FASS Communications Team

Welcome to the contact page for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) Communications team. We’re here to support departments across the faculty in a range of communications, marketing, recruitment, and event-related initiatives. If you’re not sure who to reach out to, feel free to contact any of us and we’ll point you in the right direction.

We aim to respond to all inquiries within 1–2 business days.

1. General Website Support – Patricia Saravesi

2. Digital Communications & Marketing – Ainslie Coghill

3. Recruitment – Jesse McClintock

4. Strategic Communications – Nick Ward

5. Writing, Storytelling & Content Production – Emily Putnam

6. Event Guidance & Support – Emma Fraser

cuTheme Website Migration

Carleton ITS is currently in Phase 2 of migrating framework sites (e.g., Faculty and Administration sites) to the new cuTheme. If your department’s site has not yet been migrated and you’d like to be added to the queue, please let us know. ITS will follow up to confirm a timeline that works for your unit.

What is cuTheme? cuTheme is the latest theme for Carleton websites—designed to be more flexible, accessible, and user-friendly.

Migration Options

To make the process seamless, you can choose one of three approaches tailored to your needs:

Full Migration: ITS will migrate your content for you, while you concentrate on your other work. When your site is ready, they will hand it back to you to review.
Blank Install: Start fresh! A clean site will be set up in the staging environment, and you’ll handle the content build. Please ask Patricia for help, if needed!
Custom Migration: Migrate select elements like news or people pages while refreshing others—you have options, let’s talk!
Decommission Site: The site is no longer needed and can be deleted

How it Works

Staging: Your site will first be set up in a non-public staging environment for review and updates. During this time, your current site will remain live with no downtime.
Preparation: Explore cuTheme using our extensive training and documentation and review your content to ensure everything is up to date.
Go Live: When you’re happy with your staging site in cuTheme, we’ll launch it. Check out our Go Live checklist to help you prepare.

Next Steps

Please let Web Services/ITS know your preferred migration option by completing this form. Once they receive your response, they will contact you with the next steps. We recommend a full migration.

If you have any questions about the migration process please do not hesitate to reach out to Patricia Saravesi, Web Content Developer & WordPress Trainer.

General Website Support – Patricia Saravesi

Patricia can help with:

Website content layout and updates
Menus and site navigation
Search engine optimization (SEO)
Analytics and usage tracking
WordPress technical support
Migration to the new cuTheme template

Contact: Patricia Saravesi, Web Content Developer & WordPress Trainer

Digital Communications & Marketing – Ainslie Coghill

Ainslie can help with:

Videography and photography
Graphic design
Marketing campaigns and digital assets
Social media strategy and content development

Contact: Ainslie Coghill, Communications Officer (Digital Strategies)

Recruitment – Jesse McClintock

Jesse supports faculty-wide student recruitment and FASS-specific student programming.

He can help with:

Recruitment outreach and initiatives
Carleton University Research Opportunity Program (CUROP)
FASS Ambassadors program
Experiential learning

Contact: Jesse McClintock, Recruitment and Student Programming Officer

Strategic Communications – Nick Ward

Nick leads strategic communications for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, with a focus on storytelling, branding, and public engagement.

He can help with:

Strategic storytelling and content creation
Alumni, student, and community engagement
Publications and editorial planning
Brand development and messaging
Media relations and crisis communications

Contact: Nick Ward, Manager, Strategic Communications

Writing, Storytelling & Content Production – Emily Putnam

Emily collaborates with departments on compelling written content that reflects the FASS voice and priorities.

She can help with:

Writing articles, newsletters, and promotional content
Interview-based feature stories
Editing and content strategy

Contact: Emily Putnam, Communications Writer

Event Guidance & Support – Emma Fraser

Emma provides logistical and promotional support for FASS events.