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Friday, June 12, 2020

Capstone Seminar Series

Follow this URL to newly released material in the annual peer-reviewed journal from young canadianists in the School of Canadian Studies at Carleton University. The 2020 edition tackles tensions in Canadian identity... More

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Fall 2020-Winter 2021 Course Offerings Announced!

Watch this space for our course offerings for the 20-21 academic year. All courses for Fall 2020 and Winter 2021 will be delivered... More

Friday, February 28, 2020

New Publications on Waste Heritage Research – Susan Ross

In her November 2019 "SICS Talk", professor Susan Ross read excerpts from a paper manuscript that has now been published: Susan M. Ross. 2020. “Re-evaluating Heritage Waste: Sustaining Material Values through Deconstruction and Reuse” The Historic Environment: Policy and Practice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The special issue on “Heritage and... More

Friday, February 28, 2020

Alumni in the News

DanceWorks presents Propeller’s Flesh & Spokes and Spasticus Broadway World, February 20, 2020 DANCEWORKS presents PROPELLER DANCE's double bill of FLESH & SPOKES and SPASTICUS. This production is presented by Ottawa-based disability arts/integrated dance company PROPELLER DANCE and was created and choreographed by Renata Soutter and Liz... More

Thursday, February 20, 2020

High School Essay Contest Winners

We would like to thank all those who entered our Essay Contest. We received an overwhelming number of entries! Here are the winners from our inaugural 2019 Contest: First Place went to Kaitlynn Lewis who wrote an insightful essay on Canadians' self-perception entitled "Out, damned spot!" Kaitlynn Lewis is a grade 12 student with... More

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

New Release from Richard Nimijean

Election 2019: It’s 2015 all over again. Or is that 2004? The Trudeau government, far from distancing itself from the Harper legacy, has in many ways continued and reinforced it. Read more... More

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Richard Nimijean co-authored article in The Hill Times

Parties competing over values, not substance, in foreign policy platforms Co-authored with David Carment, this article explores how foreign policy discussions are expected to play a big role in the 2019 federal election. The question is, "...who's foreign policy will it be?"... More

Monday, July 29, 2019

New Publication from Jatinder Mann

Jatinder Mann, Assistant Professor of History at Hong Kong Baptist University, recently published Redefining Citizenship in Australia, Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand. See links below for details. Mann_endorsements... More

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

iPOLITICS article co-authored by Richard Nimijean

This recently published article is entitled: Trudeau’s precarious hold on the Liberal foreign policy agenda  Read the full... More

Thursday, July 4, 2019

SICS alum featured in CBC’s ‘Canadian Writers to Watch in 2019’

Ben Ladouceur (MA/12) is featured in CBC's recently published listing of 19 Canadian Writers to Watch in 2019. Read how he's making his mark on the Canadian literary scene.  ... More

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

SICS Alumni hired as Manager of Indigenous Relations and Inclusion in Thunder Bay

Regina Mandamin (B'06) was recently hired by the City of Thunder Bay as Manager of Indigenous Relations and Inclusion. Her responsibilities will include facilitation of the development of a city-wide Anti-Racism Resource Guide for local organizations in collaboration with the Accord member organizations, and lead a review of the Corporation’s... More

Friday, June 28, 2019

2019 SoTL Grant Recipient

Congratulations to Sophie Tamas, a 2019 SoTL Grant Recipient!! Sophie received $4,800 for her project Imposter syndrome: The impact of academic (In)security. This grant provides funding for Carleton’s instructors to engage in scholarly investigations of all aspects of teaching and... More

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