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Thursday, November 13, 2025

Approaching Journalism from an Indigenous Perspective

The first day of Carleton’s journalism program for Indigenous students began at 6:30 a.m. around a campfire on Manitoulin Island on Lake... More

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Study in Peru! INDG 4905: Land As Relation – Call for Applications

Calling all undergrads – apply for INDG 4905: Land As Relation, an immersive course that explores Indigenous perspectives through discussions, readings, community engagement, land-based activities and a final project. From February 15 to March 1, 2026, you’ll travel to Cusco and the Indigenous community of Paru Paru in Peru with Dr. Kahente... More

Monday, October 6, 2025

Seeing Ourselves: Indigenous Stories in Focus

This unique media-curation experience, supported through SSHRC funding secured by Dr. Kester Dyer (Associate Professor, Film Studies), as well as financial and in-kind contributions from the School for Studies in Arts and Culture (SSAC), Teaching and Learning Services (TLS), and Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG), was offered by a passionate... More

Monday, September 29, 2025

In Honour of Orange Shirt Day

Sept. 30 is Orange Shirt Day, an annual day of remembrance to acknowledge the history and lasting impacts of residential and day schools. The national movement was sparked by residential school survivor Phyllis Webstad’s story. Her orange shirt—which was removed by authorities on her first day of school—has become a symbol of the harmful... More

Monday, July 7, 2025

Exchange Trip to Cambridge Bay Brings Carleton Inuit Students Closer to Culture and Land

A group of Inuit undergraduate students from a range of academic disciplines at Carleton University travelled to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, in March, as part of a unique, land-based learning experience offered by the Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement... More

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Carleton Brings Northern Expertise and Experience to University of the Arctic

When Carleton University was formally and unanimously admitted into membership of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) at the network’s annual assembly in Inari, Finland, last weekend, the organization gained an international leader in Arctic research and education. Carleton has a long history of collaborating with northern communities to help... More

Monday, June 16, 2025

Indigenous Students Build Connections, Ceremony and Understanding on Transformative Trip to Peru

In February 2025, four Indigenous students from Carleton University traveled to the Andean community of Paru Paru, Peru as part of the “Land as Relation” course (INDG 4905A), with support from The Joyce Family Foundation university matching... More

Monday, June 9, 2025

Conservation & Sustainability students work with Pikwakanagan First Nation

Second-year Bachelor of Architectural Studies students engaged with members of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation during the winter term to research and prepare conceptual designs for a planned new museum and cultural... More

Friday, May 9, 2025

Carleton Launches Updated Process for Identifying Chosen Names

Carleton has launched an updated Chosen Name process, which is available to all staff, faculty and students via Carleton Central. This new approach improves how chosen first names are managed and displayed, providing a streamlined mechanism for individuals to specify their chosen first name for use across university systems and communications... More

Friday, April 25, 2025

Carleton Indigenous Leaders Honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medal

Benny Michaud, Director of the Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement and Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller, Associate Vice-President, Indigenous Teaching, Learning and Research received the honour, which commemorates the coronation of King Charles III and celebrates Canadians who have made notable and lasting impacts in their communities... More

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

The Next Generation of Indigenous Journalists

Storytelling is central to Indigenous cultures, and one particular type of storytelling has a vital role to play in Canada’s long journey toward... More

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Nunavut Arctic College Students Visit Carleton for Environmental Science Collaboration

In December, 13 students from Nunavut Arctic College’s (NAC) Environmental Technology Program (ETP) visited Carleton as part of a growing collaboration aimed at encouraging Inuit participation in postsecondary education and environmental science... More

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