There are no upcoming events scheduled at this time. Thursday, 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... MoreMonday, July 8, 2019Contract Instructor OpportunitiesWe are looking for two Contract Instructors for two of our INDG Winter 2020 courses. CI Opportunities_SICS_2019-20 Winter... 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... MoreFriday, November 30, 2018Bundles of Indigenous Knowledge: A Unique Learning InitiativeRead about how our own Kahente Horn-Miller's idea of creating a series of focused Indigenous knowledge modules came to life. “Whether symbolic or real, we put our knowledge into bundles so we can share. ‘Collaborative’ is a key word too. We’re all doing our part, on either the process or the content, and building... MoreTuesday, November 27, 2018Congratulations to our recent graduates!Congratulations to the following six students on their recent convocation: Alison Creba - her MRP title: ON SITE: A Heritage Approach to Working With and Working Through the Demolition/Deconstruction Site: The Case of Honest Ed's/Mirvish Village Jennifer Ferrante Casey Gray - his MRP title: Sites of Grave Meaning: The Heritage of... MoreWednesday, October 17, 2018Learning from Germany: Research Exchange Adds ContextAs part of a 10-day research visit to Canada, Carleton welcomed the German group. In the coming weeks, students in the Heritage and Memory in Canada and Central Europe course, taught by our own Jerzy Elzanowski, will reciprocate by visiting Berlin and Warsaw, Poland. Read the full article: Learning from Germany's acknowledgement of... MoreThursday, August 30, 2018SICS Faculty member has article published in Maclean’sSICS faculty member Veldon Coburn published an article on the relationship between economic forces and the colonial state in Maclean's this week. Link to the article... MoreMonday, July 23, 2018SICS PhD student wins Vanier AwardTrycia Bazinet has won this extremely prestigious scholarship! Read the full story here Congratulations Trycia!!!... MoreWednesday, July 11, 2018Reflections on a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Experiential Learning activityIn a 2011 interview, one of the founders of the Choose Your Own Adventure book series, R.A. Montgomery, had this to say about experiential learning: “Experiential learning is the most powerful way for kids, or for anyone, to learn something. It’s not lecturing, it’s experiential, hands-on learning.” (Hendrix, G., 2014). Taking a page... MoreTuesday, June 12, 2018Blog: Bundled Indigenous knowledge for the Carleton classroomFollow this blog - by our own Kahente Horn-Miller - wherein she describes how she is designing a resource for instructors and students to use in the classroom to help address the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action. Her Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles will provide the necessary factual and theoretical basis for... MoreThursday, May 31, 2018Fall/Winter Graduate and 4th Year course offerings for 2018-2019Here is a sampling of the Graduate and 4th year courses we're offering this year. GRADUATE: NEW > Fall 2018 > Course Abroad! This NEW Graduate course CDNS 5003 C, cross-listed with ICSLAC (CLMD 6106 F) and Architecture (ARCU 5402 F), aims to juxtapose experiences of urban space devoted to recording and performing public... MoreWednesday, 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... MoreLoad More →