There are no upcoming events scheduled at this time. Wednesday, September 29, 2021Welcome to our 3 new faculty members and 1 staff member!SICS is excited to welcome 3 new faculty members - Kenneth 'Jake' Chakasim, Andrés C. López and Omeasoo Wahpasiw - and our new Indigenous Initiatives Administrator, Eva Keeshig. Read a brief bio. ... MoreMonday, September 27, 2021National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Planting a Seed Towards ReconciliationThe School of Public Policy & Administration is hosting a Zoom webinar with our Alum,Tim O'Loan, on Sept 30 from 1:00 - 2:30. For further details and to Register:... MoreFriday, September 24, 2021PhD candidate Miranda Leibel has an article published….Miranda's article entitled "The Indigenous Public Child and Neoliberal Settler-Colonialism: Theorizing the Intersections between the White Possessive and Neoliberal Accountability Regimes" was published in the Journal of Canadian Studies. Abstract: "This article examines accountability discourses in Alberta’s legislative debates on child... MoreFriday, September 10, 2021SICS Alum Andrew Walker wins CSN Best MA MRPCongratulations Andrew Walker! CSN Best MA (or Equivalent) Thesis or Major Research Paper in Canadian Studies Prize winner!! Andrew Walker’s “Hidden Voices: Professional Choristers in Southern Ontario,” an M.A. thesis (Indigenous and Canadian Studies, Carleton University), contends that professional choristers form an important aspect of... MoreThursday, September 2, 2021Article in The Conversation by Richard Nimijean and David CarmentRead the full article: Rhetoric Check: Is the election really key to Canada's post-pandemic future? "The Liberals claim that a federal election is needed to allow Canadians to decide which party has the best plan to lead Canada in a post-pandemic environment. The implicit assumption is that the state of affairs pre-pandemic was a... MoreMonday, July 26, 2021Congratulations to Kahente Horn-Miller on winning a 2021 Teaching AwardThe Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) is pleased to announce the outstanding educators who have been named 2021 Carleton University Teaching Award winners. Kahente Horn-Miller (School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies) has received the Provost’s Fellowship in Teaching Award for her ongoing commitment to fostering relationships... MoreThursday, June 17, 2021Addressing Climate Change by Retrofitting Canada’s Existing Buildings by Susan Ross"Constructing new low-carbon “green” buildings is not the fastest path to mitigating climate change. Retrofits drastically reduce energy use and waste." Read Susan Ross' latest article in Policy Options, June 14,... MoreTuesday, June 15, 2021Geraldine King interview on CTVGeraldine King was interviewed on CTV on Monday June 14th where she comments on the government’s announcement that Indian Residential School survivors can restore their Indigenous names that were changed upon arrival at the IRS:... MoreThursday, June 10, 2021Fall 2021 – Winter 2022 Course OfferingsFall 2021 courses will be a mix of online and on-campus courses. Review the course details provided within the FAQs below for complete... MoreFriday, May 21, 2021Webinar—Anti-Asian Racism and Gender-Based Violence: Historical and Contemporary Realitieshttp://www.vawlearningnetwork.ca/webinars/upcoming-webinars/index.html Anti-Asian Racism and Gender-Based Violence: Historical and Contemporary Realities Date & Time: June 8th, 2021 | 1:00 - 2:30 PM EASTERN TIME (ET) To Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8xlwAhj0TnWZOrARYxwWWA Presented by: Avvy Go, Clinical Director,... MoreWednesday, May 19, 2021CIC Victoria hosting panel event including Richard NimijeanCIC Victoria: Political Turmoil in a Tumultuous World – Canada Among Nations 2020 In the last two years, Canadian society has been marked by political and ideological turmoil. How does an increasingly divided country engage a world that is itself divided and tumultuous? In a new book, set for release in May 2021, contributors... MoreWednesday, May 5, 2021Carleton signs MOU with Climate Heritage NetworkToo often overlooked in climate change discussions are the world’s arts and cultural heritage sites. Their protection requires a strengthening of efforts to address climate change and a renewed commitment to the Paris Agreement’s decarbonization goals. To that end, in April Carleton University signed an MOU with the Climate Heritage Network... MoreThursday, April 29, 2021Future Funder Campaign – new EndowmentAs you know, the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies is establishing an endowment to provide recognition to an outstanding Indigenous undergraduate student in an Indigenous Studies program through the creation of an annual scholarship. With this new scholarship, we want to recognize the brilliance and leadership of Indigenous students in our... MoreThursday, April 1, 2021The 15th Annual Heritage Conservation SymposiumKeeping Heritage Real: Authenticity in Conservation Practice The 15th Annual Heritage Conservation Symposium will take place digitally due to the ongoing need for socially-distanced practices as suggested by public health officials. Keeping Heritage Real: Authenticity in Conservation Practice will be starting on Thursday, April 15th, 2021, on Zoom... MoreThursday, April 1, 2021Vickers-Verduyn Annual Lecture in Canadian StudiesThe School is pleased to announce Dr. Rinaldo Walcott from the University of Toronto as our Guest Speaker for the 2021 Vickers-Verduyn Annual Lecture in Canadian Studies. Entitled The Caribbean Sea in Canada: Notes on Tributaries, his virtual lecture will make the case that blackness in Canada is not simply denied because of racism,... MoreWednesday, March 3, 2021‘Cuts to Radio Canada International can only hurt Canada’s image and influence abroad’Read Richard Nimijean's latest Op-Ed in the Ottawa... MoreTuesday, February 23, 2021Healthy Cities — Our Built Environment including Susan RossPlease join Susan Ross and other panelists online tonight, Tuesday, February 23 at 7 p.m. for the next Healthy Cities panel discussion titled “Our Built Environment”. What is the contribution of the built environment to a healthy city and conversely, to the rise of an unhealthy city? The panelists — with backgrounds in Indigenous... MoreTuesday, February 9, 2021Assessing Canada’s Liberal Internationalism: Where is Canada Headed on the Global Stage?Richard Nimijean's latest publication: Assessing Canada’s Liberal Internationalism: Where is Canada Headed on the Global Stage?: (David Carment, Richard Nimijean) : Canadian Political, Social and Historical (Re)visions in 20th and 21st Century... MoreThursday, February 4, 2021Forum Lecture Series 2021Architecture FORUM Lecture Series Design is Ceremony---Chris T. Cornelius Co-sponsored by the School, please join this public talk by Indigenous architect and professor Chris T. Cornelius with Jill Stoner and Kahente Horn-Miller. Tuesday, February 9, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. ET. Event Registration:... MoreThursday, January 14, 2021Program Spotlight on Canadian StudiesCheck out this Program Spotlight on YouTube with Professor Catherine Khordoc and Nicholas Zuger!... MoreTuesday, January 12, 2021Healthy Cities Lecture – with Julie Tomiak as one of four panelists"What defines a healthy city?" Join the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for a series of expert panels to explore the many factors – from nature and housing to climate and art – that make a healthy city. Upcoming Panel: #JustCityOtt - Imagining a Just City What needs changing, reimagining, unsettling and remaking... MoreFriday, November 20, 2020Indigenous Studies Endowment FundWe are pleased to announce that an endowment is being established to provide recognition to an outstanding Indigenous undergraduate student in an Indigenous Studies program through the creation of an annual scholarship. Special consideration will be given to a student from an Algonquin Anishinabeg community or the urban Indigenous community(ies)... MoreTuesday, November 17, 2020Virtual Grad Open House and Q/A Session-Nov 24Interested in doing a graduate degree? Join us for an Information Session on MA and Ph.D. programs in the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies! This will be followed by Q/A session with Faculty and current graduate students. Registration is required and limited. Register Now! Details and... MoreThursday, November 12, 2020Join us for our Second Annual Kétéskwēw lecture in Indigenous Studies on Nov 19Please join us for our Second Annual Kétéskwēw lecture in Indigenous Studies! Event Poster TITLE: Becoming Two Again: Truth, Reconciliation, and Re-imagining the R-Word WHEN: Webinar -- November 19---7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. WHO: Our Guest of Honour is Dr. Marie Wilson, a Commissioner of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada... MoreMonday, October 19, 2020Catherine Khordoc’s articleCatherine Khordoc's 2019 article " Worlded Literature in Quebec : Wajdi Mouawad’s Le Sang des promesses Cycle" was voted BEST ARTICLE in the Canadian Studies Journal (issue 53 published in Fall 2019). Congratulations... MoreWednesday, September 16, 2020New Minor in Québec StudiesProfessors Anne Trépanier (Indigenous and Canadian Studies and French ) and Catherine Khordoc (French and Indigenous and Canadian Studies) are the architects of Carleton's new Québec Studies Minor available to students beginning this term, Fall 2020. The Minor will be based out of both the Department of French and the School of Indigenous and... MoreMonday, August 17, 2020Indigenous Studies tenure-stream positionThe School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies invites applications from qualified candidates for a tenure-track appointment in Indigenous Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2021. The competition will remain open until filled. The School will start reviewing applications October 15, 2020 and it will continue reviewing them... MoreFriday, June 12, 2020Capstone Seminar SeriesFollow this URL to newly released material in the annual peer-reviewed journal from young canadianists in the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton University. The 2020 edition tackles tensions in Canadian identity... MoreThursday, June 4, 2020Fall 2020-Winter 2021 Course Offerings Announced!Watch this space for our course offerings for the 20-21 academic year. All courses for Fall 2020 and Winter 2021 will be delivered... MoreFriday, February 28, 2020New Publications on Waste Heritage Research – Susan RossIn her November 2019 "SICS Talk", professor Susan Ross read excerpts from a paper manuscript that has now been published: Susan M. Ross. 2020. “Re-evaluating Heritage Waste: Sustaining Material Values through Deconstruction and Reuse” The Historic Environment: Policy and Practice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The special issue on “Heritage and... MoreFriday, February 28, 2020Alumni in the NewsDanceWorks presents Propeller’s Flesh & Spokes and Spasticus Broadway World, February 20, 2020 DANCEWORKS presents PROPELLER DANCE's double bill of FLESH & SPOKES and SPASTICUS. This production is presented by Ottawa-based disability arts/integrated dance company PROPELLER DANCE and was created and choreographed by Renata Soutter and Liz... MoreThursday, February 20, 2020High School Essay Contest WinnersWe would like to thank all those who entered our Essay Contest. We received an overwhelming number of entries! Here are the winners from our inaugural 2019 Contest: First Place went to Kaitlynn Lewis who wrote an insightful essay on Canadians' self-perception entitled "Out, damned spot!" Kaitlynn Lewis is a grade 12 student with... MoreMonday, September 23, 2019SICS sponsoring the 2019 Shannon Lectures in HistoryEntitled New Vehicles for Old Stories: Canadian Mining History in a True Crime frame the 2019 series is co-ordinated the Charlotte Gray. The series runs for five consecutive Fridays beginning October 4th at 1:oo in DT... MoreTuesday, September 10, 2019New Release from Richard NimijeanElection 2019: It’s 2015 all over again. Or is that 2004? The Trudeau government, far from distancing itself from the Harper legacy, has in many ways continued and reinforced it. Read more... MoreThursday, August 29, 2019Join us for our Inaugural Kétēskwēw Lecture in Indigenous StudiesEntitled Lovelorn Ancients but for Workworn Antiquities, this inaugural event features the woman after whom the lecture is named, Madeleine Kétēskwēw Dion Stout. When: September 26, 2019 Reception begins at 1800 with the lecture and Q & A to follow Where: Richcraft Hall Conference Rooms, 2nd Floor RSVP to Donna Malone by September 13.... 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