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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.

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…

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…

Dr. Sébastien Côté

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…

Dr. Alan Corbiere and Dr. Robertson viewing a work of art by Morrisseau as part of the Storylines Project filming.

Norval Morrisseau: Reviving Legacy Through Storylines

A Digital Journey into the Life of the Iconic Indigenous Artist By Ally Lemieux-Fanset In 1983, Carmen Robertson walked into a Calgary exhibition and encountered…

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Notes From the Margins

Literature professor unearths untold histories by studying women’s writing By Alyssa TremblayBanner image by Nick Peate While archival research has a reputation for being dry…

Research News

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Two FASS Professors Elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

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Two FASS Researchers Awarded NSERC Discovery Grants 

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Eleven FASS Researchers Awarded SSHRC Insight Grants 

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Six FASS Researchers Awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grants 

Dr. John Anderson

Dr. John Anderson Awarded Canadian Hearing Services Grant

Dr. Paul Nelles

Dr. Paul Nelles Receives SSHRC Connection Grant

Dr. Craig Bennell

Dr. Craig Bennell Awarded SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant

Kelly Babchishin

Kelly Babchishin Awarded Prestigious Early Researcher Award