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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Dr. William Hébert and Dr. Michael Christensen Awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grants

Dr. William Hébert and Dr. Michael Christensen are two recipients of this year's SSHRC Insight Development Grants. These grants support research in its early stages, enabling “the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas.” Learn more about their research below.... More

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Research Spotlight: Professor Dale Spencer

Law and Legal Studies Research Spotlight   The Department of Law and Legal Studies’ Research Spotlight Series highlights our faculty members’ innovative research grants and projects. In this inaugural post, we feature the research of Dale Spencer, Associate Professor, Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University. Dr.... More

Friday, July 31, 2020

Insight Grants 2020: The Case of Métis Acadians

Professor Sebastien Malette has focused on unrecognized Métis and non-status Indigenous communities in the Eastern provinces of Canada. He is the co-author of three books on the subject, including his latest, entitled Bois-Brulés: The untold story of the Métis of Western Québec (UBC, 2020). His latest project, funded by a $203,999 SSHRC... More

Friday, June 5, 2020

Doris Buss and Blair Rutherford Awarded COVID-19 Grant

Congratulations to Prof. Doris Buss and Prof. Blair Rutherford (Department of Sociology and Anthropology) who have won a Carleton University COVID-19 Rapid Research Response Grant. In response to COVID-19, Carleton developed an internal funding opportunity to provide seed funding for original, innovative, and time-sensitive research to propose... More

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Special Notice | Professor Dickson Awarded SSHRC Insight Grant

Meeting the Challenges of Gladue: An Inquiry into the Use of Social Context Information in Judicial Determination of Sentences for Indigenous Offenders in Canada” In 1999, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld changes to the Canadian Criminal Code that were intended to reduce the over-incarceration of Indigenous people in Canadian prisons. Known as... More

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

WGSRF Outstanding Scholarship Prize – Honorable Mention

Congratulations to Prof. Rebecca Bromwich, whose book Looking for Ashley: Re-Reading What the Smith Case Reveals about the Governance of Girls, Mothers, and Families in Canada (Demeter Press, 2015) has been selected as the Women’s and Gender Studies Association (WGSRF) Outstanding Scholarship Prize honorable mention! The book originated as... More

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Prof. Spencer Honoured with Early Researcher Award (ERA)

Congratulations to Prof. Dale Spencer, who was recently been named by the Ontario government as one of three recipients at Carleton University to be honoured with Early Researcher Awards (ERA). Each researcher will receive $150,000 to support projects on electric vehicles, cybercrime and youth, and skilled migration. "Digital Culture, Youth... More

Thursday, January 12, 2017

CFP | Critical Criminology / Representing Justice Conference

Critical Criminology / Representing Justice A Joint Conference of the Critical Perspectives: Criminology and Social Justice and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Justice Studies =================================== University of Ottawa, May 4‐5 2017 Unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Territory ==================================== Call for... More

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Spotlight on Visiting Researcher: Caglar Dolek

Caglar Dolek is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Department of Law and Legal Studies in Carleton University to undertake research for his doctoral dissertation under the guidance of Professor George S. Rigakos for a period of ten... More

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Prof. Spencer Featured in 2015-2016 Research ‘Year in Review’

In the '2015 - 2016 Research and International Year in Review', a publication released by the Office of the Vice-President (Research and International) this week, a section has been designated to spotlight research and funding highlights within the university. Prof. Dale Spencer is among those featured, and discusses his research projects in an... More

Monday, June 27, 2016

Born Social Fellowship Doc Features Law Students

1125@Carleton has released a short documentary highlighting the first Born Social Fellowship cohort, and it includes some of our students! In the documentary, you can meet Khadija Ahmed (Women and Gender Studies and Law) who, after her alternative spring break experience, decided to develop her own spin on the volunteer trip to increase... More

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Prof. Smith Receives SSHRC Partnership Development Grants

Congratulations to Prof. Adrian Smith, who was Co-Applicant on a team that has successfully secured a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant, for a project entitled "Reconciling Sovereignties: New Techniques for ‘Authorizing’ Extraction On Indigenous Territories". The multi-year project will receive $176,000.  Prof. Smith also secured a... More

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