{"id":728,"date":"2022-03-24T20:05:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/?page_id=728"},"modified":"2025-04-11T09:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:47:14","slug":"nideyinan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/new-names-new-times\/nideyinan\/","title":{"rendered":"Nideyin\u00e0n \u2013 formerly the University Centre"},"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                        Nideyin\u00e0n \u2013 formerly the University Centre\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton is situated on the traditional, unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Nation. In an effort to embody a significant territory acknowledgement in a meaningful way, Carleton engaged in a thorough consultation with the Algonquin Advisory Council and Algonquin communities in the region\u2014notably Kitigan Zibi and Pikwakanagan\u2014to name this central and high-profile facility which is the crossroads of all campus activity. The new name is Nideyin\u00e0n (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XCS7VY07uTg\">pronounced&nbsp;<em>nih-DAY-in-nahn<\/em><\/a>) and translates to \u201cour heart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join us in fully embracing this new building name. <\/p>\n\n\n\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        \n    <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-textmedia lg:flex-row md:gap-10 md:my-12 first:mt-0 \">\n        \n\n<div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 51%;\">\n            <header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n            <h2 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-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                About the Building\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/header>\n        \n\n<p>Nideyin\u00e0n, formerly known as the University Centre or Unicentre, is a focal point for student life at Carleton. Inside you will find:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Student-run CKCU-FM radio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Bookstore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The university\u2019s student newspaper\u00a0<em>The Charlatan<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Information Carleton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Student Services Office<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Paul Menton Centre for Persons with Disabilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A variety of student clubs and organizations, classrooms, pubs, eateries, banking machines and a variety store<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    \n<div class=\"flex-1 cu-textmedia-aside mb-auto  cu-prose-first-last\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/P_CarletonPhotography_VirtualTour_081121-0916-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"University Centre\" class=\"wp-image-939\" 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class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" data-id=\"936\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/P_CarletonPhotography_VirtualTour_081121-0043-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"university centre_banner\" class=\"wp-image-936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/P_CarletonPhotography_VirtualTour_081121-0043-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/P_CarletonPhotography_VirtualTour_081121-0043-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/P_CarletonPhotography_VirtualTour_081121-0043-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/P_CarletonPhotography_VirtualTour_081121-0043-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/P_CarletonPhotography_VirtualTour_081121-0043-768x510.jpg 768w, 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