Archives: Climate Change and Universities

Monday, January 27, 2025

Literary Futures Guest Lecture Series: “Apocalypse Now and Then, Here and There: Comparative Cultural Histories of Climate” (Feb 7)

Please join us for the inaugural guest lecture as part of the University of Ottawa English Department's Literary Futures Guest Lecture Series. Professor Adeline Johns-Putra (Queen's University) will be presenting her ongoing research with a lecture entitled "Apocalypse Now and Then, Here and There: Comparative Cultural Histories of... More

Monday, January 20, 2025

The Air of the Now and Gone: CUAG Art Installation (Jan 26-May 4)

Radical Engagement With The Wicked Problem Of Climate Change Crisis, catastrophe and disaster abound in contemporary discussions of climate change and its impacts. In fact, such sentiments are so pervasive that they might have tipped into what author Cal Flyn describes as a “yearning for the apocalypse.” The slide into apathy and despair at... More

Monday, January 13, 2025

Event: Climate Mis/Disinformation Workshop (Jan 31)

Climate Mis/Disinformation Workshop | Hosted by Ottawa Information Integrity Lab Online/Virtual Participation | January 31, 2025 @ 1pm-5pm Join on Friday, January 31, 2025, for a virtual workshop addressing the urgent issue of climate mis/disinformation. This dynamic two-part event will bring together experts, practitioners, and stakeholders from... More

Monday, January 6, 2025

Event: The Anthropocene, Global Capitalism and Epochal Crises of Time (Jan 16)

RSVP Required Date: Thursday, January 16th, 2025 2:30 pm Location: Richcraft Hall, Reader's Digest Resource Centre (RB 4400) Audience: Current Students, Faculty, Staff Contact: Dwayne Winseck, dwayne.winseck@carleton.ca The Anthropocene, Global Capitalism and Epochal Crises of Time Humankind inhabits the epochal formations of fossil-based... More

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Socialist Seminar: Sabrina Fernandes, “Green Sacrifice Zones & the Political Economy of Unjust Transitions” (Dec 11)

December 11, 2024 at 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM 1524 Dunton Tower and Zoom Dr. Sabrina Fernandes is a Canadian and Brazilian sociologist and political economist, ecosocialist activist, acclaimed author, and IPE alumna; currently Head of Research at the Alameda Institute, she is the author of Se Quiser Mudar o Mundo: Um guia politico para... More

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Event: Carleton Campus Cleanup with the Greens Club (Nov 28)

When – Thursday, November 28th 1:00-2:30pm Who – Carleton Greens Club and you! Where – Carleton University Nicol Building lobby (meeting spot), 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 What - Join us for a community cleanup event! We'll be picking up garbage to help the environment and improve our campus. Bags and gloves are... More

Monday, November 18, 2024

Seminar Series: Investigating urban residential landscapes as coproduced social-ecological systems(Nov 20)

Topographies Seminar Series November 20 – Loeb A220 Mary Cadenasso (University of California, Davis) “Investigating urban residential landscapes as coproduced social-ecological systems: An agenda for integrating water conservation, vegetation choice, and vulnerability to heat across scales” Join us as landscape and urban ecologist Mary... More

Monday, November 4, 2024

Event: Healthy Cities | What is a Healthy City in a Climate Crisis? (Nov 18)

Location: Woodside Hall, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Date and Time: Monday, November 18 7:00-9:00pm. Panelists will discuss how cities are focal points for climate justice—as spaces where we can agitate against inequalities exacerbated by poor urban planning and policy—while acknowledging how cities swallow up resources, land and... More

Monday, October 21, 2024

Event: Author-Meets-Critics- Tyler McCreary’s Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities (Nov 6)

Wednesday Nov. 6 - Author-Meets-Critics Discussion of Tyler McCreary’s Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies (in partnership with Law and Legal Studies, Climate Commons, and the Institute of Political Economy) is thrilled to present an author-meets-critics discussion with geographer... More

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

CarletonU Fall 2024 Courses

ENGL 3915A: Special Topics in Creative Writing/ Writing About Climate Crisis. Prof. Nadia Bozak "How do we write about the climate crisis, something so all-encompassing and fluid it seems to defy articulation and representation? This workshop explores creative and artistic ways of understanding, engaging with, and fostering hopeful responses to... More

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Volunteer Opportunity: Join EcoYouth Ottawa with Ecology Ottawa

"We, at Ecology Ottawa, are excited to announce the creation of the EcoYouth Ottawa Program. This initiative is our response to the growing eco-anxiety among young people and our belief in the power of local environmental action. Our goals include engaging youth in local environmental solutions and deepening environmental knowledge. We’re... More

Monday, May 13, 2024

Call for Participation: Environmental Teaching & Learning (May 28)

Tuesday, May 28th at 4PM, Zoom Interested in Environmental Teaching & Learning? We are too! Let's meet online. WHY? Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is working toward a National Framework for Environmental Learning. Join us in brainstorming contributions to the framework. THE CONTEXT: Sustainability and Enviro education, Climate... More

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