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Monday, September 9, 2024

Carleton University hosts Mastercard Foundation Research Team

Carleton University hosts Mastercard Foundation Research Team Carleton University recently hosted key members of the Mastercard Foundation Research, Learning, Knowledge and Impact Evaluation team at the office of the Vice President, Academic, Professor Pauline Rankin. The meeting afforded the opportunity for the two organizations to review the... More

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

African communities have a lot of knowledge to share

African communities have a lot of knowledge to share: researchers offer alternatives to Eurocentric ways of doing things The dominance of western methodology in research conducted in Africa continues to preoccupy academics. The result, they argue, has been the silencing of Indigenous knowledge. Indigenous ways of knowing are not making the... More

Thursday, July 25, 2024

FLIGHT 302 LEGACY AWARD

FLIGHT 302 LEGACY AWARD In memory of the victims of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 On March 10, 2019, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed near Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, claiming the lives of all 157 people aboard. Victims represented 35 nationalities, including 18 Canadian citizens, as well as permanent residents and others with ties to... More

Thursday, July 25, 2024

2024 A.B.L.E Scholarship Program Application

2024 A.B.L.E Scholarship Program Application Rose Fortune Scholarship-Peter Butler III Scholarships The Association of Black Law Enforcers (A.B.L.E.) is excited to partner with the Ontario Provincial Police and the Ontario Provincial Police Association to host its 32nd Annual Scholarship and Awards Gala! A.B.L.E. created its Scholarship Program to... More

Monday, June 3, 2024

Nineteen scholars honour Carleton’s Professor Nduka Otiono

Nineteen scholars honour Carleton’s Professor Nduka Otiono In the heart of Ottawa, within the esteemed halls of Carleton University, Nduka Otiono is not merely a colleague, but a beacon of inspiration. His literary contributions have transcended borders; his words weave a tapestry of cultural understanding that has enriched us all. Recently,... More

Friday, May 24, 2024

Empowering African Youth Through Indigenous Knowledge

Empowering African Youth Through Indigenous Knowledge Indigenous knowledge across Africa holds valuable insight into sustainable growth and development, yet has often been left out of mainstream discourse. In response, a groundbreaking partnership is underway to harness this wisdom and foster youth entrepreneurship in Indigenous communities. Led... More

Friday, April 5, 2024

Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba appointed as series editor of Anthem Impact in Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Development

Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, the Principal Investigator of the Africa Indigenous Knowledge Research Network, is appointed as series editor of Anthem Impact in Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Development. This will allow the members of the Africa Indigenous Knowledge Research Network (https://africaindigenousresearch.com/) and other academics to... More

Friday, February 23, 2024

Second Cohort of QES Advanced Scholars West Africa Program

Carleton Announces the Second Cohort of QES Advanced Scholars West Africa Program Carleton University’s Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Advanced Scholars West Africa (QES-AS-WA) program is pleased to announce the selection of nine scholars for its second and final cohort in the current funding cycle. The selection of the nine distinguished West... More

Friday, February 9, 2024

Move as a collective

Move as a collective Carleton PhD student Sarah George starts off a special issue on Black Radicalism for the Briarpatch magazine with an interview of decades-long activist Adrienne Coddett. George is a recent recipient of the Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship and will continue to explore the experiences of African, Caribbean,... More

Friday, February 9, 2024

African Studies Alumni – Mugoli Samba, Editor, Apple News

Mugoli Samba, Editor, Apple News Having completed a combined undergraduate degree in Journalism and African Studies at Carleton in 2018, Mugoli Samba now works as an editor at Apple News, holds a Canadian Church Press Award, and received an honourable mention from the National Magazine Awards. Her reporting has appeared in the Globe and... More

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Indigenous knowledge and entrepreneurship in Africa

Breaking new grounds in research on Indigenous knowledge and entrepreneurship in Africa Riding on the wings of Indigenous knowledge, I am privileged to be leading a continental initiative to study how to unlock sustainable solutions for employment and entrepreneurship for African youths in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda in... More