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Monday, January 16, 2023
Vladimir Díaz-Cuéllar, Climate Commons member and PhD Candidate in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University, has recently published an article in the National Observer with Kirsten Francescone (Trent University). Díaz-Cuéllar and Francescone discuss their approaches to teaching climate change to frame their... More
Friday, November 4, 2022
Click Here to Register for our Nov. 10th Teach-In! How can we cite differently to create the academic world we hope for? As a primary academic currency, citations play a central role in reproducing systems of power. Who we cite, what we cite, and how we cite them aren’t just questions of formatting or... More
Monday, October 3, 2022
Click Here to Register for our Oct. 6th Teach-In! Meera Karunananthan (Carleton University) has been working with water justice networks around the world for nearly 15 years. Her research methodology combines feminist ethnographic research with critical policy analysis as part of dialogical processes of building knowledge of systems operating... More
Friday, August 12, 2022
The following call for proposals is copied from the project page on the MLA website, found here. Proposals are invited for a volume in the MLA Options for Teaching series entitled Teaching Energy Humanities, edited by Debby Rosenthal and Jason Molesky. Cultures breathe energy. Energy humanities, a swiftly growing subfield of the environmental... More
Friday, June 17, 2022
At this time last year, the Climate Commons collected over 500 signatures for our letter to the upper administration at Carleton U urging the university to bring its campus operations, teaching, and research into line with the demands of the climate crisis. We’re grateful that the president formed a Climate Response Committee, chaired by... More
Thursday, May 26, 2022
A combination of twelve invited speakers and panelists will address key concepts, methods and resources that can help transform the work of heritage educators in transitions towards changing times. Join us to hear from experts discuss critical themes for capacity building and training, including Climate impacts and vulnerability assessment, Urban... More
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
In this session, Emilie Cameron will reflect on the challenges and rewards of teaching a large 2nd-year course on the social science dimensions of climate change as a non-specialist. What kinds of expertise do both instructors and students think is required in order to engage with climate change, and how might we reimagine the... More
Friday, May 13, 2022
The following is posted from the May 2022 Divest Canada Coalition Newsletter: UdeM Divests Following Week-long Occupation! L’Université de Montréal has committed to full divestment by 2025 following a 5 day student occupation led by l’Ecothèque! This win demonstrates the power of student-led direct action. Huge congrats to the hundreds of... More
Monday, April 4, 2022
The Rally for Climate Justice is happening on Wednesday April 6th at 11AM, at the Carleton University Quad, outside of the library on campus. The climate crisis is upon us. Join us students, profs and staff as we come together to demand urgent climate action at the university and in the country. Bring your... More
Friday, June 18, 2021
The Climate Action Letter, written and circulated by the Carleton Climate Commons, requests that the university act on a five-point climate plan. First, it asks the university to join over 7,000 other universities around the world and declare a climate emergency. Doing so would commit the university to a widely-endorsed three-point action plan... More
Friday, May 21, 2021
The Carleton Climate Commons is seeking signatures for a letter urging Carleton University to join over 7,000 other universities around the world in declaring a climate emergency. Doing so will commit Carleton to a 3-point action plan as stipulated here. To this plan, the Carleton Climate Commons has added two additional action points:... More
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
On February 26th 2021, VP Research and International Rafik Goubran signed off on the MOU that makes Carleton University an official member of the international Climate Heritage Network. The Climate Heritage Network is a voluntary membership organization that supports heritage actors in taking on the climate action strategies of their communities... More
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