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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

January 30, 2019

Lessons from a Changing EU

The French have taken to the streets, and the British are taking to the exits. The great dream of a unified Europe has endured from the time of Charlemagne to the era of Macron, May... More

November 22, 2018

Experiential Learning in Belize

In 2015, after two decades of legal battles, an unprecedented Caribbean Court of Justice ruling reinforced property rights of the Maya people of Belize, enshrining their system of customary land tenure within the country’s constitution... More

November 7, 2018

Refugee Siblings Triumph with Biochemistry Degrees

It’s rare for an older sister to walk across the stage to accept her undergraduate degree alongside her brother. And study the same subject and get the same degree. Then get the same full-time job... More

October 31, 2018

Diverse Perspectives of Carleton’s Impact Shared at Board Committee Talk Exchange

More than 30 students, faculty, staff and alumni sat down together on Oct. 30 to discuss Carleton University’s community impact and its force for good at the Board of Governors Talk Exchange. “Today is about... More

October 30, 2018

Learning Through Experience

When Tayler Hernandez chose Carleton University for its unique Bachelor of Global and International Studies (BGInS) program, she knew she was in for an experience of a lifetime. Leaving North America for the first time,... More

October 16, 2018

Learning From Germany

Steps from the Brandenburg Gate, at the symbolic heart of modern Germany, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe envelops visitors in a discomfiting grey. It's the dominant tone of the patio stones underfoot,... More