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Last updated: Friday, November 07,  2025

Indigenous Health Well- being: Opportunities for Jobs and Entrepreneurship for African Youth

The Africa Indigenous Knowledge Research Network (AIKRN) and the Institute of African Studies (IAS) at Carleton University invite you to join the upcoming AIKRN Quarterly Webinar on “Indigenous Health Wellbeing: Opportunities for Jobs and Entrepreneurship for African Youth.”

Date: December 09, 2025 | Time: 10am EST
More details here

Global Africa: Legacies, Change and Aspirations 

Call for Proposals

The 2026 Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies is happening on June 9-12th 2026. The theme is Global Africa: Legacies, Change and Aspirations.  Submit Proposal
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Human reporting from Sudan and beyond – a remedy for selective empathy?

 Nov. 13, 2025   | 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.  Richcraft Hall, 2nd Floor Atrium     

Carleton’s School of Journalism and Communication invites you to join us on Thursday, November 13, for the 2025 Peter Stursberg Foreign Correspondents Lecture with Yousra Elbagir, award-winning Sudanese-British journalist and Sky News Africa Correspondent.
Elbagir will share insights from her reporting on Sudan’s revolution and ongoing conflict. The lecture will be moderated by Nahlah Ayed, host of CBC Radio’s Ideas.
Since its launch in 2017, the annual Peter Stursberg Foreign Correspondents Lecture, named in honour of the legendary Second World War correspondent, has explored the work of foreign correspondents and their coverage of conflict.

Colloquium: How (not!) to Study Scammers: Ethnographic Encounters with the Global Illicit Economy

    Thursday, November 13, 2025 | 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Hybrid event
A720, Loeb Building, Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
Zoom meeting link
Contact: Soc-anthro@cunet.carleton.ca

South Africa-Canada Universities Network Joint Workshop and MoU Signing

November 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Location: Future Learning Lab – Fourth Floor MacOdrum Library

South Africa-Canada research collaboration has developed and deepened over the past three decades, contributing significantly to post-apartheid research and innovation policy development. Carleton University is the anchor institution for the recently established South Africa-Canada Universities Network (SACUN), which has been working with the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) through the Canada Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) to advance a set of initiatives to strengthen research cooperation.

As a next step in advancing this collaboration, on Nov. 20 the NRF and SSHRC will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Carleton and introduce a joint call for seed funding.

This event will celebrate South African and Canadian researchers and identify synergistic opportunities under the current priority themes. Please join us for this important milestone and learn more about opportunities to develop international collaborations with South African universities.
Please fill out the form to register.
Learn more about Carleton’s research and educational partnerships in Africa. 

Research/ Scholarships | Jobs Opportunities

Nov. 15, 2025 | Pathy Foundation Fellowship
Nov. 14, 2025 | Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Political Economy of African Critical Minerals
Oct. 13, 2025 |  1834 Global Fellowship
Dec. 14, 2025 |  Pathy Foundation Fellowship
Oct. 30, 2025 | Discover, Learn, Lead (DLL) Conference 2026

 Call for papers/conferences 

May28–30 ,2026|Geopolitics, Development and New Visions for Africa

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