There are no upcoming events scheduled at this time. Wednesday, May 16, 2018MA student Alison CrebaAlison Creba, currently in Belgium on a NSERC CREATE HeritageEngineering internship, has received a MITACS Globalinks Research Award to collaborate with the a-e lab of Vrije Universiteit Brussel on a project related to her Major Research Essay, and to our Waste Heritage research and symposium next fall. The a-e lab has posted it on... MoreTuesday, May 1, 2018Multi-Term Agreement Opportunity 2018-2020Please see our Ad for requirements and application details on this 2-year opportunity. Multi term Agreement CI _2018-20_Apr... MoreTuesday, May 1, 2018Contract Instructor Positions for Fall 2018/Winter 2019Please see our Ad for complete details re courses available, application instructions and deadlines. CI Opportunities_SICS_2018-19_Apr... MoreFriday, April 6, 2018Alum and Entrepreneur Janice McDonald featured in recent Ottawa Business Journal articleOttawa businesswoman and SICS alum (MA/92) Janice McDonald is joining Startup Canada as its new Ambassador for women entrepreneurship. Read the full article... MoreFriday, March 2, 2018Professional Achievement Awards have been announced!Richard Nimijean has received an Achievement Award....... MoreFriday, January 19, 2018Alum Kluane Adamek is in the news!The Council of Yukon First Nations has appointed a new interim regional chief for the Assembly of First Nations. Kluane Adamek, a citize of the Kluane First Nation, will serve on the national assembly until the election in the summer. Here's the full CBC... MoreWednesday, January 17, 2018Kahente Horn-Miller is in the News Kahente Horn-Miller, professor in the school of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton University, is breaking down traditional learning structures in her master’s level course, Indigenous Politics and Resurgence.... MoreMonday, January 15, 2018Contract Instructor Positions – Summer 2018Please follow the link for details on the School's Contract Instructor Opportunities Summer... MoreThursday, December 7, 2017Lifting Mcdonald Gardens Park: Students Help Secure Heritage DesignationThere was a snowstorm raging when SICS Prof. Susan Ross first took her students to Ottawa’s Macdonald Gardens Park, a diverse pocket of apartment towers, walk-ups, single-family homes and a few institutional buildings tucked into the easternmost corner of Lowertown, between Rideau and St. Patrick streets along the Rideau River.... Read the... MoreWednesday, December 6, 2017Dr. Karen Lawford nominated for Favourite Faculty Member awardKaren Lawford has been nominated as a "2017 Favourite Faculty Member" by students in the CU residence community. Students living in Res were asked to submit a nomination form for their overall favourite faculty member and Karen's name was among those identified. ... MoreThursday, November 30, 2017Building a Resilient CareerOn November 24th, Yvonne Collins from Career Services presented the first of two Career Workshops. Here's her Powerpoint presentation. Watch for details on the second Workshop to be held early 2018. Building a resilient career in canadian studies Part I... MoreMonday, October 30, 2017SICS was involved with Carleton Day at Queen’s ParkAssociate Professor Jennifer Adese was at Queen's Park for CU Day. Read the full... MoreMonday, October 30, 2017Centennial Flame to be inscribed with official symbols of NunavutAssistant Professor Susan Ross was interviewed by Centretown News. Read the full... MoreMonday, October 23, 2017That Which Binds Us Together: A Rotinonshionni Perspective on Wampum With Darren BonaparteWampum was how the indigenous nations of the woodlands did their political and ceremonial business. Akwesasne Mohawk author Darren Bonaparte uses his collection of more than two dozen belts and strings to document Rotinonshionni (Iroquois) history and culture. His presentation covers how wampum was used in council as well as the meaning of... MoreWednesday, October 11, 2017Chris Andersen on University Reconciliation"University reconciliation will (probably) be underfunded: Indigenous studies in an age of apologies". How do universities "do" reconciliation and what role should the discipline of Indigenous studies play in these dynamics? In this presentation I will distinguish between the intellectual and institutional elements of Indigenous studies while... MoreWednesday, September 20, 2017Combined Honours Degree in Indigenous Studies Launch Event with Chelsea VowelThe “Act” of Reconciliation: from farce to future The School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies is launching a Combined Honours degree in Indigenous Studies this fall. Indigenous Studies is a growing, globally engaged field of study. Indigenous Studies engages students with aspects of Indigenous peoples’ ways of knowing and ways of living in... MoreWednesday, September 13, 2017A new addition to Dunton TowerWe have a celebrity in our midst! Congratulations to Professor Horn-Miller for being highlighted in Carleton's 75th... MoreFriday, July 14, 2017New INDG Studies program featured in Carleton StoriesRead the newly released CU homepage story featuring Jennifer Adese and Peter... MoreWednesday, July 12, 2017New Course for Fall 2017Check out our newest course - CDNS 4403 now cross-listed with CDNS 5003 B - Heritage Conservation & Sustainability - investigate the synergies and gaps between natural and cultural conservation ideas. CDNS... MoreFriday, June 30, 2017Entrance Scholarship for the inaugural year of our Combined Honours in Indigenous Studies ProgramAmount: $2,500.00 Established by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies in appreciation of the presentation given by The Honourable Murray Sinclair and Katherine Morrisseau-Sinclair at Carleton University on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of their commitment to higher education.... MoreFriday, June 30, 2017Paul Litt wins CHA’s Political History PrizePaul Litt has won the Canadian Historical Society's Political History prize for best book of... MoreTuesday, May 23, 2017Grad and 4th year Course Previews for 2017-18This provides a preview of graduate and 4th year courses the School is offering in 2017-18: SICS Graduate and 4th year course previews 2017-18 ... MoreWednesday, April 5, 2017Carleton Postdoctoral Fellow Receives National RecognitionMelissa Otis has been selected as an NEH Summer Scholar by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Follow this link for complete details.M Otis PRESS RELEASE 2017 Congratulations,... MoreTuesday, March 14, 2017History & Classics Graduate Students’ Association Annual ConferenceThe History & Classics Graduate Students' Association presented their annual conference, March 2-3, 2017, at the University of Alberta. This year's theme was "Celebration and Commemoration". Keynote Lecture was given by our very own, Paul Litt: "The Mechanics of Mania: Pierre Elliott Trudeau and the Canadian Media" For further... MoreThursday, March 2, 201760th Anniversary CelebrationThe School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies has a lot to celebrate this year. The School’s 60th anniversary happened to coincide with Carleton’s 75th, as well as the launch of its new Combined Honours degree in Indigenous Studies and its recent name change. What better way to mark all of these occasions than inviting... MoreWednesday, December 7, 2016An Indigenous & Canadian Studies Success Story you can participate in!Natasha Peterson, a graduate of the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, and one of the featured speakers at the 2016 Career Night, is an award winning author of children’s books and founder of Polar Bear Press. Her two most recent books, Gayle the Goose Goes Global and Nutty Neighbours have BOTH won Canada... MoreWednesday, November 16, 2016Applications to Graduate Programs for September, 2017The deadline for applications to our graduate programs for September 2017 is February 1, 2017. To discuss our programs and possibilities, please contact our Graduate Supervisor, Eva... MoreMonday, October 31, 2016Recent publications by SICS facultyCongratulations to our very own Eva Mackey and Paul Litt on their recent publications. Eva's new book is called Unsettled Expectations: Uncertainty, Land and Settler Decolonization, published by Fernwood. Click here for more detail. Paul's new book is Trudeaumania, published by UBC Press. Click here for more... MoreWednesday, October 5, 2016A very special evening with Senator Murray SinclairThe Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair and his wife, Katherine Morrisseau-Sinclair, spoke about the personal and cultural impacts of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in front of a packed house in Carleton's River Building on October 3, 2016. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies took the... MoreTuesday, September 27, 2016Canadian Studies Graduates’ ‘powerful moment’Kluane Adamek (BA/09) represented the North at a young leaders event where she found herself up close to the royals and to the Prime Minister and his wife. Follow this link to CBC coverage of the... MoreFriday, September 16, 2016Register Now: An Evening with Senator Murray SinclairThe Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies Presents: An Evening with the Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair. Moving Forward From The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: An Inclusive Discussion on Indigenousness in Canada. On October 3rd, 2016, Senator Sinclair will deliver a passionate talk on the... MoreMonday, September 12, 2016About Our Name ChangeKwey kakina (Hello Everyone in Màmìwininìmowin) Wat’kanonwerahton tanon sewakwe:kon (Mohawk greetings of peace and good tiding) On June 26, 2016, Carleton University’s Board of Governors approved a proposal to change the name of the School of Canadian Studies to the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies. While this name change is long... MoreMonday, September 12, 2016Carleton Launches New Indigenous Studies DegreeThe School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies will launch a new program in fall 2017 – the Bachelor of Arts (combined honours) program in Indigenous Studies. It will offer Indigenous and non-Indigenous students the opportunity to study the historical and contemporary experiences of Indigenous people, both in North America and internationally.... MoreThursday, September 8, 2016Carleton Now article on the Launch of our new Combined Honours Program"The new program will be focused on four themes – Indigenous peoplehood studies, Indigenous-settler relations, Indigenous ways of knowing and Indigenous recovery, revitalization and reclamation. The program will include a fourth-year capstone course entitled “Indigeneity and the City” which will be focused on the experiences of urban... MoreTuesday, July 19, 2016Remembering Herb Wyile (BAHons/83)Herb Wyile (Photograph by Dick Groot) Canadian literary studies suffered a significant loss with the sudden passing of prominent critic and Carleton alum (1983) Herb Wyile on July 3rd, 2016. The beginning of July marks the close of conference season and most Can lit scholars had seen and spent time with Herb at the... MoreLoad More → Share: Twitter, Facebook Short URL: https://carleton.ca/sics/?p=9