Department of Law and Legal Studies Archives | Faculty of Public and Global Affairs

June 21, 2022

Lisa Wright | Legal Studies

Early in her research, Lisa Wright met Raffi, the director of a harm reduction site for people who use drugs in Toronto. He piqued her interest with his definition of harm reduction that went beyond... More

November 12, 2021

Hijaab Yahya – Law

Hijaab Yahya was on the Dean's Honour List 2019-2020 and is a recipient of the 2021 Provost Scholar Award. What drew you to the Law program at Carleton? At a very young age, I had... More

October 18, 2021

Exploring the Online Communities of Vaccine Hesitancy

According to Statistics Canada, an estimated 23% percent of Canadians surveyed are unwilling or hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine. All kinds of assumptions have been made about them: they’ve been called ignorant, stupid, selfish,... More

May 11, 2021

Activist in Residence: Woman Human Rights Defender

“I didn’t choose to become an activist,” says Rehana Hashmi, a human rights advocate and the inaugural Activist in Residence (AiR) in Carleton University’s Department of Law and Legal Studies. “I was forced into activism... More

February 21, 2020

Another Take: When an Air Strike Goes Wrong

The United States drone strike on Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in January underscored America’s significant reliance on airstrikes to kill targets in countries as diverse as Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Iraq, Somalia, and Yemen. But while... More

September 28, 2018

Nick Miller

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

June 11, 2018

Ayat El-Dewary

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

November 22, 2017

Challenging Canada’s Over-Incarceration of Indigenous People

Q&A with Professor Jane Dickson from the November/December issue of FPA Voices In 1999, the Supreme Court of Canada formally recognized that the number of Indigenous people in prison far outweighed their numbers in the... More

June 15, 2017

Kimberley Crosbie

This profile was part of the Faculty of Public and Global Affairs’ 75 for the 75th series, which highlighted 75 notable alumni in FPA in honour of Carleton University’s 75th anniversary. These stories were published... More

May 17, 2017

John Peters

This profile was part of the Faculty of Public and Global Affairs’ 75 for the 75th series, which highlighted 75 notable alumni in FPA in honour of Carleton University’s 75th anniversary. These stories were published... More

October 18, 2016

Juanita Dobson

This profile was part of the Faculty of Public and Global Affairs’ 75 for the 75th series, which highlighted 75 notable alumni in FPA in honour of Carleton University’s 75th anniversary. These stories were published... More

September 9, 2016

Nejolla Korris

Nejolla Korris Degree and Year: BA Law (06), Carleton University Occupation: CEO and Founder of InterVeritas International, which started as a fraud investigation firm but now is an international consultancy that specializes in linguistic lie... More