Carleton University acknowledges the right of Indigenous students, staff and faculty to smudge on campus. To ensure that the use of traditional medicines does not result in any health and safety concerns, or trigger smoke and heat-detecting alarms, various locations on campus have been assessed and have been designated pre-approved for events or gatherings where smudging will take place

Below is a list of pre-approved smudge spaces on campus. This means any Indigenous person who wants or needs to engage in ceremony can instantaneously engage, without asking permission. These locations have been approved by Health and Safety and the Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement.

If your location is on the list below, please get in touch with FMP to get a permanent sign added to your space.

Alumni Hall (AH) Room 1310 – Raven’s Nest

The Architecture Building – Entire Building (AA)

Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre – Entire Building

Carleton Training and Tech Centre (CTTC) Room 2500 – Health and Counselling Services

Carleton Training and Tech Centre (CTTC) Room 2600 – Health and Counselling Services

Carleton Training and Tech Centre (CTTC) Room 2700 – Health and Counselling Services

Carleton Training and Tech Centre (CTTC) Room 2800 – Health and Counselling Services

Carleton Training and Tech Centre (CTTC) Room 2900 – Health and Counselling Services

Carleton Training and Tech Centre (CTTC) Room 3400 – Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement

Carleton Training and Tech Centre (CTTC) Room 3600 – Health and Counselling Services

Carleton Training and Tech Centre (CTTC) Room 3800 – Equity and Inclusive Communities

Dunton Tower (DT) Floor 5 and 6 – Department of Social Work

Dunton Tower (DT) Room 1521 – ASEP Student Room

Dunton Tower (DT) Room 1212 – Canadian Studies Lounge

Dunton Tower (DT) Room 1216

Dunton Tower (DT) Room 1722 – Meeting Space

Dunton Tower (DT) Room 1723 – Faculty Office

Dunton Tower (DT) Room 2017 – Faculty of Arts Lounge

Dunton Tower (DT) Room 2203 – Logic, Language and Information Lab

Fieldhouse (FH)

Frontenac House (FR) Room 253 – Meeting Room

Gymnasium (GY) Room 1417 – Norm Fenn Gym

Loeb Building (LB) Room C264 – Lecture Theatre

MacOdrum Library (ML) Room 252 A

MacOdrum Library (ML) Room 252 B

MacOdrum Library (ML) Room 210 – CU Alumni Association Reading Room

MacOdrum Library (ML) Room 211 – CU Alumni Association Reading Room

Minto C.A.S.E (MC) – Room 2014 – ODENG Meeting Room

Nideyinàn (UC) Room 231

Nideyinàn (UC) – Room 600 – Graduate Student Association Lounge

Nideyinàn (UC) Fourth Floor – Rooster’s

Nideyinàn (UC) – Galleria

Paterson Hall (PA) Room 228 – Ojigkwanong – Indigenous Centre

Pigiarvik (PK) Room 503 – Office of Risk Management

Pigiarvik (PK) Room 608 – Senate Board Room

Pigiarvik (PK) Room 617 – Alumni Board Room

Prescott Houses (PH) Room 202 – Meeting Room

Richcraft Hall (RB) Room 2926 – Second Floor Atrium

Richcraft Hall (RB) Room 2220 – Lecture Room

Richcraft Hall (RB) Room 2224 – Lecture Room

Richcraft Hall (RB) Room 2228 – Lecture Room

Richcraft Hall (RB) Room 3220 – Lecture Room

Richcraft Hall (RB) Room 3224 – Lecture Room

Richcraft Hall (RB) Room 3228 – Lecture Room

Richcraft Hall (RB) Room 4318

Southam Hall (SA) Room 501

Southam Hall (SA) Room 601

Southam Hall (SA) Room 608

Southam Hall (SA) Room 615

Southam Hall (SA) Room 617

Southam Hall (SA) Room 624

Southam Hall (SA) Room 626

Southam Hall (SA) Room KA-TH – Kailash Mital Theatre

Stormont House (SD) – Medicine Room

Teraanga Commons (TC) – Room 270

Teraanga Commons (TC) – Room 272

Teraanga Commons (TC) – Room 274

Teraanga Commons (TC) Second Floor – Fenn Lounge

Tory Building (TB) Room 204 – Classroom

Tory Building (TB) Room 217 – Classroom

Tory Building (TB) Room 506 – Classroom

If you would like to have your office and/or departmental space tested to become smudge-friendly, please email Chad Thominson at ChadThomison@cunet.carleton.ca or Lane Bourbonnière at Lane.bourbonniere@carleton.ca