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Last updated: Friday, April 25,  2025

Memorial for Professor DR Fraser Taylor, OC, FRSC

Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Professor, International Affairs, Geography and Environmental Studies; Founder and Director, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC), Department of Geography and Environmental Studies (DGES), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), Carleton University.

We share the sad news that Professor DR Fraser Taylor passed away at his home on 22 March 2025. As many will know, he had a long and distinguished career at Carleton University, spanning six decades. He was a globally renowned and influential cartographer, and his international colleagues and students join us in mourning his loss.

The Taylor family and Carleton University (FASS, DGES and GCRC) will be hosting the memorial in his honour. Colleagues will share reflections on his work and impact. We warmly invite you to join us in the celebration his career and achievements and to share your memories.

When:  May 15, 2025, 3.30 – 5.00

Where: 2017 Dunton Towers, Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6

Please let us know if you will be attending, preferably by April 30 – RSVP rvthumbadoo@gcrc.carleton.ca

Research/ Scholarships | Jobs Opportunities

Open | Swahili Teaching Fellowship
June 1, 2025| 2025–26 Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Black Studies 
May 15, 2025| Rotary Peace Fellowship Program 2026-2027
July 07, 2025| Leading Scholarship 2025
April 30, 2025|  call for applications for five doctoral scholarships
June 6, 2025| AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme
June 2, 2025| Marion Dewar Scholarship Fund
May 30, 2025| Black Canadian Scholarship Fund
May 15 2025| Cartographies of Kidnapping. Mapping crimes against (Im)mobility in the XXI Century

 Call for papers/conferences 

Umẹwaẹn: Journal of Benin and Ẹdo Studies Volume 9 and 10
May 6-9, 2025 Conference & Exhibition on Digital Education, Training & Skills Development
August 27-29, 2025| Sol Plaatje University International Language  Conference: Intellectualisation of African Languages in the Digiuiuii   ital Age
June 3-6, 2025| The 2025 Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)
June 25-28, 2025| The 10th European Conference of African Studies
May 20-23, 2025| Maiden Annual International Conference on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Restorative Development in Africa

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