Archives: Indigenous

Monday, April 13, 2026

How Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller Is Reshaping Research—One Story at a Time

For Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller, research is not something separate from life—it is something lived, carried, and shared through story. An Indigenous scholar, educator, and longhouse knowledge keeper, Dr. Horn-Miller approaches research as a form of responsibility grounded in community, relationship, and lived experience. As Associate Vice-President... More

Monday, April 13, 2026

How Dr. Evelyn Namakula Mayanja Is Rethinking Resource Extraction, Violence, and Peacekeeping

From smartphones to electric vehicles, many of the technologies shaping modern life depend on minerals sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). But behind this global supply chain lies a far more complex and troubling reality—one that Dr. Evelyn Namakula Mayanja is working to uncover. An interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Mayanja’s... 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

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