In Memoriam Archives | Carleton Newsroom

January 29, 2021

What Was Lost: Carleton Commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day

“If you want to learn about the Holocaust, you have to have to start understanding what you lost,” says photographer Tal Schwartz, the researcher-protagonist of the documentary Glass Negatives. “This is, for me, what this... 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 7, 2021

Carleton Remembers Those Lost in Tehran Plane Tragedy

The Carleton community is marking one year since Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed shortly after takeoff near Tehran on Jan. 8, 2020, killing all 176 aboard, including two members of our community. Flags on... More

December 4, 2020

Carleton University Shares Video in Honour of Victims of École Polytechnique Tragedy

Carleton University’s Faculty of Engineering and Design has released a video commemorating White Ribbon Day, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Filmed on campus, the video offers faculty, staff and... More

November 6, 2020

Remembering Journalist Robert Fisk

Robert Fisk, a fearless reporter respected by colleagues and competitors alike, passed away on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 in a hospital in Dublin, Ireland. He was 74. Fisk, who held both British and Irish citizenship,... More

January 16, 2020

Carleton Remembers: Honouring Those Lost in Tragic Plane Crash

Hundreds of Carleton University students, faculty, staff and members of the broader Ottawa and Iranian-Canadian communities gathered on campus Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 to honour and celebrate the lives of our student and alumnus and... More

March 11, 2019

Carleton Mourns Loss of Professor Pius Adesanmi

Carleton University is devastated by the sudden death of Prof. Pius Adesanmi, director of our Institute of African Studies and a remarkable writer, poet and political commentator who was celebrated for his eloquence and fearlessness... More

December 6, 2016

Remembering Wes Nicol

Wes Nicol was known for many things. He was an entrepreneur, lawyer, real estate developer, philanthropist, member of the Order of Canada, and one of Carleton University’s finest. He passed away on November 29 at... More