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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Canada as a Cultural Potluck

As migrant crises continue around the world, we want to share more about the people at Carleton who are imagining solutions and acting on the issues that deeply affect refugees, their host countries, and all of us as global citizens. The challenge of forced migration and displacement is complex and requires involvement from diverse constituent... More

Friday, May 24, 2024

FPA Research Initiation Grant

BGInS would like to congratulate Professor Sandra Fahy on receiving the FPA Research Initiation Grant this spring. The FPA Research Initiation Grant provides up to $3,000 in research funding and research feedback to professors in the Faculty of Public Affairs. Professor Fahy's Project is called "States, Lies and... More

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

BGInS Spotlight: Professor Sandra Fahy on the Results of the South Korean Election

Professor Sandra Fahy discusses the results of the South Korean... More

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

2023-2024 Outstanding BGInS Human Awards

This year the BGInS Student Society presented the Outstanding BGInS Human Awards to individuals at BGInS who support the academic success of BGInS students and play a fundamental role in improving the student life. After receiving nominations from students and other BGInS community members, there were two names that rose to the top of... More

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

CUROP 2024 Winner

Congratulations to Terra Clark from BGInS for being awarded with the Carleton University Research Opportunity (CUROP) grant this year! CUROP is a prestigious undergraduate research internship. Under supervision of a faculty member, each student participant designed their own research project and complete it over the summer. Terra's work was... More

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

FPA Provost Scholarship Winner 2024

Each year the Provost Scholar Award honours exceptional undergraduate students who exemplify student engagement. Students are nominated by a faculty member or instructor with the support of their Dean. This year, one winner come from BGInS - Karenna Chen! Karenna Chen Karenna Chen is an exceptional Global and International Studies student who is... More

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Professor James Casteel Wins Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award

We at BGInS would like to give a special congratulations to our Professor James Casteel who won a Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award (FGMA) at a ceremony held on March 18, 2024. Graduate students sent in nomination letters to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs (FGPA) supporting their favourite supervisor and mentioning the impact... More

Friday, March 8, 2024

International Women’s Day

In celebration of International Women's Day, BGInS wants to shine a light on the the remarkable achievements and contributions of women within our community. One of these amazing women is Rebekah Dagenais, a dedicated student within the Bachelor of Global and International Studies Program at Carleton University. Currently in her fourth year,... More

Monday, October 30, 2023

Carleton Student Launches Club, Cultural Space for Fellow Afghan Students

After the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, most women and girls were suspended from pursuing higher education, a ban that was enforced while students across the country were trying to take their final exams. One of those women was Madina Mashkoori, now a second-year Bachelor of Global and International Studies (BGInS) honours... More

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Wazir Latiff and the Lessons of Basketball

“Latiff for threeeeee!” That’s the call each time basketball star Wazir Latiff sinks one of his signature three-pointers in the Ravens Nest gymnasium. And he sank a lot of three-pointers, along with two-point field goals, and the occasional dunk–legs dangling from the hoop. The 6-foot-2 Bachelor of Global and International Studies (BGInS)... More

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Dr Sean Burges on police response to riots at Brazil’s congress (on CNA)

Supporters of Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court on Sunday (Jan 8), just days after the inauguration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Dr Sean Burges, an Assistant Professor of Global and International Studies at Carleton University, gave his take on how... More

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Now Accepting Applications Until February 10th: Geoffrey Pearson Travel Bursary

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