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July 17, 2020

Carleton Professor Assists Refugee Network in Pandemic Response

Carleton Professor James Milner, the project director of LERRN: The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network, describes the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the refugees he works with. "In the... More

July 17, 2020

Insight Grants 2020: Analysis of Naval Shipbuilding Programs

Political Science Professor Elinor Sloan is applying her expertise on defence procurement to an analysis of naval shipbuilding programs in Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand. Sloan was awarded $86,539... More

July 15, 2020

2020 FPA Excellence Awards: A Virtual Celebration

The Faculty of Public Affairs celebrated its first virtual FPA Excellence Awards ceremonies on June 22nd and 23rd. The two ceremonies gave the FPA Associate Deans an opportunity to present... More

June 29, 2020

Teaching Assistants Honoured for Outstanding Service

Carleton University Teaching and Learning recently recognized two Faculty of Public Affairs teaching assistants as part of the 2019-2020 Outstanding TA Awards. Parham Emami (Political Science) received an Outstanding TA Award... More

May 21, 2020

Professor James Meadowcroft on National Recovery Taskforce

Carleton University’s James Meadowcroft, a political science and public policy and administration professor, is one of 14 members in a new task force designed to make recommendations to the Canadian government to build... More

April 23, 2020

Political Science Alumna Named Interim President of University of Guelph

Charlotte Yates, who earned a PhD from Carleton’s Department of Political Science in 1988, has been chosen to serve as the University of Guelph’s interim president for two years, beginning... More

April 22, 2020

FPA Faculty Members Win Graduate Mentoring Awards

Susan Braedley (Social Work), Brian Schmidt (Political Science), and Dale Spencer (Law & Legal Studies) were nominated by their graduate students for being exceptional mentors. They each received a Faculty... More

March 3, 2020

Blog Post: Professor Andrea Chandler on Putin’s Constitutional Changes

"On 15 January 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise announcement in his annual address to Russia’s Parliament. Following a recitation of the country’s recent successes and near-term goals, Putin... More

February 19, 2020

Raven Profile: Zahraa Al-Ahmad, Political Science Student from Syria

Political Science graduate student Zahraa Al-Ahmad is featured on the inaugural issue of Raven, Carleton University's new magazine. Al-Ahmad, a Syrian-born political science graduate student at Carleton, is one of the first... More

February 12, 2020

Borders + Migration Lecture: War Resistors in Canada

Is Canada a safe haven? That was the question asked by global migration researcher Alison Mountz of Wilfrid Laurier University at the first annual Borders + Migration Lecture, hosted by... More

January 31, 2020

Renowned Political Scientist John J. Mearsheimer Speaks at Carleton

By Karen Kelly Photos by Bryan Gagnon “Liberal hegemony is dead.” That was the assessment delivered by University of Chicago political scientist and author John J. Mearsheimer to a... More

January 6, 2020

FPA Professors Named Chairs in Teaching Innovation

Two Faculty of Public Affairs professors, Melanie Adrian (Law and Legal Studies) and Mira Sucharov (Political Science) have been named the inaugural Chairs in Teaching Innovation. Each appointee receives $45,000... More