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Monday, November 16, 2015

Film Event: “360 Memoires: The Children of Migrants”

A FILM AND ROUNTABLE DISCUSSION THURSDAY DECEMBER 3, 2015 4:30 – 6:30pm 417 St. Patrick’s Building Tina Palivos, Yale U and Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity Baki Youssoufou, We Sign It Lucia Cantero, San Francisco State University Chaired by Kamari Clarke Migration has become the focus of many headlines throughout the world.... More

Monday, November 2, 2015

Faculty Works-in-Progress Presentation by Dr. Achim Hurrelmann, “The Eurozone Crisis and Citizen Engagement in EU Affairs”

The Global and International Studies Program would like to announce our first Works-in-Progress speaker, Dr. Achim Hurrelmann, whose paper “The Eurozone Crisis and Citizen Engagement in EU Affairs” will be presented on Friday, November 27th at 12pm in Room 2420 R River Building.  The discussant for this paper will be Dr. Stephen White from... More

Friday, October 23, 2015

Faculty Works-in-Progress Presentation by Dr. James Milner, “Understanding Power and Influence in the Global Refugee Regime”

The Global and International Studies Program would like to announce our first Works-in-Progress speaker, Dr. James Milner, whose paper "Understanding Power and Influence in the Global Refugee Regime" will be presented on Friday, November 13th at 12pm in Room 2420 R River Building. All papers will be pre-circulated two weeks in advance of each... More

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

BGInS is Hiring an Assistant Professor!

Arthur Kroeger College, of the Faculty of Public Affairs at Carleton University, invites applications from qualified candidates for a tenure-track position in global and international studies at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning July 1, 2016. The successful candidate will be expected to research, teach and supervise students in the field... More

Friday, September 25, 2015

Bachelor of Global and International Studies adds a 13th Specialization

BGInS will be adding a 13th Specialization for the 2016-17 academic year, in Global Media and Communication. This Specialization will be offered by Carleton's prestigious School of Journalism and Communication. See below for a brief description of the new Specialization. GLOBAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION Media and communication technologies are... More

Monday, September 7, 2015

BGInS Language Exemption Form Now Available

The Language Exemption Form is now available for those BGInS students who wish to be exempted from having to take language courses.   For full information, please go to the Language Requirement... More

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

BGInS Logo Competition

BGIns announces a competition to design a new logo for the degree.  The successful entry will win a $500  prize and could be the new symbol of BGINS.  It may be used on all BGINS online and printed material, including the website, business cards, letterhead, etc.  This contest is open only to currently registered BGInS... More

Sunday, August 30, 2015

BGInS LLC Residence Fellow Appointed

The BGInS Living and Learning Community Residence Fellow for 2015/16 is Trevor Schonewille.  Trevor is a second year BA student in Global Politics and Economics.  During Summer 2015 Trevor worked as an English as a Second Language Teacher in Japan.  He has also been a Me to We volunteer in Kenya.  Trevor is originally from... More

Friday, August 21, 2015

International Certificate Program Award Winner

Kateryna Gazaryan, from Glebe Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, was the recipient this past June of the first International Certificate Program Award. This award will go on an annual basis to an outstanding student enrolled in the International Certificate Program of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board who is intending to go on to the BGInS... More

Friday, August 21, 2015

BGInS Program Administrator

BGInS is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Robyn Green as the first Program Administrator for the degree. Amongst her other academic qualifications, Robyn has a BA in Political Science from Carleton, an MA in Humanities from Laurentian, and is currently a doctoral candidate in the School of Canadian Studies at Carleton. As... More

Saturday, June 6, 2015

BGInS Proves Popular!

As of the June 1st deadline for Ontario high school students to accept their offers through OUAC, 226 students had accepted an offer to enroll in the first-ever incoming class of BGInS, starting in September 2015.  The five most popular Specializations are: Global Law and Social Justice (56 students) Global Politics (46 students) Global... More

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Second BGInS Core Faculty Hire

Dr. Candace Clare Sobers has been hired at the rank of Assistant Professor as the second core BGInS faculty member, beginning July 1, 2015.  Dr. Sobers has a Ph.D. in History from the University of Toronto, an M.Sc. in the Theory and History of International Relations from the London School of Economics and a B.A.... More

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