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Wednesday, April 7, 2021

SOPI Grant: Opportunities for Fall 2021 and Winter 2022

Carleton University and University of Ottawa are pleased to offer a new round of the Shared Online Projects Initiative (SOPI), allowing online module and course development to be shared between the institutions for the upcoming Fall and Winter terms. Through this initiative, instructors at the two institutions can apply for a grant of $8,000... More

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Carleton’s New Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan

Today marked an important milestone for Carleton as we officially launched our new Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Action Plan. A concise companion guide is also available. The newly designed documents with terrific photographs of Carleton ambassadors reflect the vitality and dynamic content of our Plan. We also invite you to review the... More

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Explore Brightspace Ahead of the Official Launch in May

To All Members of the Carleton Community, Brightspace by D2L will replace cuLearn as Carleton’s Learning Management System (LMS) in May. Effective May 6, academic courses will be hosted in Brightspace. We are less than two months away from this transition and we have much to look forward to: a faster, more reliable system... More

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Student EDI Research Award Launched for Summer 2021

For distribution to all Chairs, Directors, Faculty, Contract Instructors and Departmental Administrators. The Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) is now accepting applications for the Carleton University Student Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Research Award. This new initiative provides funding for students to participate in... More

Monday, March 1, 2021

Announcing this year’s Achievement Award Winners

March 1, 2021 To All Members of the Carleton Community, Please join us in congratulating the winners of the annual Achievement Awards, which are presented in recognition of the research and teaching distinction of Carleton’s academic staff. Pursuing knowledge that can change the world is central to Carleton’s core mission. Carleton researchers... More

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Campus-Wide Access to Brightspace Begins Today

To All Members of the Carleton Community, Campus-wide access to Brightspace by D2L begins today. You can log in to Brightspace by visiting brightspace.carleton.ca and using your MC1 credentials. Brightspace development courses (or “sandboxes”) have automatically been created for all Carleton instructors. Many summer course shells have... More

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

President Announces the New Names for New Times Initiative

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, there is a... More

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Planning Recommendation for Summer 2021

The Carleton University Scenario Planning (CUSP) Working Group was asked to consider the most appropriate planning parameters for the Summer 2021 term. Based on a review of the current situation, CUSP recommends that Carleton continue the approach adopted for the Fall and Winter terms, specifically, that we plan for a predominantly online Summer... More

Monday, January 25, 2021

Call for Nominations: Provost Scholar Award

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic), through the Discovery Centre, invites faculty and instructors to submit nominations for the annual Provost Scholar Award. This award (up to two $1,000 awards per Faculty) is given to outstanding undergraduate students who exemplify student engagement by excelling in at least two of the... More

Monday, January 25, 2021

Brightspace Update – Preparing for Carleton’s New LMS

To All Members of the Carleton Community, With the start of a new year and a new term, we are approaching the launch of our new Learning Management System (LMS). As we announced in July, Brightspace by D2L will replace cuLearn in May 2021. The LMS implementation team has been working hard to get... More

Monday, November 30, 2020

Undergraduate Grading Option (SAT) Extended for Winter 2021

I am pleased to report that on Friday, Nov. 27, the Carleton University Senate approved the extension of the flexible, compassionate grading options for undergraduate students for the Winter 2021 term. Specifically, Senate has approved the optional conversion of one 0.5 credit grade to Satisfactory (SAT) for the Winter 2021 term. This measure is... More

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Modified Winter 2021 Term Dates

In order to provide everyone with an extended holiday break and to allow for a few additional days to prepare for the winter 2021 term, Carleton is delaying the start of the winter 2021 term. Rather than starting on Wednesday, Jan. 6, the winter term will begin on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. As a... More

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