Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Landon Pearson Centre Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards – Deadline October 31, 2022

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Deadline: October 31, 2022 2022-23 Dr. Joy Calkin Student Bursaries Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights The Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights at Carleton University invites applications for the 2022-23 Dr. Joy Calkin student... More

Friday, September 23, 2022

Virtual Event: THE FUTURE IS DISABLED by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | Women & Children First – womenandchildrenfirst.com

Join Women & Children First and Access Living for a virtual event celebrating The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.For this event, Leah will be joined by Moya Bailey & Akemi Nishida.. This event will be hosted on Zoom Webinar with ASL and CART provided.... More

Friday, September 23, 2022

FASS Healthy Cities Series 2022-23 featuring Dr. Leila Angod and Dr. Julie Garlen as moderator

“Back to School in the City” panelists Sherwyn Solomon (Principal at Le Phare Elementary School in Ottawa), Dr. Maria Rogers (Psychology), and Dr. Leila Angod (Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies: Childhood and Youth Studies) will offer insights into some of the challenges that Ottawa students may face as we move into a new... More

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Dr. Paul Mkandawire, recipient of Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) grant

Congratulations to Dr. Paul Mkandawire (principal investigator) and Drs. Leila Angod and Evelyn Mayanja (co-investigators) who won a prestigious Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) grant (September 2022) for a project titled  'Engaging Black women to address HIV/AIDS in Ontario'. The project is grounded in critical population health and... More

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Dr. Julia Sinclair-Palm & Westley Partington co-present at the People’s Names: Identities & Equalities symposium

Dr. Julia Sinclair-Palm & Westley Partington co-presented a paper titled “Finding Joy in a Name: Trans youths’ experiences of names & naming practices,” at the People's Names: Identities & Equalities symposium in September 2022 under the auspices of the People's Names Research... More

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Co-authored article by Dr. Julia Sinclair-Palm and Kit Chokly (M.A. Communications) in the Journal of LGBT Youth

Co-authored article by Dr. Julia Sinclair Palm and Kit Chokly titled “ ‘It’s a giant faux pas’: exploring young trans people’s beliefs about deadnaming and the term deadname,” Journal of LGBT Youth (May 2022). Here’s the link to the article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19361653.2022.2076182... More

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Teacher’s College/Grad School bound? Join Julia Sinclair-Palm for advice on how to apply

Are you interested in Teacher’s College and/or Graduate school? Join Dr. Julia Sinclair-Palm to discuss how to construct a strong application. No pre-registration required. Here’s the zoom information for the event: September 26th, 6 to 7:30pm https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/96787127316... More

Friday, September 16, 2022

Coming Soon! Launch of MOCHI Website

Coming Soon! Launch of MOCHI website on September 17th, World Cleanup Day! MOCHI is a SSHRC-funded project on affect, climate crisis, and youth lead by Dr. Stefania Maggi (Childhood and Youth Studies). For more information about the project and the launch, please visit mochi4theplanet.com.... More

Friday, September 16, 2022

Dr. Evelyn Mayanja, recipient of the prestigious New Frontiers in Research Fund

Dr. Evelyn Mayanja, the newest faculty member to join the Human Rights & Social Justice Program, is the recipient of the prestigious New Frontiers in Research Fund awarded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council. Her project title is “Going Green? Counting the true cost of minerals for renewable energy in the era... More

Friday, September 16, 2022

Testimonios of community: empowering Latinx and Portuguese youth in a Toronto-based academic program

Dr. Alexandra Arraiz Matute, faculty member in the Childhood and Youth Studies program, has recently published a new article titled, “Testimonios of community: empowering Latinx and Portuguese youth in a Toronto-based academic program,” Race, Ethnicity and Education (2022): 1-16.... More

Friday, September 16, 2022

Did you know? Dr. Leila Angod, Childhood and Youth Studies Program……

Did you know? Dr. Leila Angod (Childhood and Youth Studies Program) is the Co-Chair of Carleton’s Racialized and Indigenous Faculty Alliance (RIFA). In 2021–2022 she was awarded the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences’ Early Career Research Award and the RIFA Research Award for her youth participatory action research project on Afro-Asian... More

Friday, September 16, 2022

Learning to Enact Canadian Exceptionalism: The Failure of Voluntourism as Social Justice Education

Dr. Leila Angod, faculty member in the Childhood and Youth Studies program, has recently published a new article titled, “Learning to Enact Canadian Exceptionalism: The Failure of Voluntourism as Social Justice Education,” Equity & Excellent in Education (2022).... More

Friday, September 16, 2022

Covid-19 pandemic: lessons from the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Southern Africa

Human Rights & Social Justice faculty, Drs. Paul Mkandawire and Shazia Sadaf co-published an article titled, “Covid-19 pandemic: lessons from the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Southern Africa,” African Geographical Review (2022):... More

Friday, September 16, 2022

Qualitative Visual Methods in Research with Girls and Women with Disabilities in the Global South

Childhood and Youth Studies faculty member, Dr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen has published a chapter titled, “Qualitative Visual Methods in Research with Girls and Women with Disabilities in the Global South,” in the recently published anthology, Handbook of Disability: Critical Thought and Social Change in a Globalizing World.... More

Friday, May 20, 2022

J. Carlisle Hanson Essay Contest Winners 2022

The Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies extends its sincere congratulations to the two winners of the J. Carlisle Hanson Essay Contest for 2022. The adjudication committee selected Fiona Doyle for her essay titled "Threading the Contribution of Indigenous Women to Socioenvironmental Praxis and Resistance” and Sidney Kamerbeek for her essay... More

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

2021-2022 Outstanding TA Awards

Teaching and Learning Services is delighted to announce that the following FASS Teaching Assistants have been awarded an Outstanding TA Award and/or an Honourable Mention for the 2021-2022 academic year: WINNERS Esme Song CHST 3205 Nick Hayes SOCI 1001 Tori Semple PSYC 3400 HONOURABLE MENTIONS Dessa Bayrock ENGL 1500 Nora Abushaban SOCI 1001 James... More

Monday, April 11, 2022

Sex, taxes & COVID-19: How sex workers navigated pandemic relief efforts

After completing research funded through a SSHRC partnership grant, Dr. Ryan Conrad and his University of Ottawa colleague Dr. Emma McKenna shared some of their initial findings on The Conversation through an article on entitled “Sex, taxes & COVID-19: How sex workers navigated pandemic relief efforts.” This research was conducted in... More

Thursday, April 7, 2022

The Secret Life of Canada

On March 31st, 2022, CBC Radio featured Professor Patrizia Gentile's research originally published in her co-authored book with Gary Kinsman  "The Secret Life of Canada. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/secretlifeofcanada/the-history-behind-canada-s-homosexuality-test-1.6396436.... More

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Tears and Tiaras: Affect, Beauty Contests, and Protests

Human Rights and Social Justice Professor Patrizia Gentile was recently published in the Anthology Feeling Feminism:  Activism, Affect, and Canada's Second Wave (UBC press, 2022) Her chapter titled "Tears and Tiaras:  Affect, Beauty Contests, and... More

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Annual J. Carlisle Hanson Essay Contest 2022

The Human Rights and Social Justice Program invites submissions for the annual J. Carlisle Hanson Essay Contest. 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 the best essay... More

Monday, December 6, 2021

“32 years after Montreal Massacre, activists wonder what’s changed?” The Raging Twenties Interview with Dr. Patrizia Gentile

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Graduate School Student Panel Recording

Are you interested in graduate school? Julia Palm-Sinclair hosted a Graduate School Student panel event. The Panel had four students who have either completed or are currently enrolled in graduate programs in Ontario. Panelists discussed the application process, what to expect from grad programs and some things they wished they had known before... More

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Teachers College Panel Recording

Are you interested in teacher’s college? Julia Palm-Sinclair hosted a very informative event on October 17th which was a discussion with four K-12 teachers and students currently enrolled in teacher’s college programs in Ontario. Panelists discussed the application process, what to expect from teacher’s college programs and some things they... More

Monday, October 18, 2021

Inclusion Week Event!

This week is Inclusion Week at Carleton and our own Dr. Julia Sinclair-Palm is moderating a discussion about queer and trans pedagogy. If you are interested in learning about how professors draw on queer and trans theory in their teaching and learning practices, this event is for you! The poster for the event is... More

Monday, October 18, 2021

Grad Student Panel moderated by Julia Sinclair-Palm

Are you interested in graduate school? This event will be a discussion with four students who have either completed or are currently enrolled in graduate programs in Ontario. Panelists will discuss the application process, what to expect from grad programs and some things they wish they had known before applying to grad school. No... More

Friday, October 15, 2021

Global Studies of Childhood’s double issue on Children’s Art in Times of Crisis Event

Free and Open Zoom event for Global Studies of Childhood's double issue on Children's Art in Times of Crisis: What: Zoom Launch of the special double issue on Children's Art in Times of Crisis in Global Studies of Childhood  Where: Click here to join: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/93841679991 When: 12-2pm EST, October 27, 2021 You are... More

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Teachers College Panel, moderated by Julia Sinclair-Palm

Are you interested in teacher's college? This event will be a discussion with four K-12 teachers and students currently enrolled in teacher's college programs in Ontario. Panelists will discuss the application process, what to expect from teacher's college programs and some things they wish they had known before applying to teacher's college. No... More

Monday, October 4, 2021

Pride Festival Carleton! October 4th – 8th

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Thursday, September 23, 2021

Landon Pearson Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights 2021 Student Essay Prizes in Honour of Francine and Gerison Lansdown

The following may be of interest for all students in the Insititute of Interdisciplinary Studies: The Landon Pearson Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights announces the 2021 Student Essay Prizes in Honour of Francine and Gerison Lansdown for an Undergraduate and a Graduate Student essay related to the theme Children’s Rights... More

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Graduate School Application Information Session

Julia Sinclair-Palm will be hosting a virtual Teacher's College and Grad School Application Information Session Thursday September 30th from 6-7:30 p.m. EST. This will be a great opportunity for students to learn how to create a strong application and look at some amazing examples of previous applications. The Zoom link can be found below.... More

Thursday, September 23, 2021

An Interview with Dr. Stefania Maggi

Dr. Stefania Maggi is an Associate Professor here at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies and teaches many of the great courses offered in the Childhood and Youth Studies program. Dr. Maggi had an interview with the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies and discusses: her past and current research interests, what students can expect to... More

Thursday, September 23, 2021

CYSSA Meet and Greet 2021-2022

The Childhood and Youth Studies Students Association (CYSSA) will be hosting their first meet and greet event this evening on Zoom at 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. EST to start off the 2021-2022 academic year! Anyone involved with Childhood and Youth Studies or the Institute of Interdisciplinary can attend.   The link for the... More

Thursday, August 26, 2021

WE STILL DEMAND: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF 2SLGBTQIA+ ACTIVISM Event

The Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD) is hosting an amazing event Friday August 27th at 1pm ET titled "WE STILL DEMAND: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF 2SLGBTQIA+ ACTIVISM" with support of the Anti-69 Network, Fredericton Pride, and activist scholars Tom Hooper, Gary Kinsman, and IIS faculty member Patrizia Gentile. The... More

Monday, August 23, 2021

An Interview with Dr. Alexandra Arraiz Matute

Dr. Alexandra Arraiz Matute is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies here at Carleton University and teaches many courses in Childhood and Youth Studies. During this interview Dr. Alexandra reveals what she focused on in her research, the courses she teaches and what students can expect to learn, advice for students,... More

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Research Assistant Position Available for ENGAGE

Dr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen is currently looking for a Research Assistant for her latest research project titled The Learning with and from the Global South: Opportunities for Engaging Girls and Young Women with Disabilities Across Southern Spaces (ENGAGE). The job description is posted below. Research Assistant (RA) Position   The Learning with... More