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October 8, 2021

Carleton Alumni Soar Into Out of This World Tech Careers

The earliest humans pushed beyond the horizon and reached far-flung mountains and islands all around the planet. As modern humans push beyond the bounds of Earth itself, we follow in their footsteps. “Humans are explorers,... More

June 28, 2021

Carleton Economics Graduate Helps Keep the Bahamian Economy Strong and Stable

Tourism is the biggest industry in the Bahamas, employing about two-thirds of the Caribbean nation’s workforce directly and indirectly and providing more than half of its gross domestic product. Banking is the second biggest business.... More

June 24, 2021

Great Grads 2021: Exploring Sustainability in the Scottish Highlands

While Master of Architecture graduate Camille Ringrose, like most Carleton University students, was initially caught off guard by the COVID-19 pandemic, she managed to find a silver lining. With classes transitioned online and a thesis... More

February 22, 2021

At-Risk Scholars Find New Home at Carleton

In 2007, Shuchi Karim, a sexuality and gender researcher from Bangladesh, was at a conference in the Netherlands, where she had completed her PhD. Karim attended a talk by a Sri Lankan feminist — a woman... More

December 17, 2020

Carleton Welcomes African Women Scholars in Research Exchange

Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies will host 17 West African women academics over the next three years as part of the highly competitive QES Advanced Scholars West Africa program. Only 11 proposals including Carleton’s... More

November 26, 2020

Virtual International Internships: Travelling the Globe while Staying Home

In a year beset with travel cancellations, third-year Carleton student Ida Harkness has lost her study abroad opportunity in India that was to begin in January 2021. Harkness’ semester abroad was part of the International... More

June 10, 2020

BGInS Student Looks to History to Shape a Better Future

As Carleton University global and international studies student Jordan Gray prepares to graduate this month, he reflects on what he describes as a long and interesting road. Throughout his undergraduate career, Gray has completed 10... More

December 13, 2019

Belize Experience Leaves Deep Impression on Carleton Students

Not your typical classroom. Fifteen Carleton students got a first-hand look at Mayan culture and the Belize jungle as they mapped Indigenous land features as part of their global studies class last May. Located on... More

June 24, 2019

Carleton Plugs into Global Migration Gathering

From June 24 to 28, the largest annual international gathering of experts in the fields of migration, integration and diversity will convene in the National Capital Region. The International Metropolis Conference, which draws attendees from... More

June 6, 2019

Spring Convocation: International Student Finds Second Home in Carleton Lab

If you had told Aditi Singh a couple years ago that she would find a community in a research lab at Carleton University, she probably wouldn’t have believed you. Singh is a master’s student in... More

May 28, 2019

Mayor Jim Watson Declares Carleton University — Queen Elizabeth Scholar Day

Mayor Jim Watson hosted Carleton’s Queen Elizabeth Scholarship- Advanced Scholars (QES-AS) students at City Hall on May 24, 2019, declaring it “Carleton University — Queen Elizabeth Scholar Day” in Ottawa. Watson and City Manager Steve... More

May 21, 2019

Climate Change Warriors

A dozen years ago, after a major oil deposit was discovered in western Ghana, the twin cities that are the region’s capital and largest urban centre started to grow rapidly. People flocked to Sekondi-Takoradi from... More