{"id":33184,"date":"2026-04-01T11:14:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/?p=33184"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:23:34","slug":"congratulations-to-carletons-2026-achievement-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/2026\/congratulations-to-carletons-2026-achievement-award-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Carleton&#8217;s 2026 Achievement Award Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Congratulations to Carleton&#8217;s 2026 Achievement Award Recipients\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to Peter Andre (cross-appointed faculty from Poli-Sci) and Joshua Steckley (DGES contract instructor) on receiving teaching awards!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"peter-andree\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Peter Andr\u00e9e<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Department of Political Science<br>Faculty of Public and Global Affairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mindful Approaches to Ecopolitics<\/strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enhanced mindfulness enables students to respond to ecological challenges with greater clarity, compassion,&nbsp;confidence&nbsp;and courage. Mindfulness offers a response to growing eco-anxiety, strategic insight, career-enhancing skills and a deeper connection with the more-than-human. This project will offer in-class mindfulness training for ecopolitics students. It will also stimulate further discussion among post-secondary educators and support staff at Carleton, in Ottawa and beyond, about how action on ecopolitical issues can&nbsp;benefit&nbsp;from the cultivation of mindfulness.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"joshua-steckley\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Joshua Steckley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Department of Geography and Environmental Studies<br>Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Joshua Steckley is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow who investigates unexplored \u201cliving commodities\u201d\u2014from bait worms to bull semen\u2014to reveal how our economy shapes nature and labour. He translates this research into dynamic, experiential teaching that connects theory to everyday life, from kitchen fermentation experiments to field courses on urban ecology.&nbsp;Above all, he&nbsp;seeks&nbsp;to spark curiosity in his students and inspire new ways of seeing the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/awards-funding\/achievement-awards\/2026-achievement-award-recipients\/\">More Information<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Peter Andre (cross-appointed faculty from Poli-Sci) and Joshua Steckley (DGES contract instructor) on receiving teaching awards! Peter Andr\u00e9e Department of Political ScienceFaculty of Public and Global Affairs Mindful Approaches to Ecopolitics&nbsp; Enhanced mindfulness enables students to respond to ecological challenges with greater clarity, compassion,&nbsp;confidence&nbsp;and courage. 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