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March 30, 2022

Driven by Emotion: How Social Media Rewards Love and Hate

These days, it’s hard to find a polite disagreement. Friends and family on social media seem to be drifting to—and sharing—stronger and stronger opinions on everything from COVID restrictions to the war in Ukraine to... More

April 22, 2020

Another Take: Privacy Versus Public Health

Tracking the locations of people with COVID-19—and those near them—is an urgent issue for our society. Not only are governments trying to slow the spread of infection, they are looking for ways to restart the... More

March 25, 2020

Messaging Dilemmas in a Pandemic: Communicating Risk During COVID-19

One of the certainties of the COVID-19 public health crisis is just how inconsistent public health messaging has been over the past few weeks. While the virus ripped through China and Europe before arriving to... More

December 10, 2018

Marija Curran

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. Marija is a Communications Officer in... More

September 17, 2018

Sydney LaRose

Combined Honours Economics and Journalism Department of Economics and School of Journalism and Communication When Sydney LaRose first came to Carleton, she was majoring in Journalism. Then she took her first Economics 1000 class. “I... More

May 3, 2018

Kaitlin Wainwright

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. Kaitlin Wainwright oversees public education such... More

February 28, 2018

Graeme Ivory

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. Graeme Ivory is the Director of... More