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January 11, 2021

Carleton Neuroscience Researchers Help Demystify Major Depression

Among its many impacts, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased awareness about mental health concerns and limited access to labs for scientists. But Carleton University Neuroscience Prof. Argel Aguilar-Valles and his collaborators continue to chip away... More

December 10, 2020

Carleton Launches Hub to Widely Share Mental Health Research in a COVID World

A new virtual space at Carleton is making mental health research more accessible to the community. The Mental Health and Well-being Research and Training Hub (MeWeRTH) brings together faculty members, external researchers, students, practitioners, community organizations, and... More

November 30, 2020

Carleton Offers Specialized Mental Health Counselling Services for Graduate, Indigenous and Racialized Students

Manal Haji Egeh was working as a counsellor with Somali youth and families when she spotted a job posting for a new racialized counsellor at Carleton University. “I immediately thought, wow, this is so important... More

May 12, 2020

Work and Life in the Time of Coronavirus: Carleton Researchers Shine a Light

In mid-March, when Canada’s COVID-19 lockdown started, Anita Grace was in the home stretch of her PhD in Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University. Suddenly faced with the prospect of preparing for a late-April... More

April 23, 2020

Opening Up About PTSD: War Correspondent Sheila MacVicar Tells Her Story

Although their journalism can give voice to the voiceless, foreign correspondents often suffer their own afflictions in silence. As she gave the 21st annual Kesterton Lecture on March 11, 2020, award-winning journalist Sheila MacVicar made... More

April 21, 2020

Carleton’s New $250,000 Rapid Response Research Grants Support Work Contributing to the Global COVID-19 Response

COVID-19 changed everything. Never before has life around the world changed so suddenly and so comprehensively. When it did, researchers quickly took action. To better understand the human cost of the pandemic, Prof. Linda Duxbury... More

April 7, 2020

Carleton University Therapy Dogs Offering Virtual Cheer on Instagram

In mere days as a result of the pandemic, Carleton University’s campus was emptied of students, faculty, staff and, well, dogs. Carleton’s Therapy Dogs are no longer able to physically engage with students. But that... More

September 18, 2019

Carleton Reduces Stigma at Recovery Day Ottawa

Each year, Recovery Day Ottawa (RDO) celebrates the pathways people follow to recovery from substance use, fosters hope for those still suffering, reduces the barriers of stigma, engages the broader community and builds a platform... More

September 18, 2019

Carleton Adds Six New Dogs to Popular Therapy Program

A new group of Carleton University students just aced their final exams. They sat and came on command, politely accepted petting and ignored distractions. Six dogs—with the help of their handlers, who are all Carleton... More

October 23, 2018

Madness in Modern Times

The history of mental illness is a dark and fragmented one. "You can go to asylums in the United States and they've got graveyards" made up of "rows and rows of . . . these... More

October 10, 2018

Mental Health 101

When students taking Psychology courses at Carleton have a problem in the classroom, the issue, if it can't be resolved with their professor or the undergraduate chair, eventually reaches the office of departmental chair Prof.... More

September 14, 2018

Carleton Expands Therapy Dog Program

Meet Roxy, Cooper, Penny, Zak, Murphy and Dozer. They're friends of Blue—Carleton University's first therapy dog and most famous pet on campus—and they're here to spread canine love to keep student spirits up. The new... More