School of Social Work

Building Community in the Classroom

Building Community in the Classroom

Participatory. Co-operative. Energized. Experiential. Those are just a few of the words that Professors Karen Sewell and Trish Audette-Longo use to describe their approach to teaching. The two educators have... More

Provost Scholar Award: Lu Chen, Social Work

Provost Scholar Award: Lu Chen, Social Work

Lu Chen is a social work student who is described as a stellar student. Using her contacts within the Chinese community, Lu acted on her knowledge about Canada’s Old Age... More

Healthy End of Life Project (HELP) Ottawa Plans Public Forums

Healthy End of Life Project (HELP) Ottawa Plans Public Forums

  The Healthy End of Life Project (HELP) Ottawa, a community-based, participatory action research project, has received funding to host four forums over the next several months to highlight the... More

Five FPA Members Receive 2023 Carleton University Achievement Awards

Five FPA Members Receive 2023 Carleton University Achievement Awards

Administered by the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and the Office of the Vice-President (Research and International), the Carleton University Achievement Awards were established to recognize outstanding achievements in teaching... More

Stitching Together Grief and Art

Stitching Together Grief and Art

FPA Researchers Receive Funding to Partner with Community Organizations

FPA Researchers Receive Funding to Partner with Community Organizations

Three Faculty of Public Affairs faculty members and their research partners have won Partnership Engage Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The grants “provide short-term and... More

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

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

Social Work Student Launches Community Art Project in Honour the Children from Residential Schools

Social Work Student Launches Community Art Project in Honour the Children from Residential Schools

By Karen Kelly When Deborah Young learned that the unmarked graves of 215 children had been discovered at the former Kamloops Residential School and, more recently the 751 unmarked graves... More

Report Highlights Shared Concerns of LGBTQ2+ Workers and Older Adults

Report Highlights Shared Concerns of LGBTQ2+ Workers and Older Adults

Researchers in Carleton University’s School of Social Work released a report on March 11, 2021 that demonstrates for the first time that LGBTQ2+ older adults, and the workers who care for them,... More

School of Social Work Hosts ‘Black History is Every Month’ Event

School of Social Work Hosts ‘Black History is Every Month’ Event

The School of Social Work organized a virtual experience on March 6 called “Black History is Every Month” to foster cross-cultural understanding and appreciation through critical discussions, storytelling and performances.... More

Six FPA Members Win Carleton University Achievement Awards

Six FPA Members Win Carleton University Achievement Awards

Administered by the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and the Office of the Vice-President (Research and International), the Carleton University Achievement Awards were established to recognize outstanding achievements... More