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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Building Futures Through African Indigenous Knowledge

Carleton researcher Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba is leading an international effort to re-centre Indigenous knowledge systems in entrepreneurship and development initiatives across Africa. Across Africa, Indigenous knowledge systems carry generations of lived experience, ecological understanding and collective wisdom. But when it comes to development,... More

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

New Book! Rethinking the ‘international’: Contextualizing Pan-Africanism as an international relations theory in a changing global (dis)order

Authors: Prof. Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba  and Zainab Monisola Olaitan  Abstract In this paper, we ask, to what extent can Pan-Africanism constitute a valid theory of international relations? Using a qualitative methodology and a critical analytical framework, we position Pan-Africanism as an international relations theory. This paper argues that... More

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

New Book! Resource Wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Authors: Prof. Evelyn Namakula-Mayanja and Afua Boatemaa Yakohene. Abstract The field of International Relations (IR) has come under increasing and sustained criticism for producing and disseminating a particular reading of European history, one rooted in violence, as if it were universal knowledge. Generations of students, academics,... More

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

The Skill of Kindness

Please enjoy this transcript of Dr. Anne Bowker’s remarks from Carleton University’s Spring 2026 Convocation Good morning, everyone. It is such a pleasure to be here with you today. For those who don’t know me, my name is Dr. Anne Bowker, and I have the privilege of serving as Dean of the Faculty of... More

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

African Cinema, Memory, and the Work of Preservation

For Dr. Aboubakar Sanogo, cinema is an archive of humanity that shapes how people, cultures, and nations understand themselves. His research interests include African and Afro-diasporic cinemas, documentary film theory, history and form, transnational and world cinemas, film preservation and restoration, colonial cinema, early and silent cinema,... More

Monday, June 15, 2026

Scarborough Charter Forum Brings Leaders Together in Ottawa to Advance Black Flourishing

Ottawa welcomed more than 200 senior leaders, scholars, students and community partners on May 14 and 15 for the third Inter‑Institutional Forum of the Scarborough Charter on Anti‑Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education. Hosted by the Scarborough Charter Secretariat, Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, the... More

Friday, June 5, 2026

Carleton Students Among Recipients of National Pathy Foundation Fellowship

Two students in the Bachelor of Global and International Studies program at Carleton have been selected as Pathy Foundation fellows. Kiara Gibbs-Cawker and Madina Mashkoori will join the 11th cohort of this national fellowship, which supports young leaders in developing community-based initiatives across Canada. Open to university students... More

Monday, June 1, 2026

What does it mean for Africa to define the terms on which it engages a global order being remade in real time?

Academics and policymakers addressed this question, among others, at the flagship Umeme Series roundtable, jointly hosted by the Institute of African Studies (IAS) and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) at Carleton University in Ottawa on March 18, 2026. With global trade regimes redrawn and geopolitical alliances shifting... More

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Carleton-Led Hub Expands Support for Black Entrepreneurs

Carleton University welcomes the renewed federal support for the Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (BEKH) through March 2028, reinforcing the university’s leadership role in advancing research, collaboration and community engagement to strengthen Black entrepreneurship across Canada. Supported by the Government of Canada through the... More

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Shireen Hassim receives Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award

Five Carleton University professors were recognized with a Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award during a ceremony held on campus on April 7, 2026. Graduate students from across all disciplines submitted nomination letters in support of their supervisors, highlighting the meaningful impact these faculty members have had on their academic journeys as... More

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Carleton University Hosts First Black Faculty and Students Meet and Greet, Strengthening Community and Belonging

Carleton University’s inaugural Black Faculty and Students Meet and Greet, held on March 30, 2026, at the Institute of African Studies, brought together students, faculty, and alumni for an inspiring evening of connection, mentorship, and celebration. The event created a vibrant space where Black members of the Carleton community could see... More

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Project Report: Wurin ta na yin rubutu – Her Own Room to Write

From 2021-2024, Carleton University received funding from the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Advanced Scholars program to run a research acceleration initiative for West African women PhD students and early-career researchers. Led by Dr. Nduka Otiono, the initiative addressed the cultural and institutional barriers faced by women scholars by... More

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