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November 12, 2021

Grad Stories 2021: Grad Traces Family Lineage in History and Indigenous Studies Program

Carleton University History and Indigenous Studies graduate Richard Cywink came to campus with a clear mission in mind—to research and study the expansive and rich lineage of his family. Cywink, an Odawa Anishinabek, whose First... More

September 27, 2021

Walking Together at the Ānako Indigenous Research Institute

This past summer, Tasha Beeds and a core group of nine women, men and Two-Spirit people walked carrying a small copper pail of water from the source of the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta’s Rocky... More

September 13, 2021

Racialized and Indigenous Faculty Alliance Finds Strong Support on Carleton Campus

The first time that Carleton University’s Racialized and Indigenous Faculty Alliance (RIFA) met on Zoom last February, it was during the thick of the COVID–19 pandemic. Still, there was something special in the air. The... More

August 9, 2021

New Program to Foster Allyship and Support for Indigenous Students

When Carleton University’s Centre for Indigenous Initiatives released the Kinàmàgawin: Learning Together report in May 2020, it put forward 41 calls to action aimed at making the campus a safer space for Indigenous students, faculty... More

June 24, 2021

Celebrating Pride Month: Benny Michaud Leads Centre for Indigenous Initiatives

Benny Michaud is a proud Michif (Métis) eagle clan person from St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba. In the Michif language their traditional name is kaa-natawiyiweet dans la sud oschi, which means Medicine Person from the South,... More

June 24, 2021

Great Grads 2021: Carleton Engineering Student Earns Iron Ring 60 Years After Grandfather

For Carleton University Mechanical Engineering student Margot Vandesande, this year’s graduation will be a special kind of family affair. Sixty years after her grandfather, John McCalla, graduated from Carleton’s first Engineering class in 1961, Vandesande... More

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