For Students Archives | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

March 28, 2019

Telling Stories of the Ottawa River Through Song

Forming the provincial border between Quebec and Ontario, the remarkable Ottawa River flows west for 1,271 kilometres from Lac Des Outaouais at the top of the Laurentian Mountains to the district of North Bay, where... More

August 17, 2018

Critical, Creative, and Engaged

It may seem like the versatile Barâa Arar has the whole world snugly in her pocket, but it was a process of trial and error before she felt comfortable as a university student. Like many aspiring... More

August 16, 2018

Deconstructing The Tragically Hip

On the evening of August 20th, 2016, Canadians across the country gathered around their television sets, computers, and smartphones to watch The Tragically Hip’s final show. The event was unique as it served as both... More

August 10, 2018

Erin Shields: From Carleton English Major to UCLA Law School Scholarship Recipient

Erin Shields identifies as a major of Carleton’s English Department, a contributor to The Globe and Mail, a recipient of the 2016 Killam Undergraduate Fellowship, and one of two Distinguished Scholars for the entering class... More

September 1, 2017

Mamma Mia!

Music student Chris Santillán has been a dedicated fan of 1970s pop music legends ABBA for most of his young life. ABBA might not be the first band that comes to mind when pondering millennial... More

September 1, 2017

English Lit Majors on the Job: The Co-Op Option

Since 2012, the Department of English has offered a co-op option to its majors. While an undergraduate degree in literature might not seem like an obvious program to pair with co-op, the combination has proved... More

August 29, 2017

Student Storytellers

Despite the fact that the English Department’s Creative Writing Concentration was only formally established in 2011, the English Department at Carleton has a longstanding tradition of encouraging students in their creative writing efforts. For many... More

August 29, 2017

Crafting a Wiigwaas Chiimaan at Carleton University Art Gallery

From February to May this year, a group of Carleton University students under the careful guidance of Daniel "Pinock" Smith, a well-known artist and canoe builder from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, learned how to build a... More

August 28, 2017

Empowering People With Disabilities

In Grade 4, Paul Safi was the best goalie on the soccer pitch at school. By Grade 7, he would drop a pencil at his desk and not be able to find it on the... More

April 27, 2017

More Drama Please!

Carleton University has answered the call for more drama. The Department of English Language and Literature has introduced a new Drama Studies concentration and minor with new courses to meet the demand from students for... More

August 18, 2015

Home of African Cinema

Burkina Faso is widely regarded as the “Home of African cinema.” One of the principal contributors to this designation is the biennial Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO). Established in 1969, FESPACO is... More

August 14, 2015

Carleton’s Hyperlab

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSv9DwGmNfc Carleton University students and researchers are working on innovative projects involving interactive technologies applied to public areas around Ottawa, including Confederation and Landsdowne parks. Carleton’s Hyperlab, a digital humanities research centre, has made projects like... More