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Photo for the news post: New Chair of Teaching Innovation Advocates for Open Access Learning Materials
July 13, 2022

New Chair of Teaching Innovation Advocates for Open Access Learning Materials

New Chair of Teaching Innovation Advocates for Open Access Learning Materials

By Karen Kelly Photos by Bryan Gagnon   The economic burden of expensive textbooks on students has always concerned Prof. Irena Knezevic. That’s one reason she and her colleagues published... More
Photo for the news post: Chancellor’s Professor Frances Abele honoured with appointment to the Order of Canada
July 12, 2022

Chancellor’s Professor Frances Abele honoured with appointment to the Order of Canada

Chancellor’s Professor Frances Abele honoured with appointment to the Order of Canada
Photo for the news post: Academic Refugees: At-Risk Scholars from Afghanistan and Ukraine Get a Safe Haven at Carleton
June 27, 2022

Academic Refugees: At-Risk Scholars from Afghanistan and Ukraine Get a Safe Haven at Carleton

Academic Refugees: At-Risk Scholars from Afghanistan and Ukraine Get a Safe Haven at Carleton
Photo for the news post: FPA Researchers Receive More Than $2 million in SSHRC Grant Funding
June 24, 2022

FPA Researchers Receive More Than $2 million in SSHRC Grant Funding

FPA Researchers Receive More Than $2 million in SSHRC Grant Funding

Nine researchers in the Faculty of Public Affairs have been awarded SSHRC Insight Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Their projects cover issues of sustainability, health, gender,... More

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Events

Aug 18 Digital Communications & Media Markets: Power, Policy & Global Perspectives

Aug

18

Multi-day

to Aug 19

Digital Communications & Media Markets: Power, Policy & Global Perspectives

Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper Street, Ottawa, ON K2P 0G8
Sep 7 Bagels & Banter September 2022: Re-engaging Students Post COVID

Sep

7

10:00 am

11:00 am

Bagels & Banter September 2022: Re-engaging Students Post COVID

Loeb Building, D382, Office of the Dean Boardroom
Sep 20 FPA Currents Lecture with Maude Barlow

Sep

20

7:00 pm

9:30 pm

FPA Currents Lecture with Maude Barlow

Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre at 355 Cooper St, Ottawa, ON K2P 0G8
Sep 29 Author Meets Readers – Unbound in War? International Law in Canada and Britain’s ...

Sep

29

5:30 pm

7:00 pm

Author Meets Readers – Unbound in War? International Law in Canada and Britain’s ...

Irene's Pub Restaurant at 885 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K1S 3W4
Oct 12 Bagels & Banter October 2022 – Philanthropy, Community Engagement, and Socia...

Oct

12

10:00 am

11:00 am

Bagels & Banter October 2022 – Philanthropy, Community Engagement, and Socia...

Loeb Building, D382, Office of the Dean Boardroom
Oct 20 Author Meets Readers – Canada’s Past and Future in Latin America

Oct

20

5:30 pm

7:00 pm

Author Meets Readers – Canada’s Past and Future in Latin America

Irene's Pub Restaurant at 885 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K1S 3W4
Nov 9 Bagels & Banter November 2022 – Encouraging Interpersonal Friendship: Could ...

Nov

9

10:00 am

11:00 am

Bagels & Banter November 2022 – Encouraging Interpersonal Friendship: Could ...

Loeb Building, D382, Office of the Dean Boardroom
Nov 24 Author Meets Readers – Change in Global Environmental Politics: Temporal Focal Po...

Nov

24

5:30 pm

7:00 pm

Author Meets Readers – Change in Global Environmental Politics: Temporal Focal Po...

Irene's Pub Restaurant at 885 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K1S 3W4

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