{"id":8939,"date":"2026-10-08T15:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T19:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/?page_id=8939"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T14:45:01","slug":"why-interdisciplinary-studies-carleton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/why-interdisciplinary-studies-carleton\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Interdisciplinary Studies @ Carleton"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/10\/Canadas_Capital_OttawaOntarioCanada-1600x700.jpg); background-position: 69% 5%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Why Interdisciplinary Studies @ Carleton\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"learn-across-borders-disciplines-and-communities\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn Across Borders, Disciplines and Communities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"big-questions-dont-stay-in-one-discipline-neither-do-you\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Big Questions Don&#8217;t Stay in One Discipline. Neither Do You.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who gets to have rights? What does a good childhood look like, and who decides? Whose knowledge counts? Questions like these don&#8217;t fit inside one textbook, so our students don&#8217;t either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, you draw on law, history, sociology, politics and lived experience to understand how the world works and how to change it. You learn in small classes, test your ideas in real workplaces through our practicum program, and graduate ready for careers in education, policy, human services, advocacy and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"learn-it-in-class-live-it-in-practice\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Learn It in Class. Live It in Practice.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our Childhood and Youth Studies practicum places you in a real workplace connected to your program. You&#8217;re guided by an academic instructor and a workplace supervisor, so you build professional skills, solve real problems and find out what kind of work fits you before you graduate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students have completed placements with organizations such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CHEO (Recreational Therapy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ottawa-Carleton District School Board<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ottawa Catholic School Board<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Centretown Community Health Centre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Veterans Affairs Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--grey ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl bg-cu-black-50 max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto rounded-xl px-6 py-5 md:px-14 md:py-12 md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-7xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Students Making A Difference in the Childhood and Youth Studies Program\n                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                            \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read about students Faten al-Athari and Calla Tait and the valuable experience they gained during their practicum at <a href=\"http:\/\/connectingottawa.com\/resource\/maison-sophia-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maison Sophia Reception House<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/story\/students-making-a-difference-in-the-newly-revamped-program-in-childhood-and-youth-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Story<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/chst-practicum\/\">Practicum Information<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"cu-textmedia-bgimg flex-1 rounded-xl bg-no-repeat bg-cover \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/10\/Sophia-House-38-1024x623-1-768x467.jpg); background-position: 44% 30%; transform: scale(1);\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"where-our-graduates-go\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where Our Graduates Go<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We tracked 459 graduates from two of our programs (CHST and HRSJ) over nearly two decades. They work in classrooms, courtrooms, community health centres, federal departments and businesses they started themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>10+ sectors<\/strong>&nbsp;where our graduates build careers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1 in 2<\/strong>&nbsp;Childhood and Youth Studies grads work in education, many with the Ottawa-Carleton District and Ottawa Catholic school boards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1 in 5<\/strong>&nbsp;Human Rights grads work for government or public agencies, from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to the Canadian Human Rights Commission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sample job titles:<\/strong>\u00a0Teacher \u00b7 Registered Early Childhood Educator \u00b7 Clinical Social Worker \u00b7 Policy Analyst \u00b7 Lawyer \u00b7 Program Manager \u00b7 Communications Officer \u00b7 Recreation Therapist \u00b7 Executive Director \u00b7 UX Designer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"hear-it-from-our-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hear It From Our Students<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"cu-testimonial md:py-8\">\n        <div class=\"bg-cu-black-50 rounded-xl\">\n            <div class=\"flex flex-col-reverse md:pl-8 md:pr-12 md:flex-row items-center gap-5 mx-auto max-w-7xl md:gap-10 lg:gap-16 md:items-stretch\">\n                <div class=\"w-full md:-my-8 hidden md:block md:flex-[0_0_30%] bg-cu-black-25 rounded-lg bg-cover\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/Bennett-768x768.png); background-position: 50% 50%; transform: scale(1);\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"w-full px-6 py-6 md:max-w-none md:flex-auto md:px-0 md:py-16 lg:py-20\">\n\n                                            \n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I really enjoyed my time here at Carleton and I loved being a part of the Child and Youth Studies Program. Julia Sinclair-Palm is an amazing professor and I loved having them teach me so much throughout the years.&#8221;<br>&#8211; Sarah Bennett<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-7xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        The Ottawa Advantage\n                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                            \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada\u2019s capital region is where you\u2019ll find opportunity. Get ready to start your career with the world\u2019s leading organizations, launch your big ideas in a thriving innovation ecosystem, and enjoy life where natural beauty and big-city excitement meet a safe, affordable and welcoming community. 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