Friday, June 18, 2021

News Release: 5-Point Climate Action Letter with over 440 signatures delivered to Carleton University’s President, Provost, and Board of Governors today

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

Carleton Climate Commons Action Letter

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

Friday, April 30, 2021

CIREQ Interdisciplinary PhD Student Symposium on Climate Change (June 17-18)

PhD students may be interested in the upcoming CIREQ Interdisciplinary PhD Student Symposium on Climate Change, which is taking place June 17-18th 2021, online. The submission deadline for the symposium is May 23rd. Visit the symposium's website here for more information and to access the online submission... More

Friday, April 30, 2021

The Social Sciences and Climate Change: Online Research Networking Event (May 10-21)

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Research in Germany invite social scientists in Canada and Germany to take part in an Online Research Networking Event taking place May 10-21, 2021. "The Social Sciences and Climate Change" is aimed at faculty and postdocs from the social sciences whose research work intersects with aspects... More

Friday, April 16, 2021

New WHO report: Checklists to Assess Vulnerabilities in Health Care Facilities in the Context of Climate Change

The World Health Organization recently released their new report “Checklists to Assess Vulnerabilities in Health Care Facilities in the Context of Climate Change” to assist health authorities in understanding whether this key component of health systems is prepared for climate change impacts. This is to support the general guidance developed... More

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Call for Submissions: Heliotrope: Writing toward the light

Following text from the Environmental Media Lab at the University of Calgary: The Environmental Media Lab (EML) at the University of Calgary is seeking submissions on a rolling basis for Heliotrope: Writing toward the light. Launched in September 2020, Heliotrope is a digital space for publishing short think-and-feel pieces at the intersection... More

Monday, April 12, 2021

New Reading Group Announcement: Climate Science for Non-Experts

One of our group members, Vladimir Diaz Cuellar, is interested in starting a climate science reading group. The first meeting will be held at 6PM EST on April 16th to determine readings for the group. Please contact Vlad if you’re interested in participating in the reading group or if you’d like more information. His email... More

Monday, April 12, 2021

Online Event: The Year in Zoom Teaching Debriefed: Teaching the Climate Crisis (April 29)

In September we hosted a teaching session, organized by Justin Paulson and Veronika Kratz, in which we discussed what it meant to teach remotely, what the year in Zoom would be like, what we could do to ensure that our teaching went as well as possible, and what Zoom teaching might mean for the climate crisis. Now that... More

Monday, April 12, 2021

Upcoming “Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action” Report

Health Canada is leading the development of the Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action report, with a planned release date in Fall 2021. The report will provide an assessment of the risks of climate change to the health of Canadians and to the health care system. It will support... More

Monday, April 12, 2021

Climate Change and a Healthy Future Congress Events April 16-20

There are two upcoming Congress events that will explore the theme of "Climate Change and a Healthy Future," the 3rd International City, Environment and Health Congress, and the 1st International Health and Climate Change Congress. Both will take place virtually from April 16th-20th. Click here for more information and to register The following... More

Monday, April 12, 2021

Webinar on April 13th: Human Capital – The Driver of Culture-led Regeneration

This webinar has been organized by the Italian Ministry of Culture as part of preparations for discussion at the G20 meeting happening this July. The following text is from the Climate Heritage Network who helped organize the session: The crucial role that culture-related knowledge and skills production and acquisition play in local... More

Thursday, April 8, 2021

An Interview with Dr. Brenda Vellino

Brenda Vellino is an associate professor in the department of English Language and Literature at Carleton who has been involved with the Carleton Climate Commons group for many years. I sat down with her to get a sense of how she situates her research and teaching in relation to climate change. In our conversation,... More

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Carleton University Joins Climate Heritage Network

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

Monday, February 8, 2021

Open Letter for Climate Action Carleton’s #MakeMyDegreeFossilFree Divestment Campaign

Climate Action Carleton is a student-led activist group founded in 2019. Both on and off the Carleton campus, Climate Action Carleton lobbies those who have the power to make impactful climate-related decisions that are essential for the future of Carleton’s students and the welfare of our community, country, and of our world. At Carleton... More

Monday, February 8, 2021

2021: Prospects & Challenges for the Climate Justice Movement Around the World Webinar (Feb 10)

WEBINAR EVENT 2021: Prospects & Challenges for the Climate Justice Movement Around the World Featuring speakers from North and South America, and Europe! WEDNESDAY FEB. 10 5:30pm PST/8:30pm EST * The program will be in English and Spanish, with interpretation to both languages Register... More

Friday, February 5, 2021

UN Climate Change and Universities Partnership Programme

Check out the UN's Climate Change and Universities Partnership Programme being coordinated by the Nairobi work program (NWP) to help graduate students work with local, national and regional partners to develop research projects as part of their master's theses that address crucial knowledge gaps standing in the way of countries implementing... More

Friday, February 5, 2021

Online Grad Course this May: Corporate Power, Fossil Capital, Climate Crisis

Corporate power • fossil capital • climate crisis A three week-long course open to social science graduate students from across Canada May 10-28, 2021 • University of Victoria Join us for the Corporate Mapping Project’s third summer institute, offered by the University of Victoria Department of Sociology. Space is limited — please RSVP... More

Friday, February 5, 2021

Transition to a a Green Economy Talk with Free Transit Ottawa (Feb. 11)

Join Free Transit Ottawa for an engaging discussion on the fight for green jobs on Thursday, February 11th, 7PM (EST). More specifically, we will consider the role that the Canadian labour movement could play in a just transition to a green economy. The forum will include discussion of developments in the Canadian labour movement... More

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

The Ethics of Pedagogy and Crisis Pt. 2: Teaching Climate Emergency (Dec. 1)

Please join us for “The Ethics of Pedagogy and Crisis Pt. 2: Teaching Climate Emergency,” a teach-in jointly organized by the Culture and Crisis Collective and the Carleton Climate Commons. The teach-in will take place over Zoom on Tuesday, December 1st at 7:30PM EST. To register for the event, head to our website here.... More

Monday, November 9, 2020

BIPOC and Climate Change Reading Group

Announcing our new BIPOC and Climate Change Reading Group! You can find the fall and winter schedules in this post or on the Reading Group page of this site. Further dates will be announced soon. If you're interested in joining, please contact Danielle DiNovelli-Lang (Danielle.Dinovelli@carleton.ca) and/or Barbara Leckie... More

Friday, October 23, 2020

Divest Now Campaign for Carleton and uOttawa: Make my Degree Fossil Free!

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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Webinar Event on Heritage and Waste: Values, Circular Economy and Deconstruction (Oct. 16)

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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

CCC Research Showcase Event (Mar. 20)

REGISTER HERE EVENT PROGRAM 9:45: Arrival and Coffee 10:00: Introductions 10:15-11:30 – Research Cluster 1: Conceptions/Mediums Barbara Leckie (English): The Temporalities of Climate Change Charles Hodgson (Ecology Ottawa): Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Consensus in Graphic Novel form Sarah Best (English): Thinking About Climate... More

Monday, March 9, 2020

Hold the Line Rally to Halt Urban Sprawl with Ecology Ottawa (May 4)

Join Ecology Ottawa for their Hold the Line Rally at City Hall on May 4th, 8:30-9:30AM. Check out the facebook event for more details on the rally, and for more information on the city's new Official Plan, click here. Ottawa City Council declared a Climate Emergency in spring 2019. On May 4th, 2020, the... More

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Free Transit Ottawa – Online Petition

Please consider signing Free Transit Ottawa's online petition calling on the Mayor and City Council of Ottawa to adopt their New Vision for Public Transit campaign. Find out more information about the New Vision campaign on their website, here. Below is the text of the petition. You can sign it online here. To Mayor... More

Friday, February 21, 2020

CFP: Carleton Climate Commons Research Showcase (Deadline Feb. 25)

~ The Humanities and Social Sciences Respond to Climate Change ~ Inviting submissions for Two-to-Four Minute Thesis presentations and/or Poster Presentations for a one-day Climate Change Research Showcase. Featuring climate change research in the humanities and social sciences at Carleton, the showcase will start conversations and collaboration... More

Friday, February 21, 2020

Review of “Plastic Planet” by Henzy Dasan

The following review discusses Carleton Climate Common's Colloquium on Plastics, Art, Activism, and Climate Change on January 24, 2020. Henzy Dasan is a fourth year student in Carleton University's Human Rights Program. On January 8, Ottawa-based artist, Cindy Stelmackowich presented on her exhibit "Plastic Planet" at the MacOdrum Library to... More

Friday, February 21, 2020

“Plastic Planet” Remarks by Sara Adams

The following remarks were presented at Carleton Climate Common's Colloquium on Plastics, Art, Activism, and Climate Change on January 24, 2020. Sara Adams is an MA graduate of Carleton University's English Department. In my brief remarks today I plan on putting Cindy Stelmackowich’s work, “Plastic Planet,” in conversation with discard... More

Friday, February 21, 2020

No-Fly Sabbatical in Europe by Lenore Fahrig

The following blog is reposted, with permission, from the Fahrig Lab blog. Lenore Fahrig is Chancellor’s Professor of Biology and co-director of the Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Research Laboratory (GLEL) at Carleton University. Read the original post here. Five years ago I gave up flying. I had discovered that air travel was by far... More

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Letter of Support: Academics for Extinction Rebellion

Consider signing this open letter for Canadian academics in support of Extinction Rebellion's demands and in particular, calling for Canadian universities to withdraw their investments in fossil fuels. The letter can be read in full here, with a form at the bottom of the page should you wish to add your name. "We represent... More

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Extinction Rebellion Campiversary Event (Feb. 9)

Extinction Rebellion is celebrating the two month anniversary of their Climate Emergency Camp on February 9th from 1-4PM. More information can be found on their Facebook page. From the event page: "Come join Ann and the community to celebrate 2 months of the Climate Emergency Camp. Have some cake, hear 'The Talk ' and... More

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Research Talk: “Geomatics in support of the National Inventory Report and the Air Pollutant Inventory Report” on Feb 5th

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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Free Transit Ottawa Event: Campaign Launch Variety Show (Jan 22)

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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

FASS Panel Series on Healthy Cities including Events on Sustainability and Nature in the City

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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

“They Forgot That We Were Seeds” exhibit at CUAG (Feb 9 – April 19)

"They Forgot That We Were Seeds" curated by Kosisochukwu Nnebe 09 February – 19 April 2020 Information from the CUAG site: Featuring the work of KC Adams, Deanna Bowen, Roxana Farrell, Bushra Junaid, Amy Malbeuf, Meryl McMaster, Cheyenne Sundance and Katherine Takpannie, They Forgot That We Were Seeds uses foodways, as curator Kosisochukwu... More

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