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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

CBC News article on Canada’s foreign policy

"Ottawa outpacing Washington in 'political insanity and intrigue,' National Review says" Read this CBC online article entitled Welcome to the latest — and now very embarrassing — era of Canada's foreign policy with comments from School Director David... More

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Fall 2023 Research Talks

Join us for our Research Talks during the Fall Term. We are hosting Dr. Lisa Slater from the University of Wollongong, Australia on October 18th and Dr. Phil Henderson, postdoc fellow in Carleton's Institute of Political Economy on November 1st. .  See this poster for complete details.... More

Monday, September 18, 2023

Canada Talks – next event—October 20th

Join us for the next Guest Speaker in our Canada Talks series --- Milana Nikolko, Adjunct in the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University. The title of her talk is: The role of Ukrainian diaspora groups in mnemonical preservation and the promotion of Holodomor narratives in Canada WHEN Friday October 20 TIME... More

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Congratulations!!

Congratulations to Julia Mason, who completed a Major Research Paper entitled “Settler Colonialism, Settler Activism, and Solidarity in the City of Peterborough/Nogojiwanong.” In this paper, supervised by Dr. Julie Tomiak (Indigenous Studies-Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies), Julia studies the activities and archive of OPIRG Peterborough... More

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Congratulations!!

Congratulations to Jan Rosete, who completed a Major Research Paper entitled “Exploring a Co-Governance Regime for Canada’s Water Governance Framework.” In this paper, co-supervised by Dr. Peter Hodgins (School of Canadian Studies) and Dr. Vivian Nguyen (Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science), Jan explores the challenges... More

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Canada’s Cost of Living – Podcast

iAffairs Canada recently released a Policy Talks podcast on Canada’s Cost of Living. This was produced by the iaffairs  graduate student research team, under the supervision of David Carment, Director of SICS. Iaffairs is funded through a SSHRC Grant and supported by Carleton University. Iaffairs  is  a platform for discussion and debate on... More

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

PhD Candidate Amy Fung’s recent peer reviewed publication

To the Last Drop – Affective Economies of Extraction and Sentimentality "The romance of extraction underlies and partly defines Western modernity and our cultural imaginaries. Combining affect studies and environmental humanities, this volume analyzes societies' devotion to extraction and fossil resources. This devotion is shaped by a nostalgic... More

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Anne Trépanier to give a public talk – Aug 10th – Museum of Civilization

From Hydra to Arranged Marriage: the Confederacy in Caricature Café historique Who: Anne Trépanier When: Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. Where: Interior courtyard of the Musée de la civilization Cost: $12 including coffee and pastries, reservation required The project of Confederation of Canada is often presented by its heralds as an... More

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Congratulations to our Graduating Students!!

Bravo! On behalf of the School of Canadian Studies, sincere congratulations!! Your achievements are even more remarkable in these special times, as the last couple of years have continued to represent unique challenges for students and all society. Now is therefore a time to celebrate. We hope to see you at the Convocation ceremony... More

Thursday, June 8, 2023

SICS student Cosette Arseneault-Deraps awarded Funding for EDI-related Research

Third-year honours student, Cosette Arseneault-Deraps, whose major is in Indigenous and Canadian Studies with a minor in Environmental Studies, is one of six students awarded funding to support their summer research projects related to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). Her research will look to discover to what extent Indigenous knowledge and... More

Monday, May 8, 2023

Trycia Bazinet Successfully Defends her Doctoral Dissertation!

Trycia Bazinet has defended her doctoral dissertation, "Is the Water Leaving? World-Making in the Settler-Colonial Context at Abitibi Lake, Québec, unceded Abitibi8inni Aki (Anicinape Territory)" with flying colours. The dissertation has been nominated for a Senate Medal! Bravo... More

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Jennifer Henderson’s translation of a book by Dr. Dalie Giroux, The Eye of the Master: Figures of the Quebecois Colonial Imaginary,” has just been published by McGill-Queen’s UP

The Eye of the Master: Figures of the Québécois Colonial Imaginary (Carleton Library Series/McGill Queen’s University Press, 2023) is Professor Jennifer Henderson’s English translation of political philosopher Dalie Giroux’s award-winning book, L’Oeil du maître. To hear Professor Henderson and Professor Giroux discuss the challenges of... More

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