Friday, May 24, 2024

Norval Morrisseau: Reviving Legacy Through Storylines

A Digital Journey into the Life of the Iconic Indigenous... More

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Sprott Students Work with Indigenous Community to Turn Kelp into Fertilizer

Jordan Evans, a third-year Bachelor of Commerce student, travelled to Masset, Haida Gwaii in April as part of the course BUSI 4117 Developing Creative Thinking. Jordan and his class partner Simon Kerr, a Carleton Communications student, worked all semester on an interdisciplinary, collaborative project that looked at turning kelp into agricultural... More

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Kinàmàgawin Progress Report April 2024

The 2024 Kinàmàgawin Progress Report represents the significant collective actions that have been undertaken to address the 41 Calls to Action since the 2022 progress... More

Friday, April 19, 2024

Children and Youth Powwow Marks the Start of a New Season

On March 16 and 17, the Carleton University campus buzzed with anticipation as the Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement welcomed approximately 1,500 people for a two-day Children and Youth Powwow in collaboration with the Odawa Native Friendship Centre and various community... More

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Carleton’s Fifth Annual Kinàmàgawin Symposium Explores Indigenous Spirituality and Connection to the Land

The fifth annual Kinàmàgawin Symposium included several presentations from Indigenous Knowledge Keepers who shared knowledge and stories connected to the symposium theme: Connecting to Indigenous Spirituality: Learning from the Land, Community, and... More

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Indigenous Round Dance at Carleton creates an evening of community and sharing

More than 200 people gathered at Carleton University for a Round Dance, a tradition as old as the land on which the university campus is located. Hosted by the Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement (CISCE), the Round Dance is a living testament of the enduring spirit of the Indigenous community—a timeless ceremony that... More

Thursday, September 28, 2023

More than 40 campus locations designated as smudge-friendly

Carleton has added more than 40 pre-approved smudge-friendly spaces on campus, including the Architecture Building and Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, which are the first buildings to be entirely... More

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Norval Morrisseau Exhibit Brings Healing Art to Carleton

This fall, the Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) is home to an extraordinary exhibition celebrating the art of renowned Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau (Copper... More

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

September 30 is Orange Shirt Day

September 30 is Orange Shirt Day, Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It is an annual day of remembrance to mark the history and intergenerational impacts of residential and day schools and to honour their survivors, including Phyllis Webstad, whose story sparked a national... More

Monday, August 14, 2023

Nunavut Land-based Learning Opportunity Life-Changing for Southern-Based Inuit Students

In May, six Inuit students and three team members from Carleton’s Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement traveled to Nunavut to participate in a land-based learning opportunity hosted by Nunavut Arctic... More

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Centering Indigenous Knowledge

As Canadian architecture schools strive to reconcile and achieve parity with this country’s Indigenous Nations, designing for and with Indigenous communities requires political awareness and landscape... More

Monday, May 1, 2023

Carleton Professor Awarded Canada’s Top Post-Secondary Teaching Award

Kahente Horn-Miller, associate professor in Carleton University’s School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, and inaugural Associate Vice-President, Indigenous Teaching, Learning, and Research, is a recipient of a 2023 3M National Teaching... More

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Summer Registration for Kinàmàgawin Indigenous Learning Certificate

You can now register for the summer cohort for the Kinàmàgawin Indigenous Learning Certificate. Over the summer, we will have one cohort available to students, staff and faculty. Within the series, four sessions will discuss: Anti-Indigenous racism in Canada, Institutional anti-Indigenous racism and education, Indigenous student experiences and... More

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Basket Weaving: Incorporating Decolonial Skillshare in Pedagogy

For Prof. Andrés C. López (he/they), incorporating basket weaving into pedagogy is a tool for decolonizing the classroom and challenging colonial academic ways of knowing.   Prof. López is an associate professor in the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton. Last term, he guided a cohort of graduate students through the... More

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Duncan McCue joins Carleton’s Journalism Program full-time to create more Indigenous storytelling

Duncan McCue, an award-winning CBC broadcaster and leading advocate for fostering the connection between journalism and Indigenous communities, is joining Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication. McCue will formally take up a new tenure track position on July 1, as an associate professor, specializing in Indigenous... More

Friday, February 24, 2023

Carleton Embraces Nideyinàn as New Algonquin Name for University Centre

On Feb. 14, Carleton University held a naming ceremony to celebrate and officially unveil the name Nideyinàn (pronounced nih-DAY-in-nahn), an Algonquin word meaning “our heart” that has been bestowed upon the university for the building formerly called the University Centre. The naming initiative, launched in February 2021 by President... More

Friday, February 10, 2023

Cultural Mediations PhD candidate draws national attention for research on Inuit sewing and beading technologies

Krista Ulujuk Zawadski was one of three Talent Award finalists in the 2022 SSHRC Impact Awards, a prestigious competition that celebrates outstanding leaders, thinkers and researchers in the social sciences and humanities. Zawadski’s doctoral research focuses on the sewing and beading legacies that are tied to a particular place in northwestern... More

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Space is part of the land: Indigenous knowledges; light and satellite pollution; and the future of space exploration

The Ānako Indigenous Research Institute and the Faculty of Science are partnering to welcome Hilding Neilson, an interdisciplinary scientist whose research explores the intersection of science, astronomy, and Indigenous knowledge. Following his lecture, Hilding will be joined by the Carleton University Physics Society (CUPS) for a follow-up... More

Friday, January 13, 2023

CUAG Exhibit: Drawing on Our History

CUAG is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a commemorative exhibit, "Drawing on Our History." The exhibit will explore contemporary drawing through a diverse lens of Canadian artists invited by guest curators who have previously collaborated with CUAG. "Drawing on Our History" will be open from January 29 to May 7, 2023. The exhibition features... More

Friday, January 13, 2023

Public Talk: Indigenous Disruptions: How Indigenous Self-Determination Practices Can Deepen and Expand International Theory

Sheryl Lightfoot (Anishinaabe, Lake Superior Band) is Canada Research Chair of Global Indigenous Rights and Politics at the University of British Columbia, where she holds faculty appointments in Political Science and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs as well as an association with the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies. She... More

Monday, November 21, 2022

Carleton Named One of Canada’s Top 100 Employers

Carleton University has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for the first time–a testament to the institution’s commitment to fostering an innovative, equitable and welcoming work... More

Monday, November 21, 2022

Indigenous Winter Market

Please join the Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement for this year's Indigenous Winter Market. This will mark the return to the first in-person event since 2019. You won't want to miss it! Vendors: Mya Beaudry Kokom Scrunchies https://kokomscrunchies.ca/ Victoria Ransom Wahi:iaArt & Design... More

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Call for Indigenous Faculty Members on Senate

Have your say in Carleton’s academic governance! If you are an Indigenous faculty member at least 50% appointed to FPA or FASS and are not going on sabbatical next year we would love to hear from you. Appointments would ideally be for the term ending June 30, 2025. To learn more about this governance... More

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Indigenous star-lore expert Wilfred Buck dazzles Carleton community with astronomical insights

Astronomy is considered by many to be a gateway into science education. There is something intrinsically fascinating about the world beyond our Earth, but western teaching skews heavily to theories and philosophies from the Eurocentric “founders” and... More

Thursday, October 13, 2022

Kahente Horn-Miller, AVP Indigenous Teaching, Learning and Research Receives Leadership Award

Associate Vice-President (Indigenous Teaching, Learning and Research) Kahente Horn-Miller has received a significant leadership award for her ongoing work on Indigenous research methodologies, Indigenous governance and consensus-based decision-making. Prof. Horn-Miller is this year’s recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Intellectual... More

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

September 30 is Orange Shirt Day

Kwey Kwey, She:kon, Taanshi, Ullaquut and Hello, September 30 is Orange Shirt Day, Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It is an annual day of remembrance to mark the history and intergenerational impacts of residential and day schools and to honour their survivors, including Phyllis Webstad, whose story sparked a national... More

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Stitching Together Grief and Art

When Deborah Young, a Cree social worker and Carleton University PhD candidate and lecturer, heard the horrific news about the recovery of graves at the former sites of residential schools in the spring of 2021, she knew she wanted to do... More

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Carleton creates new full-time Indigenous Journalism position

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Monday, September 12, 2022

Campus Safety Services Hosts 2nd Annual Food Drive for Minwaashin Lodge

Campus Safety Services is collecting non-perishable food items, personal hygiene products and baby products in support of Minwaashin Lodge Emergency Food Cupboard from Sept. 16 to Sept. 29. In exchange for your donated item, you will receive an Orange Ribbon in solidarity with Ottawa’s Indigenous community. Products can be dropped off in front... More

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Weekly Office Hours: Equity and Inclusive Communities, Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement

Would you like to receive support for implementing or enhancing Indigenous and/or equity-driven curricula and pedagogy in your courses? The Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement and the Department of Equity and Inclusive Communities invite you to drop into office hours on Zoom. Join Krista Craven (EIC) to discuss... More

Thursday, July 28, 2022

Limited Edition Every Child Matters Shirts Now Available

Limited edition Every Child Matters shirts are now available exclusively through Diamond Phoenix Creations, in Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation. The Orange Shirt Day logo was created by Patrick Tenascon of Kitigan Zibi and represents the amazing qualities of the residential school survivors – bravery, truth and... More

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Actua and Carleton’s Virtual Ventures Bring Together Educators and Youth for an Indigenous Land-Based STEM Learning Experience

From July 11-21, Actua and its network member Virtual Ventures at Carleton University is delivering the Mashkikiikaagen Indigenous Youth in STEM (InSTEM) Land Summit, which brings together Indigenous high-school youth and educators in a culturally relevant, for-credit learning experience that aligns Indigenous Knowledge and STEM. The summit... More

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Reflected Learning: New Indigenous Faculty Members Bring Community Perspective to the Classroom

Learn more about these new additions to Carleton’s faculty and their dedication to the advancement of teaching and learning, while integrating Indigenous ways of knowing and being into their... More

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Kinàmàgawin Progress Report

In May 2020, Carleton launched its revitalized Indigenous initiatives strategy, Kinàmàgawin, marking the culmination of an 18-month broad and consultative process. We are pleased to offer this progress report to the Carleton community as a way to communicate and showcase the collective work that has been undertaken to address the 41 Calls to... More

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Empowering Indigenous entrepreneurs to tackle climate change

As the climate crisis approaches the point of no return, there is an urgent need for environmental businesses in Canada to halt the impacts of climate change and aid in the transition towards a net-zero economy. Métis entrepreneur and scholar Richard Tuck, BIB/01, believes marrying the world of business with Indigenous ways of knowing... More

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