{"id":62773,"date":"2020-01-17T14:57:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T19:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?page_id=62773"},"modified":"2025-09-11T16:04:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:04:32","slug":"the-conversation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/the-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton University on The Conversation"},"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-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Univeristy on The Conversation Canada\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"boost-your-visibility-and-share-your-knowledge\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Boost Your Visibility and Share Your Knowledge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton University is a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Conversation Canada<\/a>, a digital platform that amplifies the voices of Canada\u2019s academic community. 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