8, 2021

Carleton Researchers Working with City of Ottawa to Provide Early Warnings of COVID-19 Community Spread

COVID-19 is a medical chameleon—and the delayed onset of its symptoms has been one of the most challenging aspects of managing this pandemic. Often, the first outward signs of the disease are a fever or... More

April 1, 2021

Carleton Alumni Company Sifting Through COVID-19 Data for Major Health Clients Like World Health Organization

When Peter O’Blenis was finishing his undergraduate Computer Science degree at Carleton University, he knew that he wanted to start a company someday. “It’s about building something from scratch,” he says, “and not having any... More

March 26, 2021

Bringing Generations Together: Carleton Poses Student Challenge on Disconnection

To address the vulnerability and social isolation of older Canadians, Carleton undergraduate students devised ways to build cross-generational connections between older and younger adults. On March 18, 2021, they aimed to solve one of the... More

March 15, 2021

A Year of COVID-19: Tackling Pandemic Issues

It’s been a full year since the world changed dramatically. Over the past 12 months, Carleton University students, faculty, researchers and staff have been tackling problems posed by the pandemic in a broad range of... More

January 18, 2021

Carleton Journalism Students Document Lives Lost in the COVID-19 Pandemic

It was one of the hardest phone calls Carleton journalism student Megan Costa ever had to make. Costa was given the names of two Toronto women who died from COVID-19 — mother and daughter Doris... More

January 12, 2021

Carleton University’s Top Accomplishments of 2020

It was an extraordinary year that provided many unique challenges and opportunities for Carleton University, Ottawa and the global community. Our amazing and dedicated students, faculty, staff, alumni and partners used the time during the... More

December 10, 2020

Carleton Launches Hub to Widely Share Mental Health Research in a COVID World

A new virtual space at Carleton is making mental health research more accessible to the community. The Mental Health and Well-being Research and Training Hub (MeWeRTH) brings together faculty members, external researchers, students, practitioners, community organizations, and... More

November 26, 2020

Using AI and Big Data to Identify a Potential COVID-19 Peptide Treatment

On a molecular level, humans are susceptible to COVID-19 because a virus protein is able to bind to a human protein. If that interaction can be stopped, so could this disease. Researchers at Carleton University... More