There are no upcoming events scheduled at this time. Monday, June 15, 2020Contract Instructor OpportunitiesSee our Ad for Contract Instructor opportunities for Fall 2020 and Winter 2021. Additional Contract Instructor opportunities for Winter... 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 will be delivered... MoreMonday, March 16, 2020School Details during the Covid-19 shut downImportant Notice: Following the advice of Ottawa Public Health, the Ontario Ministry of Health, Public Health Ontario and the Public Health Agency of Canada, Carleton University has closed all non-essential services. During this time, The School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies will be operating online, and staff will be working remotely.... 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... MoreFriday, February 21, 2020Summer 2020 Course OfferingsPlease note that all three of these courses are being offered online. There will be no classroom component. Consult Carleton's Undergraduate calendar for brief course descriptions. Watch this space for... 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.... MoreWednesday, August 7, 2019Richard Nimijean co-authored article in The Hill TimesParties 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?"... MoreMonday, July 29, 2019New Publication from Jatinder MannJatinder 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... MoreThursday, July 11, 2019Sample Newsletter Post... MoreWednesday, July 10, 2019iPOLITICS article co-authored by Richard NimijeanThis recently published article is entitled: Trudeau’s precarious hold on the Liberal foreign policy agenda Read the full... MoreThursday, July 4, 2019SICS 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. ... MoreTuesday, July 2, 2019SICS Alumni hired as Manager of Indigenous Relations and Inclusion in Thunder BayRegina 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... MoreFriday, June 28, 20192019 SoTL Grant RecipientCongratulations 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... MoreMonday, June 17, 2019Spring Convocation 2019A few memories from Friday June 14th ceremony:... MoreThursday, May 30, 2019Fall/Winter 2019-20 coursesFull 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... MoreThursday, May 30, 2019High school students: Win $500 by writing an essay on one of these questions!... MoreThursday, May 16, 2019Zoe Todd receives funding from the New Frontier Research FundThree 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... MoreMonday, April 29, 20192019 D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and LearningCongratulations 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... MoreThursday, April 4, 2019Nationhood in ActionListuguj, 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,... MoreThursday, March 14, 2019Summer 2019 Course OfferingsEarly Summer : May 6 - June 18 Tuesday & Thursday 1805-2055 CDNS 2600 Branding Canada: This interdisciplinary course examines a wide range of material to explore the theoretical connections between the creation of national identity, state branding strategies, and the implications for democracy in Canada. In particular, it examines... MoreFriday, March 1, 2019Service Excellence AwardCongratulations to Kahente and the entire team responsible for the Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles! They won the 2018 Service Excellence in the Innovation... MoreThursday, February 7, 20192019 Teaching Achievement AwardCongratulations to our own Kahente Horn-Miller for receiving a Teaching Award for her Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles. Read more Congratulations,... MoreMonday, February 4, 2019Respectful Relationships in ActionJoin Shawn Wilson, Director of Research at Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian peoples as he explores Respectful Relationships in Action. When: Wednesday Feb 6 at 2:30 p.m. Where: DT... MoreWednesday, January 30, 2019Canada, Nation Branding and Domestic PoliticsWith an expected April publication date, this new book, co-edited by Richard Nimijean, highlights issues in the relationship between articulated visions of Canada as a global actor, nation branding and domestic politics, noting the dangers of the politicization of the branding of Canada. Has the Trudeau government lived up to its claim that... MoreFriday, January 11, 2019kahntinetha Horn and Kahente Horn-Miller in conversation with Carmen RobertsonMonday, 11 February 2019, 7:00 p.m. at CUAG Join Kahente Horn-Miller for a free, public dialogue with her mother, kahntinetha Horn, moderated by Carmen Robertson. The public life of kahntinetha Horn is the focus of Dr. Horn-Miller’s exhibition, My Mom, kahntinetha Horn, the “Military Mohawk Princess.” This conversation will unpack and... MoreFriday, January 11, 2019CUAG Exhibit curated by Kahente Horn-MillerMy Mom, kahntinetha Horn, the “Military Mohawk Princess” Curated by Kahente Horn-Miller 21 January – 21 April 2019 at CUAG The public life of kahntinetha Horn has largely been shaped by the camera lens and reporters’ pens. In the early 1960s, she modeled fashion for print magazines and then the runway in Montreal, Toronto... MoreFriday, January 11, 2019The Friends of Art HistoryProfessor Susan Ross is giving a lecture entitled "Re-using / Re-locating, Architecture's Discards". All are welcome See the poster for further info or follow this link. .Susan Ross Lecture Poster Jan... MoreTuesday, January 8, 2019Indigenous Art and IdentityCarmen Robertson sheds light on contemporary works. Read the full... MoreThursday, December 20, 2018Canada Council releases shortlisted teams for prestigious 2020 Architecture Venice BiennaleThe Venice Biennale in Architecture is a prestigious international platform that draws more than 350,000 visitors worldwide to engage in critical conversations about contemporary architecture. The Canada Council has just released an official announcement on submissions to curate Canada's Pavilion at the 2020 event in Venice. One of the teams... MoreThursday, December 6, 2018Congratulations Dr. Charlotte Hoelke!!On Dec. 5, 2018 Charlotte Hoelke very successfully defended her excellent PhD dissertation in a lively and exciting discussion with the examiners and the committee. The dissertation is entitled : "I'm a Mountain Biking Vampire Witch From the Future!": Queer Decolonial Killjoys in Queer Studies and Politics " The Committee included: Deborah... MoreLoad More →