School of Journalism and Communication

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

Benjamin Woo: Researcher of Geek Culture Steps Forward as EDI Advocate

Benjamin Woo: Researcher of Geek Culture Steps Forward as EDI Advocate

Highlights 2021: The Faculty of Public Affairs

Highlights 2021: The Faculty of Public Affairs

From new research funding to teaching awards to timely events, there are many reasons to celebrate the outstanding efforts of everyone in FPA this year. While we faced many challenges,... More

Leading Afghan Journalist Joins Carleton as Journalist-in Residence

Leading Afghan Journalist Joins Carleton as Journalist-in Residence

FPA Researchers Receive SSHRC Insight Development Grants

FPA Researchers Receive SSHRC Insight Development Grants

We are proud to announce FPA's winners of the 2021 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grants. These grants support research in its early stages, enabling "the... More

Carleton Project Already in the Field Tracking Diversity Among Party Candidate Slates

Carleton Project Already in the Field Tracking Diversity Among Party Candidate Slates

As Canada’s major political parties finalize candidate nominations ahead of the Sept. 20 election, a project at Carleton University will help determine whether the candidates are representative of an increasingly... More

Announcing the 2021 FPA Excellence Awards

Announcing the 2021 FPA Excellence Awards

Congratulations to the 2021 FPA Excellence Award recipients! The winners were announced at the online celebration August 12. Research Excellence Award Evelyn Maeder, interim director and professor in the Institute... More

Virtual Reality to Provide Vaccine Facts to Combat Hesitancy

Virtual Reality to Provide Vaccine Facts to Combat Hesitancy

A team of researchers at Carleton University received a NSERC Encouraging Vaccine Confidence in Canada grant to create a virtual reality (VR) simulation to provide accurate information about vaccinations to... More

Carleton Designates Karim H. Karim Chancellor’s Professor

Carleton Designates Karim H. Karim Chancellor’s Professor

Karim H. Karim, a communication professor in the School of Journalism and Communication, was awarded the designation of Chancellor’s Professor effective July 1. “On behalf of Carleton University, I offer... More

Three FPA Faculty Members Receive 2021 Carleton University Teaching Award

Three FPA Faculty Members Receive 2021 Carleton University Teaching Award

The Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) is pleased to announce the outstanding educators who have been named 2021 Carleton University Teaching Award winners. FPA Recipients Brett Popplewell (School of Journalism... More

New Partnership to Explore Global Media and Internet Concentration

New Partnership to Explore Global Media and Internet Concentration

By Mandy Sinclair Dwayne Winseck was never the type who believed that better knowledge rested on better data alone. He still doesn’t. However, after a couple of decades watching debates... More

Olympian Turned Journalism Grad Finds a Home on the Other Side of the Microphone

Olympian Turned Journalism Grad Finds a Home on the Other Side of the Microphone

By Dan Rubinstein Photos by Chris Roussakis In late June, when organizers of this summer’s Tokyo Olympics announced that up to 10,000 local spectators would be allowed to attend events... More