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Thursday, November 30, 2023
"My research seeks to understand how issues of disability and health have been addressed in the development of global refugee resettlement policy, from 1951 to present. I am examining archival documents from the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) archives and interviewing people who have been involved in resettlement policymaking. I will use... More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKeIo6zHjfk "Collaborators Mira Sucharov and Omar Dajani in conversation on what they have learned about hope and despair, identity and memory, and friendship across differences. Omar Dajani and Mira Sucharov have been unraveling the complexities of Israel-Palestine through a travel book and a podcast... More
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
You are warmly invited to the next Author Meets Readers which features William Walters (Departments of Political Science and Sociology & Anthropology, Carleton). He will be discussing his co-edited book Viapolitics: Borders, Migration and the Power of Locomotion (Duke University Press, 2022) along with panellists Philippe Frowd (University of... More
Thursday, November 23, 2023
The Department of Political Science recently hosted Pippa Norris from Harvard University for an online lecture on "The Cultural Roots of Democratic Backsliding", now available on our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/Gva_AjvU1XA?si=EoVudoN92yLDCiFd Warning signals from international monitoring agencies show that people in every world region... More
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Mira Sucharov is interviewed for the podcast The Big Story, on the episode "Hate crimes, campus fights and divisions: How the Hamas-Israel conflict is changing Canada". "Shots fired at Jewish schools in Montreal. Slurs screamed as Muslims outside a mosque. Clashes of protesters on Canadian campuses and at weekend marches. General demands to pick... More
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Isaac Odoom is interviewed as part of the University of Toronto's radio podcast "Beyond The Headlines". This episode talks about "10 years of China’s Belt & Road Initiative". Dr. Odoom is interviewed in the second segment, at 28:00 mins. Abstract: "The Belt and Road Initiative, launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, is China's... More
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
CU-RDC Open House Thursday, November 16, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., MacOdrum Library, Room ML 252A/B. Students, faculty and staff are invited to drop in for coffee and refreshments, to connect with other researchers, learn more about the Carleton University Research Data Centre, and tour the CU-RDC. CU-RDC and Library representatives will be available to... More
Cross Country Checkup with Ian Hanomansing | Live Radio | CBC Listen: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-13-cross-country-checkup/clip/16015895-how-friends-family-affected-israel-hamas-war ... More
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
The Department of Political Science, The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, and the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation (3ci) recently hosted Dr. John Reid for a public talk "The Quiet Environmental Revolution", now available on our YouTube channel. How the Waitangi Treaty settlement process (between Māori and the Crown) is... More
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
The Bell Chair in Canadian Parliamentary Democracy at Carleton University is pleased to announce the return of its Canadian Politics Graduate Student Conference. This event, held previously in 2011, 2015, and 2019, is an opportunity for advanced MA and PhD students to present their research on Canadian politics. Many leading scholars and... More
Thursday, October 5, 2023
On Oct 3 Canada's House of Commons elected Greg Fergus as its new Speaker. He is the first Black Canadian to hold the post. Fergus was first elected to office in the 2015 federal election, and is a member of the Liberal Party. Fergus completed his BA in Political Science with a Concentration in International... More
Congratulations to Madison Pearson who was selected for a 2023 SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters’. This SSHRC scholarship will enable Madison to continue her excellent research while she studies political science at Carleton. About Madison's research: 58% of women in Canada have been victims of violence online, and research suggests... More
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