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Thursday, September 2, 2021
September 2, 2021 Good morning everyone, I hope you were all able to enjoy well-deserved summer holidays and to recharge in anticipation of the academic year ahead. September is already here and in about a week we will be welcoming new and returning students back to Carleton's beautiful campus, as well as to virtual... More
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
August 10, 2021 Good morning everyone, It's great to be back to work after some much-needed downtime in July. I hope that everyone has had the chance to rest after what has, no doubt, been the most challenging year of our history. Looking back at 2020-21 and all the disruption we have faced through... More
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
June 29, 2021 Good morning everyone, As we head into the long weekend and well-deserved summer holidays, I wanted to thank our entire community once again for a successful year under truly challenging circumstances. Thanks to our shared commitment and hard work, last week we celebrated the success of well over 6,000 new Carleton... More
Monday, June 21, 2021
June 21, 2021 Good morning everyone, I want to start by acknowledging that Carleton University is situated on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Nation. Today, June 21, is National Indigenous Peoples Day, and June is National Indigenous History Month. It is our shared responsibility to learn and acknowledge the truth about... More
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Visit Carleton's COVID-19 website. June 9, 2021 Good morning everyone, As we celebrate Appreciation Week, let me begin by saying how much I have appreciated and admired your creativity, hard work and compassion throughout the 2020-21 academic year. It has been, without question, the most challenging year in our history, but we got through... More
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Visit Carleton's COVID-19 website. May 5, 2021 Good morning everyone, We made it to the end of the winter term and the 2020-21 academic year! It was certainly the most challenging year on record, but we got through it as a community. I want to start by extending both my thanks and congratulations to... More
Monday, March 29, 2021
Visit Carleton's COVID-19 website. March 29, 2021 Good morning everyone, I hope this finds you safe and well as we approach the end of the winter term and the end of one of the most challenging academic years on record. With regards to COVID-19, we are not out of the woods yet, with Ottawa... More
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Visit Carleton's COVID-19 website. March 2, 2021 Good morning everyone, I can’t quite believe, as we enter the month of March, that we have been dealing with the COVID pandemic for a full year. As always, I am deeply grateful for the immense creativity, flexibility and compassion our community has shown in adapting to... More
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
February 3, 2021 Canadian society is evolving - becoming more diverse and increasingly recognizing that diversity must be accompanied by conscious and serious efforts towards inclusion. At Carleton, as on many university campuses across the country, over 40 per cent of our students are from culturally diverse communities. At all institutions,... More
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Visit Carleton's COVID-19 website. February 2, 2021 Good morning everyone, Let me start by thanking everyone for a strong start to our winter term. As we continue to face challenging circumstances, we can be encouraged that it’s already February - with daylight hours noticeably increasing - and that our Winter Break is less than... More
Monday, January 11, 2021
January 11, 2021 Good morning everyone, Let me start by wishing everyone a happy new year and all the very best for 2021. I hope that, notwithstanding ongoing public health challenges and restrictions, you found ways to rest and to spend quality time with family and loved ones - in person or virtually -... More
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Visit Carleton's COVID-19 website. Good morning everyone, We made it to December and within a few weeks, our fall term will draw to a close. There is no question that this has been a challenging term and, as always, I want to thank everyone for the flexibility, creativity and compassion that you have shown... More
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