Wednesday, March 19, 2025

INDG 4015 A – Land as a Relation (Summer 2025)

Course code: INDG 4015A Title: Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer Worldviews and Relations with the Land About the field course This course is offered in partnership with the Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement and includes a one-week commitment to serve as a helper at a Two-Spirit Ceremony in Manitoba. Students will apply to participate in... More

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Registration – February 27

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

The Conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Who is Benefiting?

Dr. Evelyn Mayanja in conversation with Yvette Yende-Ashiri (President of the Congolese Community of Ottawa-Gatineau) Abstract Accompanying the rapidly deteriorating conflict and humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past few weeks have been the essentialized Western media images that deploy overly simplistic... More

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Dr. Evelyn Mayanja’s latest article on the conflict in Eastern Congo

M23’s capture of Goma is the latest chapter in eastern Congo’s long-running war At a recent summit in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, leaders of eight African states released a statement calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The statement comes after a flareup in fighting in eastern... More

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Annual J. Carlisle Hanson Essay Contest 2025

The Human Rights and Social Justice Program invites submissions for the annual J. Carlisle Hanson Essay Contest. Application Deadline: Friday, April 11th, 2025 About the Award The J. Carlisle Hanson Award in Human Rights is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies to a student enrolled in... More

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Film Screening: Singing Back the Buffalo

Thanks to the connections of Carleton professors Duncan McCue and Omeasoo Wahpasiw, award-winning nehiyaw iskwew (Cree woman) filmmaker Tasha Hubbard offered a campus screening of her latest film, Singing Back the Buffalo  to Carleton on February 24th, 2025. Singing Back the Buffalo is a timely movie that presents multiple communities’... More

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Human Rights Alumna wins Rotary Peace Fellowship

The Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies congratulates Sam Murray, an Alumna of the Human Rights & Social Justice program on being recently awarded the Rotary Peace Fellowship. Sam will begin a graduate degree in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland in Australia. Congratulations! and Best... More

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Two Distinguished Visiting Scholars Joining Carleton

Dr. Antonia Carcelén‐Estrada and Dr. Laura Forsythe will be joining Carleton for the 2024/25 academic year as visiting scholars. Dr. Antonia Carcelén‐Estrada will teach Global Indigenous Knowledge-Adaptive Research Methods to Indigenous Communities while Dr. Laura Forsythe will lead a course on Métis Methodologies both in the Institute of... More

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Independent Study

Independent or Directed Study - Interdisciplinary Studies Overview A directed study is a reading or research course for students who wish to investigate a particular topic of interest within Interdisciplinary Studies. This typically involves reading and learning material in a particular area, as well as completing multiple assignments and projects... More

Monday, April 29, 2024

Theory and Practice: A Month of Collaborative Learning (Webinar Series)

Theory and Practice: A Month of Collaborative Learning Webinar Series We are inviting you to a Webinar Series scheduled throughout four sessions in May 2024 that will promote collaboration across divisions, departments, and schools within our institutions for the purposes of policies, procedures, programs, initiatives, and research! In 2022, CSSHE... More

Monday, April 15, 2024

Students in Childhood & Youth Studies Excel in City-Wide Competition

We are thrilled to announce that students from the Childhood & Youth Studies program at Carleton University have showcased their exceptional talents and commitment to community engagement through their participation in CityStudio Ottawa. This innovative program, facilitated by the Centre for Community Engagement, provided a platform for our... More

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

CLPN Interview with Julie C. Garlen and Neil T. Ramjewan on “Refusing the Limits of Contemporary Childhood: Beyond Innocence”

Check out this recent interview by The Childhood, Law & Policy Network (CLPN) featuring co-editors Julie C. Garlen and Neil T. Ramjewan. In this interview, Julie, Director and Full Professor in IIS at Carleton, and Neil, University of Toronto, discuss their recent edited collection, “Refusing the Limits of Contemporary Childhood: Beyond... More

Friday, March 22, 2024

Dr. Julie Tomiak Receives a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant

Dr. Julie Tomiak, Associate Professor in the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, has received a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant. Congratulations to Dr. Tomiak on this impressive recognition and funding for your research. From the SSHRC website: The goal of SSHRC’s Research Partnerships program is to realize social sciences and humanities... More

Friday, March 22, 2024

Dr. Alexandra Arraiz Matute Receives a SSHRC Insight Development Grant

Dr. Alexandra Arraiz Matute, Assistant Professor in the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, has received a SSHRC Insight Development Grant. Congratulations Dr. Arraiz Matute on this strong recognition and funding support for your research! From the SSHRC website: Insight Development Grants support research in its early stages. They enable the... More

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

ENGAGE Newsletter (February 2024)

We are pleased to share the latest edition of the newsletter on the Engagement of Girls and Young Women with Disabilities in Southern spaces (ENGAGE) project. In this newsletter, we bring you updates on our fieldwork in three countries, including India, Vietnam, and South Africa, partners’ activities, and our upcoming... More

Monday, February 12, 2024

Considering Children in Museums- Magazine Article by Rebecca Friend

We are excited to announce the recent publication of an exciting article in Muse Magazine! The article is titled “Considering Children in Museums,” and was written by Rebecca Friend, a current IIS Contract Instructor and previous Childhood and Youth Studies Teaching Assistant. This piece tackles the important work of moving towards a “New,... More

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Annual J. Carlisle Hanson Essay Contest 2024

The Human Rights and Social Justice Program invites submissions for the annual J. Carlisle Hanson Essay Contest. About the Award The J. Carlisle Hanson Award in Human Rights is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies to a student enrolled in the human rights program who submits... More

Friday, January 26, 2024

2024-25 Undergraduate Award for Indigenous Students in the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies

The undergraduate award sum of $1,000 is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies to an outstanding Indigenous student proceeding from one year to another in an undergraduate program within the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies. Preference will be given to a student in the Combined... More

Friday, January 26, 2024

Slipping Into the Shadows: Boxing, Affect and Healing Justice – book chapter by Professor Dan Irving

This chapter offers an autotheoretical account of my experiences as a trans man training for my first amateur bout – one that has yet to come but borne out of a never-ending fight. My chapter is in conversation with autobiography (McBee, 2018), journalistic (Oates, 2006) and ethnographical scholarship addressing the intricacies of pugilistic... More

Monday, January 15, 2024

Doing and undoing gendered racism with racialized girls: A school-based youth participatory action research study

Doing and undoing gendered racism with racialized girls: A school-based youth participatory action research study is a new open access publication by Dr. Angod. Abstract: This article explores the ethics and transformative potential of youth participatory action research (yPAR) using data from a 2-year school-based yPAR study at an elite,... More

Friday, November 24, 2023

5th Annual Madeleine Dion Stout Lecture – Gallery

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Thursday, November 23, 2023

Sowing the Seeds of Solidarity – Gallery

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Fantasy and Subversion: Children’s Fantasy Literature in Colonial Bengal

A talk by Mayurika Chakravorty about children's fantasy literature and anti-colonial nationalism in Bengal. Room 4207, 4th floor, Maanjiwe Nendamowin building, University of Toronto Mississauga, UTM 1535 Outer Circle Mississauga, ON L5L 3E2 Mayurika Chakravorty will draw upon children's fantasies from Bengal during the colonial period to speak... More

Monday, September 11, 2023

Welcome Reception for Cree Poet Tyler Pennock-Co-hosted by the English Department and Interdisciplinary Studies/Indigenous Studies

Celebrating the Inaugural FASS Indigenous Artist-in-Residence Come meet, greet, and mingle.... More

Friday, September 8, 2023

Dr. Julia Sinclair-Palm speaks on “What does it mean to protect trans children? Exploring debates about the figure of the trans child”

Dr. Julia Sinclair-Palm will be giving a public talk at the University of Victoria on Thursday, Sept. 14th, 2023 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Pacific Time  Venue :UVic David Strong C124 & Zoom Visit the University of Victoria Chair in Transgender Studies page for more information.... More

Friday, September 8, 2023

Book Launch: Contemporary Pakistani Speculative Fiction and the Global Imaginary: Democratising Human Futures

Come celebrate and have a conversation with us at the launch of Dr. Shazia Sadaf's new book, on the 20th of September at 3pm EST in Room 482 of the MacOdrum... More

Thursday, September 7, 2023

The Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies welcomes the Indigenous Studies program and our colleagues!

The Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies is thrilled to welcome the Indigenous Studies program and our colleagues! The Indigenous Studies program is committed to teaching Indigenous approaches, epistemologies, and knowledge. One of the major objectives of this undergraduate major is to advance Indigenous scholarship, research, and teaching... More

Monday, June 26, 2023

Colonel By Goes to the Library: Undergrads Experience Community-based Storytelling

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Video: Professor Mayanja and Students Discuss “Ubuntu” in the Classroom

Professor Evelyn Mayanja and two of her students discuss this African philosophy and how Prof. Mayanja brings it to life in the classroom when teaching two critically important Human Rights courses: 1) Racialization, Racism and Human Rights, and 2) Anti-Black Racism. Watch the video on... More

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Meet Professor Patrizia Gentile on the Talking Raven Podcast

Faculty Month begins with an exploration of our Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Patrizia Gentile, Associate Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, tells us why the skills of language, curiosity and confidence are key to solving the issues of tomorrow! March 3, 2023 Episode Seventeen – Meet Our Faculties: Arts and Social... More

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

“Overcoming racism depends on respect for every person’s dignity”

Prof. Evelyn Mayanja's article for The Conversation on  "Overcoming racism depends on respect for every person’s dignity" is a thought provoking piece on how Racism against Black people, Indigenous peoples, and people of colour remains. Regardless of national and international systems founded on human dignity, equal rights, and liberty. These... More

Monday, April 24, 2023

Congratulations Dr. Mayurika Chakravorty

Mayurika Chakravorty has been granted a transfer of faculty and will start working as an assistant professor on July 1,... More

Monday, April 24, 2023

Julia Sinclair -Palm promoted to Associate Professor

Congratulations to Julia Sinclair-Palm of Childhood and Youth Studies, on being promoted to the rank of Associate Professor, effective July1, 2023. Julia Sinclair-Palm is cross-appointed with Feminist Institute of  Social Transformation and the Department of Sociology and... More

Sunday, April 23, 2023

“Sex Workers Are Left Out in the Cold by Ottawa’s Unjust Conviction Amendments”

Co-authored by Professor Patrizia Gentile from the departments of Human Rights and Social Justice and Women's and Gender Studies, the article "Sex Workers Are Left Out in the Cold by Ottawa's Unjust Conviction Amendments" sheds light on the unintended negative consequences of recent Canadian legislation aimed at protecting sex workers. The ... More

Friday, December 9, 2022

Engaging girls and young women with disabilities across Southern Spaces

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