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September 14, 2021

Racialized and Indigenous Faculty Alliance Finds Strong Support on Carleton Campus

September 14, 2021

Finding the Right Measurement to Quantify Impact of Public Health

August 31, 2021

Tackling Climate Change in the Classroom

By Dan Rubinstein Addressing sustainability more broadly, new programming at Carleton this fall includes the launch of a collaborative specialization in climate change, which students from more than a dozen programs can... More

August 31, 2021

Carleton’s New Cross-Faculty Innovation Hub Focused on Creative Solutions

By Dan Rubinstein “This is who I am, this is a problem that I see—and this is what I can do to address it.” That’s the type of thinking Carleton’s new Innovation Hub wants... More

Another Take

A Researcher’s Perspective on the News

June 23, 2021

Changing Times for Charities in Canada

Canada’s 86,000 charities, which account for 10 percent of full-time jobs, have been significantly impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost 70 per cent experienced a reduction in revenues, on average about a 30 per cent... More

May 14, 2021

Small Business Owners and Remote Work

Small businesses are the heart of our communities. While big box stores have been allowed to remain open during lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, many smaller establishments have not. Many employees have been laid off or... More

April 26, 2021

Anti-Asian Racism is Affecting Health and Well-Being

Although anti-Asian racism has a long history in Canada, hate-related incidences in Ottawa against Asian Canadians increased by 600 per cent from 2019 to 2020. A Statistics Canada survey in May 2020 reported that Asian... More

March 22, 2021

Impact of Delayed Health Care for Non-COVID-19 Patients

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals in Canada saw a sharp decrease in patients. Many who needed care may have stayed home out of fear of catching the virus. On the other hand,... More

FPA Voices

Faculty of Public Affairs in Review

June 18, 2021

Lauren Johnson – Sustainable Energy

Lauren Johnson was looking for a program that would give her an intermediate technical knowledge of sustainable energy, but that largely focused on policy. “The Master of Arts in Sustainable Energy (SE) at Carleton is... More

June 18, 2021

Hanna Williams – International Affairs

I joined the Master of Arts program in the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) right after finishing my Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management (BPAPM) at Carleton. I was grateful for the... More

June 18, 2021

Kateryna Gazaryan – European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

“I feel at home at EURUS,” says Kateryna Gazaryan, who is graduating this spring with a Master of Arts in European, Russian and Eurasian Studies. “I started in EURUS six years ago through the Bachelor... More

June 18, 2021

Karla Abbott and Mishael Gordon – Indigenous Policy and Administration

While working full-time in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Karla Abbott and Mishael Gordon completed the part-time, online graduate diploma in Indigenous Policy and Administration (IPA). Both Abbott and Gordon joined the IPA program in Spring 2019. In... More

Generation FPA

Stories of Inspiring Alumni

February 20, 2019

Leanne Joy

This profile was part of the Faculty of Public Affairs’ Generation FPA series, which highlighted up and coming alumni who graduated between 2008-2018. The series was published in 2018. Leanne Joy is the Program Officer... More

February 20, 2019

Alan Shain

This profile was part of the Faculty of Public Affairs’ Generation FPA series, which highlighted up and coming alumni who graduated between 2008-2018. The series was published in 2018. Alan Shain is a multi-disciplinary artist... More

January 14, 2019

Adar Abdulkadir

This profile was part of the Faculty of Public Affairs’ Generation FPA series, which highlighted up and coming alumni who graduated between 2008-2018. The series was published in 2018. Adar Abdulkadir is the Project Manager... More

January 14, 2019

Miled Hill

This profile was part of the Faculty of Public Affairs’ Generation FPA series, which highlighted up and coming alumni who graduated between 2008-2018. The series was published in 2018. Miled Hill is a Policy Advisor... More