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Friday, October 7, 2016
On Friday the 30th of September, the Bachelor of the Humanities program welcomed alumni and their families back to Carleton to celebrate the program’s 20th anniversary. Faculty and former students caught up with each other at an informal pub-night and a gala dinner, and seven alumni turned the tables on their former professors by giving a... More
Monday, May 4, 2015
Graduate Student in Biology/Biochemistry University of Toronto This may seem surprising, but I was not interested in the liberal arts coming out of high school. My interest in medicine made me think that I would follow some friends into programs geared towards medicine at the University of Ottawa. For whatever reason (probably more dumb... More
Sunday, March 8, 2015
High-School Biology Teacher American College of Sofia, Bulgaria I completed the Humanities and Biology program at Carleton in 2011, spent a year teaching in England, then moved to Toronto and earned a Bachelor of Education degree, with biology and philosophy as my teaching subjects. I am now a high school Biology teacher at the... More
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Policy Analyst Health Canada After completing the Bachelor of Humanities in 2001, I began a varied career in the public service. I have worked in five federal Departments in a number of very different roles. I began with a brief stint with Immigration Canada, where, as an Inland Officer, I investigated immigration cases (e.g.... More
Monday, January 26, 2015
Department Head of English Ottawa Catholic School Board Through my years in the Bachelor of Humanities, I met many people who challenged me to question everything and to find out who I would become, not what I would become. My education through the B.Hum. did not train me for a specific vocation, but rather... More
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Fourth-Year Medical Student University of Ottawa I chose the Humanities and Biology program at Carleton University because, coming out of high school, I couldn’t decide if I wanted to pursue the liberal arts or sciences. I saw the Hums and Bio program as the opportunity to do both. As a bonus, I would have... More
Monday, September 22, 2014
Resident Physician in Emergency Medicine University of Ottawa—Ottawa Hospital After studying for a Bachelor of Humanities with a Minor in Biology, I was accepted to the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University, and am now in the midst of my residency in Emergency Medicine at the Ottawa Hospital. I can’t imagine... More
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Managing Director Suske Capital Oakville, ON When I applied to the College of Humanities in 1997, I could never have imagined the breadth of opportunities the program would afford me. During my four years at the College, I was given many gifts. I learned how to write. I learned how not to write. I... More
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Intern Clinton Foundation After graduating from the Bachelor of Humanities, I decided to take a year off and gain some job experience before continuing my schooling. In January 2014, I started an internship with the Carter Center in their Democracy Program, monitoring political developments across the Middle East. I was also lucky enough to... More
Lecturer in Rhetoric and Composition, American University in Cairo Entrepreneur Social justice advocate I chose a degree in Humanities over my acceptance to McMaster for Civil Engineering and to Waterloo for Environmental Engineering. I based this decision on the advice: you can pursue a job that will pay well and maybe end up being... More
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Executive Director at CKCU Kwende Kefentse spent four years in the Bachelor of Humanities program, and graduated with a B.A. Interdisciplinary Urban Studies in 2011. Kwende is the inaugural Executive Director of CKCU, Ottawa’s original independent campus-community broadcaster. In his 15 + year career at the intersection of the arts, heritage,... More
Saturday, August 9, 2014
ESL Program Resource Teacher Upper Canada District School Board I graduated from the Bachelor of Humanities program with a Combined Honours in English in 2006. After HUMS, I went on to complete my Bachelor of Education at the University of Ottawa, and I began teaching for the Upper Canada District School Board in the... More
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