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June 21, 2021

Great Grads 2021: Platform Puts Business on Social Footing

Giving back and making a difference has always been a driving force for Bachelor of Commerce graduate Feruz Dglel Tesfay. Born in Eritrea and raised in Uganda, she saw struggling communities firsthand. By harnessing the... More

June 15, 2021

A Residential School Reclaimed: Transforming Tragedy into Hope

The following story was written before the discovery of 215 Indigenous children’s remains at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School on Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc land. The colossal, three-storey red brick building is surrounded by farm... More

June 15, 2021

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

June 7, 2021

National Indigenous History Month: AFN Yukon Regional Chief Kluane Adamek

In her role as Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Yukon Regional Chief, Kluane Adamek is all about helping the next generation of leaders to thrive. “I'd say the really big focus for me has been... More

June 1, 2021

Taking Stock of Renewal During National Indigenous History Month

Much has changed since Laura Hall, Carleton’s newest Indigenous faculty member, graduated from the university in 2002. She’s a mother of twins now, a professor of sociology and, these days, is striving for Indigenous rebirth... More

June 1, 2021

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

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

April 12, 2021

Resonance Project: Art Plus Music at Carleton

What can the process of musicians collaborating in response to an art exhibition teach us about the potential for music to amplify social themes? What constitutes ethical community-engagement in research? Those are among the questions... More

March 29, 2021

Carleton Partners in Major National Project to Rebuild First Nations Governance

In 17 ambiguous words, Section 35.1 of the Constitution Act, 1982 set Canada on a new path that is still unfolding. The section reads: “The existing Aboriginal and treaty rights of the Aboriginal peoples of... More

March 8, 2021

Carleton University Counsellor Rylee Godin Receives 2021 Indigenous Practice Award

The Centre for Indigenous Initiatives (CII) and Health and Counselling Services at Carleton University are proud to announce that Rylee Godin has received the 2021 Indigenous Practice Award from the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. This award honours excellence in... More

March 1, 2021

Inuit Lessons on Surviving Difficult Times at Carleton Kinamagawin Symposium

If it’s true what Ernest Hemingway said, that the world breaks us and makes us strong in the broken places, then Inuit in Canada are primed to lead us into an uncertain future. That is... More

February 22, 2021

From Trauma to Leadership: Carleton Symposium Focuses on Inuit Resilience

Martha Flaherty has vivid early memories of family life in Inukjuak, in northern Quebec’s Nunavik region. But in 1955, the year she turned five, she was among several Inukjuak families who were transported by ship... More