Below are upcoming events as well as announcements that may be of interest. (A bulletin will be sent out each week with upcoming events and announcements.) Departmental events are also posted on our website.
Events
October – December 2017
Launch of Carleton’s United Way Campaign
Carleton’s United Way Campaign creates a great opportunity for staff and faculty on campus to connect, network and raise funds for a great cause. 100% of the funds raised by our campaign are invested locally helping kids achieve their potential, moving people from poverty to possibility, and bringing people and resources together to build a strong, healthy, safe community for all residents of Ottawa.
Please join us in making this year’s campaign a success.
All events that have been confirmed to date will be posted to the Carleton United Way website at: https://carleton.ca/unitedway/
November 1-8, 2017
Library’s United Way Online Auction
The Library’s United Way Online Auction begins Nov. 1st and runs until Nov. 8th. (Closing at 4:30 pm) Check out the 81 items which include ice time, Beats headphones, Horizon LED desk lamp, handcrafted/baked items, gift cards, the ever-popular department baskets, plus much more. A HUGE thank you to our wonderful donors, who make this auction possible. Here is the site: https://auction.library.carleton.ca/ Bid away!
November 2-4, 2017
Canadian premiere of the musical Sir John A. Macdonald
Maple Leaf Theatre Productions is presenting the Canadian premiere of the musical Sir John A. Macdonald at Centrepointe Theatre on November 2nd, 3rd, and 4th as one of the official Ottawa 2017 events celebrating Confederation.
Centrepointe Theatre has established a student price of $20.
Students can order tickets easily either online at www.centrepointetheatres.com, by phoning the box office at 613 580 2700 or of course directly at the box office.
Fall 2017
Shannon Lecture Series for 2017
The History Department’s Shannon Lecture Series for 2017, will commence on September 22, 2017. This year’s lecture series looks at Expo 67 as the highlight of Canada’s centennial. A world’s fair held in Montreal, it dazzled the world with its daring architecture, innovative exhibits, and high-minded theme, “Man and His World.” Many Canadians regarded it as Canada’s coming-out party, a moment when the young nation burst into the international limelight and strutted its stuff to universal acclaim. Substitute “Quebec” or “Indigenous Peoples” for “Canada” in the previous sentence and it would be equally true – Expo 67 was a rich, multivalent spectacle that generated diverse messages. In Canada’s 150th anniversary year, the Carleton Department of History is revisiting Expo 67 to reflect upon the meaning of it all. A select group of lecturers will address key topics such as Expo’s intellectual origins, how it became a proud emblem of modernization for both Canadian and Quebec nationalists, its impact on Indigenous rights and culture, and its iconic stature in the histories of architecture and cinema. X out the dates in your calendar to experience exposition by Expo experts that will expand your mind exponentially. Visit the Shannon Lectures website for more information or click the upcoming individual event listings below.
- November 3: Carmen Robertson: “Visibility/Invisibility: Art and the Indians of Canada Pavilion at Expo ’67”
- November 17: Inderbir Singh Riar: “Expo 67: Some Notes on Architecture, Nationhood, and Late Modernity”
- December 1: Janine Marchessault: “The Missing Archive of Expo 67”
November 6, 2017
Chris Andersen on University Reconciliation
On November 6, we’re hosting a talk with Dr. Chris Andersen, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta.
Here is the URL for further info on this event – Nov 6, 4:00 p.m. start, DT 2017: https://carleton.ca/sics/2017/evening-chris-andersen/
November 6, 2017
LAC Forum with University Partners: Exploring Decolonization on the Road to Reconciliation
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) will be hosting LAC Forum with University Partners: Exploring Decolonization on the Road to Reconciliation. The forum will be an opportunity for LAC university partners to meet in person in order to share and discuss innovative projects and initiatives related to reconciliation. By providing a platform for dialogue, the forum will support the advancement of reconciliation thinking and actions within academic and memory institutions, and provide an opportunity for LAC to deepen its relationships with academic institutions across Canada.
Monday, November 6, 2017, from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM
Library and Archives Canada
Pellan Room, 2nd Floor
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Seating is limited, so please register.
2017–2018
History Department Brown Bag Occasions
The History Department invites you to a series of Brown Bag Occasions taking place in our History Lounge (433 Paterson), starting at 12:30. Bring your lunch and join us for any of the following talks:
- November 10: Candace Sobers: “Aspect of US foreign relations history related to Vietnam”
- January 26: Kerry Abel: “Finding Mrs. Simcoe: The Historian’s Craft Revisited”
- February 9: Mary Margaret Johnston-Miller and James Miller: “How Extraordinary! Preserving the Psychiatric Art of Scotland.”
- March 23: Chinnaiah Jangam: Report on sabbatical research
November 14, 2017
Canada, the First World War, and Military Scottishness
The Ottawa Historical Association Presents Canada, the First World War, and Military Scottishness.
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street, 2nd Floor
Presentation in English. This lecture is FREE and all are welcome. Please register on the First Floor in front of the Commissionaire’s Desk
November 15, 2017
The 2017 Japan Lower House Election: Domestic and Foreign Policy Aspects
Lecture no. 1 in the 2017-18 Japan Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Carleton University History Department
Speaker: Dr. Jacob Kovalio, Department of History
Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at 7 PM
303 Paterson Hall, Carleton University
Parking available in Parking no. 2
November 20, 2017
Catharine Parr Traill and the Colonial Politics of Food
Catharine Parr Traill and the Colonial Politics of Food is an event to launch the Carleton Library Series’ new edition of The Female Emigrant’s Guide, first published in 1855 by a writer whose family settled on Michi Saagig Anishnaabe lands near Rice Lake, Ontario. It is also an opportunity to think about Canadian culinary history within a longer history of Indigenous foodways. Food historian Ian Mosby will talk about settler cookbooks and the history of Indigenous dispossession between their lines. The editors of the new, expanded edition of Traill’s guide, Nathalie Cooke (McGill University) and Fiona Lucas (co-founder of the Culinary Historians of Canada), will address their repackaging of the book as a toolkit for historical cookery. Cezin Nottaway (owner of Wawatay Catering) will talk about being an Algonquin chef today and will demonstrate the preparation of several dishes. The event will be catered by Wawatay Catering and is open to all.
Monday, November 20th, 4:30 – 6:30
MacOdrum Library
Sponsored by: The Carleton Library Series, the MacOdrum Library, the Office of the Dean of FASS, the Department of English, the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, the Department of History, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and McGill-Queen’s University Press.
For information, please contact: jennifer.henderson@carleton.ca or judy.senecal@carleton.ca
November 21, 2017
Between Hostility and Cosmopolitanism: Somali migrant women in Nairobi and Johannesburg
Nereida Ripero-Muñiz, PhD
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Tuesday, November 21, 2:30 pm, Paterson 433 (the History Lounge), Carleton University
Nereida Ripero-Muñiz is a lecturer and researcher from Spain based at the University of the Witwatersrand. She started researching the Somali community in Nairobi in 2007. In 2016, she was awarded a PhD by the University of the Witwatersrand. Her doctoral thesis investigated identity construction among Somali women living in Nairobi and Johannesburg. Her current research focuses on the transnational cultural links of the global Somali diaspora. She also was the researcher behind the collaborative photography project “Metropolitan Nomads: A Journey Through Johannesburg’s Little Mogadishu” currently on display on the 4th Floor of Paterson Hall.
November 21, 2017
Ottawa Book Launch: Victor and Evie
Tuesday, November 21st, 2017, 7:30pm
Glebe-St James United Church, 650 Lyon Street South, Ottawa, ON
Please join Dorothy Anne Phillips for the launch of her book, Victor and Evie: British Aristocrats in Wartime Rideau Hall. In Victor and Evie, Dorothy Anne Phillips provides an intimate portrait of a family at the centre of Canadian social and political life. Using letters released in 2005, the correspondence of an aide-de-camp, the duke’s diary, and other primary documents, Phillips constructs a detailed inquiry into the family’s relationships with each other and with the prominent people they met.
Announcements
Carleton – United Way Payroll Deductions Now Open
Payroll deduction is the easiest way to donate to the United Way, you can choose any amount you wish, and they are tax-deductible. Set it up once and then forget about it! You can find instructions here along with FAQs and contact information: https://carleton.ca/unitedway/donate-now/
Did you know that you can even use the United Way campaign to donate to another registered Canadian charity? So if you contribute to both a United Way program and a charity of your choice, you can now do it all in one place! When making your donation, just specify which charity you want to help using their name and registered CRA number (e.g. “Ottawa Humane Society” 123264715 RR0001). All you have to do next is specify how much you’re donating to which cause.
Call for Papers: Premier Undergraduate Conference is Now Accepting Essay Submissions
The Quebec Universities English Undergraduate Conference is now accepting essays for its 9th year. QUEUC is the largest undergraduate conference in Canada, with delegates from all provinces as well as international students.
Bishop’s University will be hosting the conference in Sherbrooke, QC on March 16-17, 2018.
The deadline for essay submissions is January 12th, 2018.
We encourage students from all programs within the Humanities to submit an essay. Successful submissions will be high quality undergraduate research papers that are between 7 and 8 pages in length.
Along with two days of panel discussions, QUEUC 2018 will include an array of social and networking events, including a wine and cheese social and English-themed Cranium game night.
QUEUC began in 2009, and since then has become Canada’s largest undergraduate student conference. QUEUC’s mission is to provide undergraduate students the unique opportunity to share and discuss their research in a welcoming and engaging environment. This conference offers students the change to meet and talk with like-minded undergraduates from across the globe. We hope you will join us to participate in this exciting tradition!
Please send any questions or comments to our email at queuc@ubishops.ca. For more information on registration and submissions, visit our website: www.queuc.com
Call for Papers: Deadline is November 3, 2017
Undergraduate student researchers are encouraged to submit paper proposals (of approx. 250 words) for a one-day conference held on Saturday, November 25, 2017, organized by the European Studies program at the University of Guelph. Papers are invited from a variety of disciplines dealing with any aspect of European culture, literature, art, music, film, sport, history, philosophy, anthropology, politics or business.
An adjudication committee will select the papers to be included in the conference. Students with accepted submissions will be contacted within a week after the submission deadline.
This one-day conference will give students an opportunity to present their research, with faculty members and graduate students serving as moderators. They will also have the possibility of working with graduate student mentors while preparing their papers. Students will have 15 minutes to present their work and a short discussion period will follow. The conference will be held at the University of Guelph (Ontario). All participants will receive a certificate of attendance and the best presentations will be awarded prizes.
Please send your proposals to: undergradeuroconference@gmail.com
Student Guide Program
Join the Juno Beach Centre’s Guide team for an incredible work experience in France! Our Student Guide Program is a wonderful opportunity for young Canadians to experience life in Normandy, France while sharing Canada’s rich military history with visitors from all over the world.
Click here for the job description and to find out how to apply!
Applications for Period 3 (May 22 – December 31, 2018) must be submitted by November 24th, 2017. There are 2 guide positions to fill at this period.
Questions concerning the guide program should be directed to guideprogram@junobeach.org.