{"id":53849,"date":"2019-02-20T15:51:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T20:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&#038;p=53849"},"modified":"2025-10-20T10:39:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T14:39:41","slug":"fpa-research-month-2019","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/fpa-research-month-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"FPA Research Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 pt-24 pb-32 md:pt-28 md:pb-44 lg:pt-36 lg:pb-60 xl:pt-48 xl:pb-72\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/KP-banner-test3-1200x900.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        FPA Research Month\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"absolute bottom-0 w-full z-[1]\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 1280 312\">\n                <path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M26.412 315.608c-.602-.268-6.655-2.412-13.524-4.769a1943.84 1943.84 0 0 1-14.682-5.144l-2.276-.858v-5.358c0-4.876.086-5.358.773-5.09 1.674.643 21.38 5.84 34.646 9.109 14.682 3.59 28.935 6.858 45.936 10.449l9.874 2.089H57.322c-16.4 0-30.31-.16-30.91-.428ZM460.019 315.233c42.974-10.074 75.602-19.88 132.443-39.867 76.16-26.791 152.063-57.709 222.385-90.663 16.7-7.823 21.336-10.074 44.262-21.273 85.004-41.688 134.719-64.193 195.291-88.413 66.55-26.577 145.2-53.584 194.27-66.765C1258.5 5.626 1281.34 0 1282.24 0c.17 0 .34 27.596.34 61.3v61.299l-2.23.375c-84.7 13.718-165.93 35.955-310.736 84.931-46.494 15.753-65.427 22.076-96.166 32.15-9.102 3-24.814 8.198-34.989 11.574-107.543 35.954-153.008 50.422-196.626 62.639l-6.74 1.876-89.126-.054c-78.135-.054-88.782-.161-85.948-.857ZM729.628 312.875c33.229-10.985 69.248-23.523 127.506-44.207 118.705-42.223 164.596-57.709 217.446-73.302 2.62-.75 8.29-2.465 12.67-3.751 56.19-16.772 126.94-33.597 184.17-43.671 5.07-.91 9.66-1.768 10.22-1.875l.94-.161v170.236l-281.28-.054H719.968l9.66-3.215ZM246.864 313.411c-65.041-2.251-143.047-12.11-208.432-26.256-18.375-3.965-41.73-9.538-42.202-10.074-.171-.214-.257-21.38-.214-47.046l.129-46.618 6.654 3.697c57.313 32.043 118.491 56.531 197.699 79.143 40.313 11.521 83.459 18.058 138.669 21.059 15.584.857 65.685.857 81.14 0 33.744-1.876 61.306-4.93 88.396-9.806 6.396-1.126 11.634-1.983 11.722-1.929.255.375-20.48 7.769-30.999 11.038-28.592 8.948-59.288 15.646-91.873 20.147-26.36 3.59-50.015 5.627-78.35 6.698-15.584.59-55.209.59-72.339-.053Z\"><\/path>\n                <path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M-3.066 295.067 32.06 304.1v9.033H-3.066v-18.066Z\"><\/path>\n            <\/svg>\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>From Internet monopolies to trade agreements and criminal justice reform, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa\/events\/research-month\/\">the 2019 FPA Research Month<\/a>, held Feb. 24 to Mar. 24, offers a plethora of thought-provoking research into the most pressing issues of our time. The sixth annual four-week research celebration from the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa\/\">Faculty of Public Affairs<\/a> (FPA) will hold 20 events across 12 academic units and will offer an estimated 2,500 Carleton community attendees a fascinating series of lectures, panels, symposiums and workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe invite the community to join us as our faculty and students explore and engage with research on a broad range of societal issues,\u201d says Andr\u00e9 Plourde, dean of FPA. \u201cThis is a month to celebrate faculty and student contributions to broadening knowledge and developing solutions to critical challenges in our society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Andr\u00e9 Plourde invites you to FPA Research Month 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LjwnjskFSrY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The month kicks off on Feb. 25 with the Digital Governance Lecture Series, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa\/cu_event\/digital-governance-lecture-matthew-hindman\/\"><em>The Internet Trap: How the Digital Economy Builds Monopolies and Undermines Democracy<\/em><\/a>, presented by Prof. Matthew Hindman of George Washington University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"kesterton-lecture-features-award-winning-journalist-tanya-talaga\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kesterton Lecture Features Award-Winning Journalist Tanya Talaga <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Feb. 26, the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/\">School of Journalism and Communication<\/a> will host its 20<sup>th<\/sup> annual Kesterton Lecture featuring award-winning journalist and celebrated author, Tanya Talaga, as she presents <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa\/cu_event\/20th-annual-kesterton-lecture-with-tanya-talaga\/\"><em>Seeing\/Saying: Journalism, Indigeneity and Hard Truths<\/em>.<\/a> Talaga will discuss the chasm between seeing and saying through her research into the tragic deaths of seven Indigenous students in Thunder Bay, Ont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura Macdonald, professor in the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/\">Department of Political Science<\/a>, will host the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa\/cu_event\/civil-society-north-american-free-trade\/\"><em>FPA Research Excellence Award Symposium: Trading on New Terms: Civil Society and North American Free Trade<\/em><\/a> on Feb. 28. Activism by civil society groups has a prominent role in the history of free trade in North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe NAFTA talks galvanized a wave of domestic and transnational activism across a diverse range of groups,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa\/cu_event\/civil-society-north-american-free-trade\/\">explains Macdonald<\/a>. \u201cIt included labour unions, environmentalists, women, faith-based organizations and human rights activists . . . who challenged the trajectory of North American integration for over a decade.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The symposium will bring together scholars and civil society organizations to discuss the effects of the new North American free trade agreement, the role of civil society organizations in trade negotiations and the impact of the Liberal government\u2019s progressive trade agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"student-focused-conferences-and-events\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student-Focused Conferences and Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several student-focused conferences and events are also scheduled throughout the month. From Mar. 4 to Mar. 5, the FPA Graduate Conference <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa\/cu_event\/fpa-graduate-conference\/\"><em>Emerging Perspectives<\/em><\/a> will offer presentations from students, professional development opportunities and a keynote address by Carleton Chancellor Yaprak Baltac\u0131o\u011flu, an FPA alumna. On Mar. 13, the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa\/cu_event\/carleton-universitys-three-minute-thesis-3mt-contest\/\"><em>Three Minute Thesis (3MT)<\/em><\/a> research communication contest will feature fascinating work from Carleton graduate students in presentations of no more than three minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Audiences will no doubt look forward to the 2019 Bell Lecture <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa\/cu_event\/2019-bell-lecture-presented-by-senator-kim-pate\/\"><em>What Should Canadians Know\u2014and What Can They Do\u2014About Criminal and Justice Reforms During This Election Year?<\/em><\/a> presented by Senator Kim Pate, former executive director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. On Mar. 18, the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/akcollege\/\">Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs<\/a> will host Pate, a renowned advocate for imprisoned Canadians, as she addresses the urgent challenges facing our criminal justice system in light of the upcoming federal election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A full list of the many FPA month events, conferences, panels and presentations can be <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa\/events\/research-month\/\">found online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Internet monopolies to trade agreements and criminal justice reform, the 2019 FPA Research Month, held Feb. 24 to Mar. 24, offers a plethora of thought-provoking research into the most pressing issues of our time. 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