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Rehana Hashmi: Activist in Residence

Another Take: Anti-Asian Racism is Affecting Health and Well-Being

EURUS is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

Building Community in Difficult Circumstances

Candace Sobers on 20th century decolonization

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June 16, 2021

Law Student Aliqa Illauq on a Changing Campus

By Lisa Gregoire Being Indigenous on a university campus can feel foreign. A lot of instructors and fellow students don’t understand you or the place you come from, or the... More

June 16, 2021

SSHRC Partnership Development 2021: Residential Energy Efficiency

Natural Resources Canada recently launched the Canada Greener Homes Grant, a program in which homeowners can apply for up to $5000 in rebates for energy efficient upgrades in their homes.... More

June 15, 2021

Carleton University Honours 2021 Graduates in Virtual Celebrations

Carleton University is honouring more than 5,600 graduates with virtual celebrations on the Graduation Celebration website throughout the week of June 21 to 25, 2021. The graduation hub will feature congratulatory videos,... More

June 15, 2021

SSHRC Partnership Grant: Global Media and Internet Concentration (GMIC) Project

For the seventh year in a row, a Carleton researcher has been awarded a SSHRC Partnership grant. This year, Prof. Dwayne Winseck of the School of Journalism and Communications received $2.5 million... More

Another Take

A Researcher’s Perspective on the News

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

February 10, 2021

Vacant Vice-Regal: Canada without a Governor General

The oldest office in Canada — that of the Governor General — has existed in some form or another since well before Confederation in 1867. This office is currently vacant following the first resignation by... More

January 18, 2021

Lack of Collaboration Slows Vaccine Research

For pharmaceutical companies, the goal is to patent products for sale. Instead of collaborating with other companies to create the best and most affordable product for citizens, the COVID-19 vaccine race has taken place in... More

FPA Voices

Faculty of Public Affairs in Review

March 15, 2021

Decolonization, National Liberation and Revolutionary Internationalism

“How did decolonization, revolution and racial hierarchies influence 20th century international affairs and what were the consequences?” asks Candace Sobers, a professor in Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs’ Bachelor of Global and International Studies... More

March 15, 2021

EURUS at 50

“EURUS is like a family,” says Jeff Sahadeo, director of the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies. “We’re a small, tight-knit community. Faculty and students have lively debate and discussion and are able to... More

March 15, 2021

Building Community in Difficult Circumstances

Viviane Gray was the first university graduate from Listuguj First Nation. She received a BA in Anthropology from Carleton in 1973. She is an arts administrator, curator, artist and writer, as well as former director... More

January 25, 2021

Helping Refugees to Feel at Home in Canada

“My research is personal,” says Nimo Bokore, a professor in the School of Social Work. “I am a refugee mother who survived seven months of political imprisonment and torture in my birthplace, Ethiopia, during Mengistu... 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