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Stories: Human Rights

Photo for the news post: Continuing the Conversation about Missing Children and Unmarked Graves
September 27, 2022

Continuing the Conversation about Missing Children and Unmarked Graves

Continuing the Conversation about Missing Children and Unmarked Graves

In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's final report estimated that between 4,000 and 6,000 children died at residential schools. Hundreds were buried in unmarked graves and no information was shared with their... More

Photo for the news post: Academic Refugees: At-Risk Scholars from Afghanistan and Ukraine Get a Safe Haven at Carleton
June 20, 2022

Academic Refugees: At-Risk Scholars from Afghanistan and Ukraine Get a Safe Haven at Carleton

Academic Refugees: At-Risk Scholars from Afghanistan and Ukraine Get a Safe Haven at Carleton

The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in search of either temporary or permanent sanctuary. June 20 is World Refugee Day... More

Photo for the news post: National Indigenous History Month: Aliqa Illauq on a Changing Campus
June 15, 2021

National Indigenous History Month: Aliqa Illauq on a Changing Campus

National Indigenous History Month: Aliqa Illauq on a Changing Campus

Being Indigenous on a university campus can feel foreign. A lot of instructors and fellow students don’t understand you or the place you come from, or the things you’ve faced in life: racism, discrimination, powerlessness,... More

Photo for the news post: Celebrating Pride Month: ‘Being Different is Actually Quite Normal’
June 1, 2021

Celebrating Pride Month: ‘Being Different is Actually Quite Normal’

Celebrating Pride Month: ‘Being Different is Actually Quite Normal’

Philip Macho Commonda, a two-spirit Algonquin from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg community, is in many ways a connector. Since August 2020, he has been the Algonquin Community Liaison Officer with Carleton’s Centre for Indigenous Initiatives... More

Photo for the news post: Carleton Student Doris Mah Leads National Push Against Anti-Asian Racism
May 26, 2021

Carleton Student Doris Mah Leads National Push Against Anti-Asian Racism

Carleton Student Doris Mah Leads National Push Against Anti-Asian Racism

In April, a friend of Doris Mah’s, a Carleton University Master of Political Management student, was shopping at a Safeway in North Burnaby, B.C. when she had a frightening experience with a man in the... More

Photo for the news post: When Digital Media and Racism Intersect, the Medium Is Still the Message
May 25, 2021

When Digital Media and Racism Intersect, the Medium Is Still the Message

When Digital Media and Racism Intersect, the Medium Is Still the Message

Prof. Armond Towns, the newest faculty member in Carleton University’s Communication and Media Studies program, was drawn to Canada from Virginia’s University of Richmond for a few reasons. For starters, the professorship, which is rooted... More

Photo for the news post: Six Carleton Students Win EDI Research Awards
May 18, 2021

Six Carleton Students Win EDI Research Awards

Six Carleton Students Win EDI Research Awards

Five undergraduates and one graduate student have won the inaugural Summer 2021 Carleton University Student Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Research Awards. Their EDI-related research projects will be conducted through August in collaboration with faculty... More

Photo for the news post: Carleton’s Landon Pearson Centre Celebrates Namesake’s 90th Birthday and Contributions to Children’s Rights in Canada
November 16, 2020

Carleton’s Landon Pearson Centre Celebrates Namesake’s 90th Birthday and Contributions to Children’s Rights in Canada

Carleton’s Landon Pearson Centre Celebrates Namesake’s 90th Birthday and Contributions to Children’s Rights in Canada

Senator Landon Pearson has been advocating for children for decades—and has borne witness to improvements in access to education and material well-being for many children. But as she celebrates her 90th birthday in the midst... More

Photo for the news post: Carleton’s Shannon Lectures Series Explores Historical Themes that are Resurging in Current Political Atmosphere
September 16, 2020

Carleton’s Shannon Lectures Series Explores Historical Themes that are Resurging in Current Political Atmosphere

Carleton’s Shannon Lectures Series Explores Historical Themes that are Resurging in Current Political Atmosphere

Human rights, disability rights, migrant workers, the right to privacy and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission are the themes that will be explored in this year’s Shannon Lectures by Carleton University’s Department of History. The... More

Photo for the news post: Fighting for Disability Rights
October 17, 2018

Fighting for Disability Rights

Fighting for Disability Rights

Hannah MacLellan has accomplished a lot at the age of 19 and she’s just getting started. The human rights undergraduate student, in her second year at Carleton University, hails from Prince Edward Island. At the... More

Photo thumbnail for the story: Carleton University Designated as a Fair Trade Campus
March 8, 2017

Carleton University Designated as a Fair Trade Campus

Carleton University Designated as a Fair Trade Campus

Carleton is the latest Canadian university to receive a Fair Trade Campus designation awarded by Fairtrade Canada. In a move towards supporting fair and ethical conditions for global producers, all non-franchised campus locations and the... More

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