Thursday, April 1, 2021

The 15th Annual Heritage Conservation Symposium

Keeping 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... More

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Vickers-Verduyn Annual Lecture in Canadian Studies

The 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,... More

Wednesday, 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... More

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Healthy Cities — Our Built Environment including Susan Ross

Please 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... More

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Assessing 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... More

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Forum Lecture Series 2021

Architecture 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:... More

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Program Spotlight on Canadian Studies

Check out this Program Spotlight on YouTube with Professor Catherine Khordoc and Nicholas Zuger!... More

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Healthy 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... More

Friday, November 20, 2020

Indigenous Studies Endowment Fund

We 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)... More

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Virtual Grad Open House and Q/A Session-Nov 24

Interested 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... More

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Join us for our Second Annual Kétéskwēw lecture in Indigenous Studies on Nov 19

Please 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... More

Monday, October 19, 2020

Catherine Khordoc’s article

Catherine 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... More

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

New Minor in Québec Studies

Professors 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... More

Monday, August 17, 2020

Indigenous Studies tenure-stream position

The 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... More

Friday, June 12, 2020

Capstone Seminar Series

Follow 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... More

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Fall 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... More

Friday, February 28, 2020

New Publications on Waste Heritage Research – Susan Ross

In 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... More

Friday, February 28, 2020

Alumni in the News

DanceWorks 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... More

Thursday, February 20, 2020

High School Essay Contest Winners

We 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... More

Monday, September 23, 2019

SICS sponsoring the 2019 Shannon Lectures in History

Entitled 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... More

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

New Release from Richard Nimijean

Election 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... More

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Join us for our Inaugural Kétēskwēw Lecture in Indigenous Studies

Entitled 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.... More

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Richard Nimijean co-authored article in The Hill Times

Parties competing over values, not substance, in foreign policy platforms Co-authored with David Carment, this article explores how foreign policy discussions are expected to play a big role in the 2019 federal election. The question is, "...who's foreign policy will it be?"... More

Monday, July 29, 2019

New Publication from Jatinder Mann

Jatinder Mann, Assistant Professor of History at Hong Kong Baptist University, recently published Redefining Citizenship in Australia, Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand. See links below for details. Mann_endorsements... More

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Sample Newsletter Post

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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

iPOLITICS article co-authored by Richard Nimijean

This recently published article is entitled: Trudeau’s precarious hold on the Liberal foreign policy agenda  Read the full... More

Thursday, July 4, 2019

SICS alum featured in CBC’s ‘Canadian Writers to Watch in 2019’

Ben Ladouceur (MA/12) is featured in CBC's recently published listing of 19 Canadian Writers to Watch in 2019. Read how he's making his mark on the Canadian literary scene.  ... More

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

SICS Alumni hired as Manager of Indigenous Relations and Inclusion in Thunder Bay

Regina Mandamin (B'06) was recently hired by the City of Thunder Bay as Manager of Indigenous Relations and Inclusion. Her responsibilities will include facilitation of the development of a city-wide Anti-Racism Resource Guide for local organizations in collaboration with the Accord member organizations, and lead a review of the Corporation’s... More

Friday, June 28, 2019

2019 SoTL Grant Recipient

Congratulations to Sophie Tamas, a 2019 SoTL Grant Recipient!! Sophie received $4,800 for her project Imposter syndrome: The impact of academic (In)security. This grant provides funding for Carleton’s instructors to engage in scholarly investigations of all aspects of teaching and... More

Monday, June 17, 2019

Spring Convocation 2019

A few memories from Friday June 14th ceremony:... More

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Fall/Winter 2019-20 courses

Full year FSYM courses: FYSM 1600 -- Contemporary Controversies in Canadian Society Students will explore a broad range of social issues affecting Canadians today. Using an interdisciplinary lens, this course will analyze how these issues are connected to larger global systems and to world histories. Topics may include nationalism, race, language... More

Thursday, May 30, 2019

High school students: Win $500 by writing an essay on one of these questions!

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Thursday, May 16, 2019

Zoe Todd receives funding from the New Frontier Research Fund

Three Carleton University early career researchers received support today from the federal government’s New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) to pursue multidisciplinary projects in the diverse fields of language and computer programming, telling stories about endangered species, and energy-efficient buildings. Each project is receiving up to... More

Monday, April 29, 2019

2019 D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning

Congratulations to our own Anne Trepanier on receiving a prestigious D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning. The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), in partnership with D2L, presented five outstanding post-secondary educators with the 2019 D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning. Selected from an... More

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Nationhood in Action

Listuguj, a Mi’gmaw community in Gespe’gewa’gi (present-day Gaspe Penninsula of Quebec) hosted a mawiomi (gathering) ‘Honouring our Land’ as part of nation (re)building on March 21-23.  Approximately two hundred people took part in this gathering, including elected leaders, hereditary leadership from the Mi’gmaq Grand Council, Elders,... More

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