Bachelor of Humanities Alumni Newsletter Spring 2026
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From the Director, Shane Hawkins
Greetings to everyone and I hope your spring is off to a great start.
First and foremost, let me welcome you all to attend the 30th Anniversary Reunion of the College!
This is the schedule for the weekend, with more details to come soon. The Friday pub night is at Oliver’s, the Saturday brunch is on campus at the new Riverbank Social restaurant, Saturday activities are in the College, and the Formal Dinner will be held at The River Lounge at Ramada on the Rideau (2259 Prince of Wales Drive).
Please check our 30th anniversary reunion page often for updates and volunteer opportunities.
Save the Date
Bachelor of Humanities 30th Anniversary Reunion
When: October 2-4, 2026
Events include:
- Friday pub night
- Saturday brunch
- TED-style MiniTalks on inspiring topics by alumni and Keynote Address (TBA)
- Formal dinner (tickets will be sold for this event)
Please visit this page for more information as it becomes available and to update your contact information.
Year in Review
It has been a delightfully active year. While the first-years participated in the usual trip to Montreal in the fall, we decided on a change of venue and pace for our third-year outing and spent the fall break in lovely Quebec City. Visiting scholars gave talks in the College, including Professor Partha Mitter in October on ‘The Virtual Cosmopolitan in the Global Colonial Order’, Professor Gloria Bell in the spring, on the sculpture of Edmonia Wildfire Lewis, and a three-week book club led by Professors Salmond and Dolansky culminated in a visit from Meghan O’Gieblyn, who spoke on her book God, Human, Animal, Machine (Doubleday, 2021).
We kept to the tradition of an occasional High Tea and the Hums Academic Success Society put on the 2nd annual Dionysian Festival, performing selections form Shakespeare, Euripides, and Jesus Christ Superstar (with singing!) magnificently. Cultural outings included a recital by pianist Jan Lisiecki, The Tragedy of Hamlet at the NAC, and a concert by Compagnie Rassegna, who performed the folk music of southern Italy, Spain, and Arab-Andalusia. A movie night in November, a music night in January, and music and game nights in March also dotted the calendar.
The students in HUMS 3000 participated in Wa’ötši’gwa:to’ “She dropped in for a short while,” a 360° cinematic immersive experience designed to transport students to Ganondagan State Historic Site and inside a Seneca Bark Longhouse. They experienced the Edge of the Woods ceremony and the making of traditional cornbread inside the Longhouse. Developed in close collaboration with Seneca cultural liaisons, the project provides an engaging way to introduce learners to Haudenosaunee history, land, and culture.
Produced by Experiential learning Hub at TLS, in collaboration with the Office of Indigenous Teaching, Learning, and Research at Carleton University.
Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom
Certainly one of the biggest issues facing the modern University is artificial intelligence. If you’d like to know what some of our faculty think about it, have a look at what Professors Pettipiece and Dolansky have written.
Faculty News
Professor Gregory MacIsaac is spending the year as a Visiting Scholar in the Faculty of Classics at Cambridge University. While in Europe, he is giving talks in Prague, Edinburgh, Belgium, and Cambridge. He is spending his time completing a commentary on Plato’s Theaetetus, and has recently become interested in its connections with Greek medical thought. Eleanor (10) and Elizabeth (7) are enjoying England, in spite of what they say. And Robyn is branching out into colour images in her collage work.
Student Publications
NORTH
Every year Bachelor of Humanities students contribute to NORTH, the students’ literary publication. Founded in 1999, NORTH has been a forum for poetry, short stories, art, and photography. Throughout the year the NORTH team organizes events like poetry nights, air dry clay days, and music nights. To keep up with NORTH and see weekly art features from the Hums community follow us on Instagram @humsnorth.
Ipso Facto: The Carleton Journal of Interdisciplinary Humanities
Ipso Facto is a student-run undergraduate journal initiated in 2021. Its aim is to publish papers written by undergraduate students on an annual basis. Students are encouraged to submit papers on a wide variety of topics in the interdisciplinary humanities. Papers may either be particular to one field or draw on interdisciplinary approaches to make an argument. The main goal of the journal is to publish articles and letters that take an original stance on a topic or question.
Electronic Versions of the journal can be found below.
B.Hum. Recruiting Events
Please help us spread the word about the Bachelor of Humanities—to your friends, neighbours, and even your children and their friends! We offer both in-person and virtual events to learn more about the program—find all the details on our schedule page.
Staying in Touch
We’re pleased to share that our alumni profile page has recently been updated on our new website. You can explore it to see what your fellow alumni have been accomplishing and the diverse paths they have taken since graduation.
We invite you to stay connected with the College by completing the form below. Keeping your information up to date allows us to share news, events, and opportunities that may be of interest to you, and helps strengthen our vibrant alumni community.
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