Research

Research That Resonates: Advancing Knowledge in Arts and Social Sciences

FASS research addresses the world’s most pressing and complex questions. Our cutting-edge researchers work across a broad spectrum of disciplines and engage with scholarly, community, and public audiences through academic publications and presentations, artistic productions, newspaper and magazine articles, reports and policy briefs, and much more.

Arts and Social Sciences Research Review (2023)

Read the inaugural issue of the Arts and Social Sciences Research Review.

Research Stories

Engaging narratives that illuminate the transformative research spearheaded by our faculty.

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Spotlighting FASS Researchers in Trans and Queer Studies

At Carleton’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), student researchers are reshaping how we understand representation and relationships through work that is grounded both…

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Troubles Online: Ableism and Access in Higher Education Celebrates Book Launch

By Emily Putnam The Carleton community will be celebrating the launch of Troubles Online: Ableism and Access in Higher Education with the Carleton Disability and…

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Crafting Ethical True Crime

A Carleton Master’s Grad Creates a Guide for Care-Full Storytelling Story and photos by Ainslie Coghill “…does our collective desire to consume true crime and…

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We Are All Musicians

By Emily Putnam Music Professor Jesse Stewart’s We Are All Musicians Laboratory is dedicated to advancing research that makes music more inclusive for everyone. Stewart…

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Uncovering Lahontan: A Scholar’s Journey into the Life and Legacy of an Enlightenment Thinker

By Nick Ward For many scholars, the path to some of their most defining research begins with a moment of unexpected inspiration. For Dr. Sébastien…

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Sanctuary in Pieces: Dr. Laura Madokoro’s Crucial New Book on Refuge, Responsibility, and Rethinking Compassion

by Nick Ward In her new book, Sanctuary in Pieces, Dr. Laura Madokoro of Carleton University’s Department of History asks readers to reconsider what ‘sanctuary’ means in an age marked…