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Thursday, October 24, 2024

Indigenous Artists Get Hands-On Experience Through Carleton Media-Making Institute

For Danielle Vandale, the opportunity to participate in the CU Indigenous Media-making Summer Institute was a breath of fresh air. “It was a space where I could not only get away from the day-to-day hustle and immerse myself in my art, but also learn new ways of expressing that art,” says Vandale, a filmmaker... More

Friday, October 18, 2024

Carleton Film Studies @ TIFF 2024

From September 5th to 8th, 2024, 14 Carleton fourth-year undergraduate and graduate Film Studies students went to Toronto with Professors Aboubakar Sanogo and Kester Dyer to attend the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).  They watched an array of international films, attended masterclasses, and listened in on public conversations with... More

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Tom McSorley is Decorated as Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres par la République française

On 24 April 2024 in the French Embassy in Ottawa, Michel Miraillet, French Ambassador to Canada, decorated Tom McSorley, Carleton Adjunct Research Professor and Contract Instructor in Film Studies, as a Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres par la République française. Created in 1957, the French Order of Arts and Letters rewards... More

Thursday, March 28, 2024

2024 Adrian Sheppard Memorial Award Winner

Roxanne Boucher is the winner of the Adrian Sheppard Memorial Award for 2024. The professors unanimously chose Roxanne for her outstanding contributions to the program and her academic excellence. Finishing her fourth year, Roxanne has one of the highest GPAs in the program, made more impressive by the year she spent studying abroad in the... More

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Join Us for the FASS Fair on February 10th!

Our Arts and Social Sciences Fair brings students - current and future - and professors together at our downtown Arts, Performance and Learning Centre, the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, to celebrate what makes the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences a great place to study. Attendees can pick-and-choose from panels, interactives, and... More

Friday, January 12, 2024

Race and Representation in the Arts Course Covers New Ground

A new interdisciplinary course, co-taught by School for Studies in Art and Culture Professors Malini Guha (Film Studies), Gül Kale (Art and Architectural History), and Kathy Armstrong (Music) aims to equip students with the skills to examine representation in the arts and to influence positive change in their future career... More

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Practicum Stories: Crafting Careers in Art and Culture

The path to building a career in the dynamic, ever-changing arts world isn’t always a straight line. That’s why the School for Studies in Art and Culture (SSAC) at Carleton offers practicum programs to help students on their journeys from the classroom to their future careers in the cultural sector. SSAC’s practicum programs give... More

Friday, May 19, 2023

Film Studies graduate receives the CU Student Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Research Award

Congratulations to Honours Film Studies and Journalism graduate Shadea Nance who was one of six recipients of the Carleton University Student Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Research... More

Monday, March 27, 2023

The Minôjitonigewin Scholarship

The Minôjitonigewin Scholarship is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Director of the School for Studies in Art and Culture to an outstanding full-time undergraduate student who is entering or proceeding from one year to another in any program of study within the School. Programs of study include: Art History, History and Theory... More

Monday, March 27, 2023

The Rawlson King and Linda Grussani Scholarship for Indigenous, Black, and Other Racialized Students

The Rawlson King and Linda Grussani Scholarship for Indigenous, Black, and Other Racialized Students is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Director of the School for Studies in Art and Culture to outstanding full-time students who are Indigenous, Black or a member of another racialized group and who are proceeding from one year... More

Friday, March 17, 2023

Cinema’s First Nasty Women – FASS News Release

Laura Horak and her work regarding Cinema's First Nasty Women was recently showcased in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences newsletter. She also was interviewed by Amanda Putz on CBC Radio Canada about the Ottawa premiere of Cinema's First Nasty Women (happening March 18 at the Mayfair Theatre). Please join us in celebrating... More

Friday, February 10, 2023

Alumni Profile: Penny McCann

Penny McCann is an Ottawa-based narrative and experimental filmmaker with over 30 years of experience. McCann got her start in Carleton’s Film Studies Program with a double major in English Literature.  How did you get into filmmaking? I went through a not wholly circuitous route to get into filmmaking; I started off at Carleton... More

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