{"id":8348,"date":"2026-02-10T10:33:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/?p=8348"},"modified":"2026-06-26T13:57:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T17:57:43","slug":"annual-j-carlisle-hanson-essay-contest-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/2026\/annual-j-carlisle-hanson-essay-contest-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual J. Carlisle Hanson Essay Contest 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Annual J. Carlisle Hanson Essay Contest 2026\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

The Human Rights and Social Justice Program invites submissions for the annual J. Carlisle Hanson Essay Contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Application Deadline: Friday, March 13th, 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

About the Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The J. Carlisle Hanson Award in Human Rights is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies to a student enrolled in the human rights program who submits the best essay addressing the topic of human rights and democracy. Essays are also invited to examine the topics from a Canadian Perspective. Endowed in 2007 by J. Carlisle Hanson, Q.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will be two<\/span><\/strong> prizes of $1,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eligibility<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • The contest is open to students who are majoring in Human Rights and Social Justice in a B.A. General, a B.A. Honours, or a B.A. Combined Honours program.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The essays under consideration should have been written for one of your courses during the 2025-26 academic years (Spring\/Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026).\u00a0 You are welcome to revise these essays and incorporate instructors\u2019 feedback to prepare your essay for submission.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Your chosen essay should have been awarded a grade in the A range.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • You are eligible to submit only one essay per academic year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Submission Guidelines<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Essay length: 8-20 pages<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Format: Typed, double-spaced, with one-inch margins. Number your pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Citation Style:  MLA, APA, Chicago, or McGill styles are all acceptable. Only entries that are fully and properly documented will be considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The following information must be included on a title page<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Name and student number<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Course code and professor\u2019s name for the course in which the paper was written<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Date the paper was submitted<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      NB: Your essay will be reviewed anonymously: please make sure that your name does not appear on any pages after the title page.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Essays shall be submitted electronically in pdf\/word format to the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies – iis@carleton.ca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Please write \u201cJ. Carlisle Hanson Essay Contest Submission\u201d in the subject line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Application Deadline: Friday, March 13th, 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Late submissions will not be considered.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The Human Rights and Social Justice Program invites submissions for the annual J. Carlisle Hanson Essay Contest. Application Deadline: Friday, March 13th, 2026 About the Award The J. Carlisle Hanson Award in Human Rights is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies to a student enrolled in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6,32,1],"tags":[87,85,26,86],"class_list":["post-8348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-humr","category-news","tag-award","tag-contest","tag-humr","tag-social-justice"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.carleton.ca\/truth\/images\/1920\/award.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8349,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8348\/revisions\/8349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}