Pride Festival 2023 will be taking place October 10 – 15, 2023.

Pride Festival is a week-long series of events intended to celebrate two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (2SLGBTQ+) identities in the Carleton community. Our programming focuses on facilitating education about sexual orientation and gender identity and bringing awareness to issues within the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

The Pride Blogs include information and insight for both 2SLGBTQ+ students and allies about topics like stigma, allyship, and safe(r) sex. Read our blogs below and share them with your network!

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Pride Festival Events

2023 Blogs

Dr. Pauline Rankin addressing the crowd at a podium for the Pride Festival Opening Ceremony.
Sadie Messines Tobias of the Golden Eagle Clan addressing the crowd at a podium for the Pride Festival Opening Ceremony.
Mohamed Faris of CUSA addressing the crowd at a podium for the Pride Festival Opening Ceremony.
Pride Committee members are joined by Dr. Rankin for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Pride Crosswalk
Pride Festival Committee Members walking down the new Pride Crosswalk.
Carleton Community Members posing for a group photo.
Carleton Community Members posing for a group photo.
Pride Festival Leader providing opening remarks at a podium.
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Previous Pride Festival Blogs

Friday, December 1, 2023

Post Carleton Pride Festival 2023 Feedback Survey

Hello Ravens! Thank you for such an amazing Pride Festival at Carleton for 2023! The festival was amazing and we had great turn out and engagement for many events. Please fill out the survey below to give us your feedback, and tell us what you'd like to see next time. All who complete the... More

Thursday, August 31, 2023

Call For Volunteers

Hello Ravens!   We’re excited to be presenting many events this Pride season and opportunities to volunteer with Carleton Pride! We are looking for volunteers to help with this year’s Carleton Pride Festival that will take place October 10 – 15, 2023! There will be various opportunities to volunteer before and during the Pride Festival... More

Friday, July 22, 2022

Limited Edition Pride Shirt

2022 - 2023 Pride Shirt Collection Available for Purchase Carleton Athletics and the Student Experience Office are proud to announce a limited-edition Pride shirt collection with all proceeds benefiting 2SLGBTQ+ students in the Carleton community. This limited-edition Pride shirt is designed by Carleton student Angel Xing. The shirt represents... More

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Pride Advisory Committee Recruiting!

  Are you interested in supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ programming at Carleton University? Consider applying for the Pride Festival Advisory Committee. The Pride Festival Advisory Committee consists of 10-12 volunteer students, staff, faculty and community representatives who are either members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community or allies with expertise in... More

Thursday, May 26, 2022

2SLGBTQIA+ Artist Callout!

Are you an artist and a member of the Queer or Trans* community? In anticipation of Pride Festival at Carleton (October 3 - 7, 2022), the Student Experience Office and Carleton Athletics are collaborating on a not-for-profit initiative to create and sell shirts representative of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. We are looking to commission an... More

Thursday, March 31, 2022

International Trans Day of Visibility

International Trans Day of Visibility Today is International #TransDayofVisibilty. Today and every day, we need to celebrate trans* people and continue raising awareness of discrimination faced by trans* people worldwide. “The Student Life Team is committed to supporting trans* students through our programming and services. Our Equity,... More

Thursday, December 9, 2021

History, Growth, and Healing: Reflections from the Pride Timeline

By Lydia - Research and Advocacy, Pride Festival Planning Committee Overview As someone who identifies as queer and who has worked in various capacities at the university for the past three years, leading this project felt dauting. I had very limited knowledge about the history of the 2SLGBTQ+ community at Carleton University. While I was... More

Friday, October 8, 2021

LGBTQ+ Sex Education

2SLGBTQ+ Safer Sex Sex and pleasure can be complex things and often, 2SLGBTQ+ topics of sex are not covered in sex education curriculums. As such, we have partnered with the Gender and Sexuality Resource Centre (GSRC)  to share the resources below that cover a wide array of topics about sex and sex education in... More

Thursday, October 7, 2021

Non-Binary

What is a Non-Binary? People who experience their gender identity and/or gender expression as outside of the male-female gender binary. Many other words for identities outside the traditional categories of man and woman may be used, such as genderfluid, genderqueer, polygender, bigender, demigender, or agender. These identities, while similar, are... More

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Guide to Allyship

Being a Better 2SLGBTQ+ Ally: A Guide What is an ally? Being an ally means supporting the people in the 2SLGBTQ+ community, speaking up and taking action when you witness a homophobic, biphobic or transphobic incident. Helping to make more safe spaces for 2SLGBTQ+ people and increasing awareness and acceptance on 2SLGBTQ+ issues. Allies... More

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Guide to Pronouns

What are Pronouns? Pronouns are used in place of a proper noun (like someone’s name). Most often, pronouns are used then referring to someone without using their name. Example:  Have you heard from Jamie? She hasn’t texted me back all day. She is the pronoun. - Why is it Important to use the Right Pronouns? Like someone’s... More

Monday, October 4, 2021

Two-Spirt Identity

Definition "Two-spirit” is an umbrella term that bridges Indigenous and Western understandings of gender and sexuality. It refers to a person who identifies as having both a feminine and masculine spirit. As many Indigenous nations use a variety of terms and definitions, “two-spirit” encompasses many identities and is used by some Indigenous... More

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