{"id":3,"date":"2025-03-17T14:35:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/about\/homepage\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T15:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:25:11","slug":"about-carleton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Carleton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2025\/03\/P_CarletonPhotography_Aerial_170122-56-1600x700.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        About Carleton\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"a-smart-caring-inclusive-community\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">A Smart, Caring, Inclusive Community<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">At Carleton University, we push boundaries, challenge perspectives and turn knowledge into action. Rooted in Canada\u2019s capital, we connect world-class researchers, industry leaders and over 30,700 students to tackle the&nbsp;most pressing global concerns. Through collaboration and innovation, we don\u2019t just seek answers \u2014 we create solutions that shape a more sustainable, prosperous future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-section cu-section--white w-screen ml-offset-center px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><div class=\"cu-max-w-child-5xl space-y-6 md:space-y-10   cu-prose-first-last\"><figure class=\"cu-figure not-prose  max-w-full\"><div class=\"not-prose overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-lg max-w-full rounded-none\"><div class=\"relative none overflow-hidden w-full pb-[56.25%] border border-cu-black-100\"><iframe title=\"Videos Embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QsR50Qi0gfA\" class=\"cu-embed-iframe\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                        <figure class=\"flex items-center justify-center w-12 h-12 mx-6 mt-5 mb-1.5 overflow-hidden\">\n                <span class=\"cu-icon cu-icon-thumb\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; display: inline-block;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 512\"><!--! 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background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n            <div class=\"not-prose bg-black\/75 text-white absolute bottom-0 left-0 right-0 px-4 py-2.5 \">\n                            <p class=\"text-sm font-semibold line-clamp-2\">\n                    Carleton&#8217;s campus blends natural beauty with urban convenience\n                <\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    \n\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-[4\/3] bg-cover bg-center col-span-1 md:order-1 lg:order-none rounded-lg bg-black\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2025\/03\/waste-not-want-not-1500x875-2-768x448.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    \n\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-[4\/3] bg-cover bg-center col-span-1 md:order-1 lg:order-none rounded-lg bg-black\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2025\/03\/P_SprottPhotography_StudentShoot_031022-768x511.jpg); 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Situated on unceded Algonquin Anishin\u00e0beg territory beside the UNESCO World Heritage-designated Rideau Canal, our centrally located campus is easily accessible by transit and just minutes from downtown. With over a million residents, Ottawa blends global-city advantages with a small-community feel. It\u2019s a diverse tech hub, home to major industries, international companies and leading research institutions, making an ideal place for academic and career success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n    <div class=\"cu-imagegrid cu-imagegrid-4 cu-component-updated grid not-prose md:grid-cols-3 max-w-5xl gap-1 md:gap-2\">\n        \n    \n\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-[4\/3] bg-cover bg-center col-span-1 md:col-span-2 md:row-span-2 order-none rounded-lg bg-black\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2025\/04\/Panoramic-view-of-downtown-Ottawa-with-Parliament-Hill-100913_016-Credit-Ottawa-Tourism-768x513.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n            <div class=\"not-prose bg-black\/75 text-white absolute bottom-0 left-0 right-0 px-4 py-2.5 \">\n                            <p class=\"text-sm font-semibold line-clamp-2\">\n                    Scenes from downtown Ottawa: Parliament Hill, lively festivals and year-round outdoor adventures\n                <\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    \n\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-[4\/3] bg-cover bg-center col-span-1 md:order-1 lg:order-none rounded-lg bg-black\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2025\/04\/Canoeing-Rideau-Canal_RT_0132-credit-Ottawa-Tourism-768x515.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    \n\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-[4\/3] bg-cover bg-center col-span-1 md:order-1 lg:order-none rounded-lg bg-black\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2025\/04\/Canada-Day-concert-crowd-Parliament-Hill-714-credit-Ottawa-Tourism-768x512.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Smart, Caring, Inclusive Community At Carleton University, we push boundaries, challenge perspectives and turn knowledge into action. 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