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January 28, 2021

Simulated Client Videos for Teaching in Social Work

Kenta Asakura is the recipient of the 2020 FPA Teaching Fellowship, an award that recognizes excellence in teaching and provides an opportunity to innovate and demonstrate leadership in teaching. Asakura... More

April 30, 2020

How a Teaching Fellowship can Enhance Your Career

Economics Professor Simon Power has always loved teaching. Over his decades-long career, he has strived to improve his students’ learning while also fostering “a more positive attitude towards economics as... More

April 29, 2020

Course Design Express: Helping you get your courses online for Summer

Given the large number of courses going online this summer at Carleton, Teaching and Learning Services has created three alternatives to their usual course design process: Self-guided design: Use online... More

March 27, 2020

Professor Creates Plain Language Guide to Obtaining Government Aid

Jennifer Robson, an associate professor in the Master of Political Management program, has created a guide to help Canadians access the government support they need in this time of crisis.... More

March 26, 2020

Professors Switch to Online Classes

Professor Jonathan Malloy is finding the sudden switch to online classes during the Covid-19 crisis an opportunity for reflection. Stephanie Carvin, a professor in the Norman Paterson School of International... More

October 18, 2019

Undergraduate Research Takes the Stage

This year's participants in the Carleton University Research Opportunity (CUROP) program are an impressive bunch. This summer, they studied social clauses in trade agreements, occupational stress among prison officers, artistic... More

July 2, 2019

FPA Professors Win Teaching Awards

Two Faculty of Public Affairs professors have won the inaugural Carleton University Discovery Centre Fellowship and a third received a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant from Carleton's Office of... More

June 7, 2019

Preparing a New Generation of Professional Speechwriters

A new course taught by Carleton University’s Public Servant in Residence, Elana Aptowitzer, is aiming to increase the pool of professional speechwriters in Ottawa. When Elana Aptowitzer was hired to... More

May 10, 2019

FPA Celebrates Excellence Award Winners

The Faculty of Public Affairs recognized outstanding members of its community at the annual Spring Social. Awards were given for Research Excellence, Staff Excellence, Public Commentary Excellence, Teaching Excellence (faculty... More

March 27, 2019

Artificial Intelligence in Policing: COMS Students Apply Research Skills to Real World

Professor Tracey Lauriault’s Communication and Media Studies students recently presented the findings of their research at Data Day 6.0, a day of panels and graduate student presentations on artificial intelligence... More

February 21, 2019

FPA Faculty and Instructors Recognized with Teaching Achievement Awards

What does a grade mean? Professor Benjamin Woo began his proposal for a Carleton University Teaching Achievement Award with that question. The awards are "intended to enhance the teaching... More

February 11, 2019

Social Work Professor Sarah Todd Wins Prestigious 3M Teaching Fellowship

By Karen Kelly Each September, Sarah Todd begins her undergraduate class with the “teeth flossing challenge”. Her assignment for the class is twice-daily flossing—something few of them are doing. It... More