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Accessibility for All: Carleton University Advancing Inclusion and Social Participation
Accessibility has always been important to Carleton University, so it’s no surprise that it has opened the Abilities Living Laboratory…

All-Around Accessibility: New Carleton Lab Enhances Inclusion Research
In a brand-new lab at Carleton University, biomedical engineering PhD student Hossein Sadat Hosseini attaches several loonie-sized wireless sensors to…

Custom Fit: Creating AI-Powered Exoskeletons for Individual Mobility Needs
In Canada, about 13.7 per cent of individuals aged 15 and over report having mobility disabilities, requiring the use of…

Prototypes For Humanity: Two Carleton Industrial Design Projects Selected For Global Innovation Showcase In Dubai
The capstone projects from industrial design graduates Sammy Dietrich and Nate Wiersma were selected as the top 100 globally for…

Homecoming 2022: Celebrating Our Alumni - Ruzbeh Irani (BID/19 - Industrial Design, MDes/21)
After obtaining his Bachelor of Industrial Design in 2019, Ruzbeh Irani continued his studies at Carleton in the Master of…

Carleton Industrial Design Grads Win Top Prize in Accessible Design Competition
A pair of recent graduates from Carleton University’s Industrial Design program have won one of the top prizes in this year’s Innovative Designs…

Prof. Chantal Trudel Appointed Inaugural Director of New Centre for Community Engagement
To All Members of the Carleton Community - it is our pleasure to announce that Prof. Chantal Trudel has been…

Grad Research: Improving Patient Care in the NICU
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit specializes in critical newborn care often due to premature birth, health complications, or delivery complications.…

$2.37M in CFI Funding to Enable Collaborative Accessibility Solutions at Abilities Living Laboratory
When COVID-19 lockdowns closed theatres and cancelled concerts, it gave many Canadians their first taste of what it’s like to…

Carleton Researchers Receive CFI Funding to Explore Dark Matter and Create an Accessible Canada
Carleton University’s Mark Boulay and Adrian Chan have received nearly $9.3 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Innovation Fund. Mark Boulay’s project will continue to…

New Coordinated Accessibility Strategy Guides Carleton’s Commitment on Campus
More than a quarter of first-year students at Carleton self-identify as having a disability, and about 11 per cent have…

Prof. Audrey Girouard Earns Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Award
If your phone could conform to your wrist, that Apple Watch would be obsolete. Electronics that can be bent, shaped…
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