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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
The Sprott Indigenous Student Club is a new Sprott student-led initiative that provides engaging opportunities to the Carleton Indigenous student body through events, workshops, and networking. The club hopes to provide a wide range of resources, from career and academic preparation to a comfortable place to meet and... More
By Samphe Brulé Take the Klondike Highway from Whitehorse to Stewart Crossing, then head north-east at the Silver Trail Junction to arrive in Mayo, nestled at the confluence of the Stewart and Mayo Rivers in the central Yukon. Dr. Chris Burn, a physical geographer at Carleton University, began working in Mayo in 1982 and has... More
Thursday, March 17, 2022
It is with sad hearts that the Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement acknowledges the passing of Irvin Hill on March 10. Originally from Oneida Nation of the Thames, Irvin worked at Carleton from 2004 to 2018 as an Indigenous Liaison Officer. He was beloved by colleagues and faculty, and especially loved by the... More
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
“You are skiy’ze — young future leaders who are coming up,” said Satsan (Herb George), one of the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs of the Frog Clan, at the inaugural gathering of the Inherent Rights Youth Initiative (IRYI) in October 2021. Satsan is the president of the Centre for First Nations Governance (CFNG) and a project... More
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Students at Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business, together with students across campus, are working with Indigenous communities in Canada and Tanzania to address community challenges through collaboration and innovation. Through the fourth-year business course, “Developing Creative Thinking” (BUSI 4117), Sprott students work in... More
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business is proud to announce the recipients of the 2021 Sprott Alumni Awards. These awards honour the exceptional achievements of Sprott alumni for the impact they have made in their careers, professions and/or communities. We proudly congratulate the recipients of this year’s Sprott Alumni Awards for... More
Although Indigenous Peoples make up only five per cent of the planet’s population, approximately 80 per cent of Earth’s biodiversity is located within their traditional territories. However, a decline in global biodiversity due to climate change, pollution and exploitation of land and its organisms has directly affected the well-being of... More
Friday, November 5, 2021
Assistant Professor Omeasoo Wahpasiw is among four recipients of the first annual Racialized and Indigenous Faculty Alliance Research Grant at Carleton University. Dr. Wahpasiw is cross-appointed to the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism and the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies. Her proposal is titled Tla’amin... More
Monday, October 18, 2021
The Sprott School of Business at Carleton University proudly welcomes Seema Aurora and Jason Rasevych as new members of its advisory board. Together, they bring leadership and expertise in talent recruitment and Indigenous business and economic development, which will support the school in their efforts to achieve its strategic plan - Vision... More
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Growing up in a Anishinaabe Wiisaakode (Ojibwe Metis) community in the 1960’s, Social Work Professor Patricia McGuire and her siblings knew exactly who the government-appointed social worker was and what happened when he came to their village. “We would go to a lookout high above the community where we could see and hear everything,”... More
Monday, September 27, 2021
By Dan Rubinstein This past summer, Tasha Beeds and a core group of nine women, men and Two-Spirit people walked carrying a small copper pail of water from the source of the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains to the river’s junction with the South Saskatchewan east of Prince Albert, Sask., covering 1,100 kilometres over... More
Monday, September 13, 2021
By Karen Kelly Photos by Chris Roussakis The first time that Carleton University’s Racialized and Indigenous Faculty Alliance (RIFA) met on Zoom last February, it was during the thick of the COVID–19 pandemic. Still, there was something special in the air. The genesis for the group began over coffee and scones. Carleton professors Ummni... More
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