Posted Jun. 19/07
Three members of the Faculty of Public Affairs are among the nine winners of the Carty Research Fellowships created by Carleton to provide seed funding for new faculty members to initiate innovative research and scholarly activities.
Sheryl Hamilton, Canada Research Chair in Communication, Law and Governance is studying cases, like Robert Latimer’s mercy killing of his daughter, in which “the personal troubles of a private citizen become the public issue of a nation.” Hamilton hopes to understand how Canadians try to make sense of their world through law and culture.
Assistant law professor Dawn Moore will study the operation of drug treatment courts across the country, specifically the high dropout rate of women.
George Rigakos, an associate professor of law, criminology and political economy, is researching the dramatic increase in business improvement associations in Toronto and their growing role in public safety.