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Monday, September 25, 2017

Professor Pius Adesanmi wins prestigious CBIE Board of Directors Leadership Award

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Monday, September 18, 2017

Nadia Bozak & Faizal Deen named as Ottawa Book Awards finalists!

Professor Nadia Bozak and PhD candidate Faizal Deen have been named as 2017 Ottawa Book Awards finalists. These awards recognize the top English and French books published in the previous year. Awards will be presented to the winning authors on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 7 p.m. at Ottawa City Hall, Jean-Pigott Place, 110 Laurier Avenue W.... More

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Amal El-Mohtar’s ‘fairy-tale mashup’ wins prestigious Hugo Award for science-fiction

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Thursday, July 6, 2017

2016-17 Departmental Scholarship & Award Recipients

The Department of English would like to congratulate the 2016-17 Departmental Scholarship and Award recipients: Scholarship/Award Recipient Gordon J. Wood Memorial Scholarship Esther Vininsky-Oakes Kirsten Kelly Lilian I. Found Award for Poetry Sanita Fejzic Marston LaFrance Memorial Award in English Alison Griffith Amanda Seed Rebecca Veaudry... More

Monday, June 26, 2017

English Instructor D.S. Stymeist nominated for a Canadian Author’s Association 2017 Literary Award!

Please join the Department of English in congratulating D.S. Stymeist on his nomination for a Canadian Author's Association 2017 Literary Award for Poetry. D.S. Stymeist's book, The Bone Weir, was shortlisted along with Juliane Okot Bitek's 100 Days and Johanna Skibsrud's The Description of the World. The winners will be announced at the annual... More

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Congratulations Spring Convocation Medal Winners!

The English department would like to congratulate the following students who will receive an award at the Spring Convocation ceremony on Friday, June 16, 2017: Alicia Haniford, B.A. Honours Major in English, Co-op: University Medal in Arts Paige Pinto, B.Hums. Combined Honours in Humanities & English with a Minor in Greek & Roman... More

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Success – Photos from the first Digital Humanities Summer Institute!

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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

MA student Montana McLaughlin-Tom blogs about her experience teaching a mini-course on The Avengers

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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Creative Writing Summer Camp Instructor Opportunity

Creative Writing Summer Camp: Instructor Carleton University   Dates: Full-time, July 31, 2017 – September 1, 2017 + paid training Rate of Pay: $13.00 /hr Under the supervision of the camp director, creative writing camp instructors facilitate and administer camp activities, including writing exercises and games, for children aged 8-15 over a... More

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Doctoral candidate Amal El-Mohtar wins Nebula Award!

Please join the Department of English in extending congratulations to one of our current doctoral students, Amal El-Mohtar, who just won a Nebula Award this past weekend for her short story "Seasons of Glass and Iron." She is also nominated for a Hugo Award for the same story, the winners of which will be announced... More

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

DH Summer Institute Keynote Speaker Isabel Pedersen

DHSITE – Digital Humanities Summer Institute: Technologies East (SHNTech: École d’été en sciences humaines numériques) is a University of Ottawa and Carleton University joint initiative. DHSITE2017 is a four-day bilingual event introducing new computing technologies and their uses in education and research. It addresses topics such as... More

Friday, May 12, 2017

Former “Life in English” blogger Olivia Polk (BA English 2015) is now blogging for the Ottawa International Writers Festival!

Check out Olivia's reviews on the Ottawa International Writers Festival website: A Woman's Work Is Never Done "What is a Poem for? What is it to You?": A Plan 99 Poetry Showcase      ... More

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