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Sabbatical Dispatches, Episode 1: Liam Young and the Life of Salt

Sabbatical Dispatches, Episode 1: Liam Young and the Life of Salt

Sabbatical is a unique privilege of scholarly life. Deriving from the Latin word sabbaticus, which originally meant “rest or cessation from labor or tillage,” it today refers to an academic’s... More

Online hate targeting journalists the focus of major Dec. 1 event at Carleton

Online hate targeting journalists the focus of major Dec. 1 event at Carleton

Carleton University’s journalism program is partnering with CBC/Radio-Canada, the #NotOK project and the Stursberg family to hold a major public event on Dec. 1 grappling with the upsurge in targeted... More

COMS program welcomes Argentine scholar Ana Bizberge

COMS program welcomes Argentine scholar Ana Bizberge

The School of Journalism and Communication is pleased to welcome Ana Bizberge as a visiting scholar for the Fall 2022 semester. Bizberge, whose expertise is regulation of the media and... More

Carleton hosts first-of-its-kind conference on fact checking in journalism Oct. 19-21

Carleton hosts first-of-its-kind conference on fact checking in journalism Oct. 19-21

In an age of fake news and misinformation, fact-checked journalism has never been more vital. Carleton’s journalism program and The Walrus have organized a special conference Oct. 19-21 at Carleton... More

Bellingcat work in conflict zones is the focus of this year’s Stursberg lecture

Bellingcat work in conflict zones is the focus of this year’s Stursberg lecture

The Bellingcat organization’s use of open-source digital investigations to shed light on Ukraine and other conflict zones is the topic of the 2022 Peter Stursberg Foreign Correspondent’s Lecture. The event... More

Dean Spade delivers 13th Attallah Lecture

Dean Spade delivers 13th Attallah Lecture

In his 2019 book, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (and the Next), Seattle University law professor Dean Spade explores how ordinary citizens develop strategies to support and care... More

Carleton creates new full-time Indigenous Journalism position

Carleton creates new full-time Indigenous Journalism position

In a watershed moment, Carleton University’s journalism school has launched the job search for a new full-time position for a professor of Indigenous Journalism and Story(telling). And in an exception... More

Veteran journalists join Carleton’s team of contract instructors this term

Veteran journalists join Carleton’s team of contract instructors this term

Eight veteran journalists from the CBC, National Post, The Athletic and other media organizations and freelance positions have joined the journalism program’s dedicated team of contract instructors for the fall... More

School of Journalism and Communication sweeps FPA Faculty Excellence Awards       

School of Journalism and Communication sweeps FPA Faculty Excellence Awards       

Five faculty members from the School of Journalism and Communication have been recognized by the Faculty of Public Affairs for outstanding achievements in research, teaching and public commentary. The winners... More

Irena Knezevic appointed Chair in Teaching Innovation

Irena Knezevic appointed Chair in Teaching Innovation

Dr. Siobhan Angus joins communications faculty

Dr. Siobhan Angus joins communications faculty

The School of Journalism and Communication is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Siobhan Angus as its newest faculty member in communication and media studies. Angus’s expertise in visual... More

The School of Journalism and Communication congratulates Dr. Kathy Dobson

The School of Journalism and Communication congratulates Dr. Kathy Dobson

The School of Journalism and Communication congratulates Dr. Kathy Dobson on the successful defence of her PhD dissertation, Living in Algorithmic Governance: A Study in the Digital Governance of Social... More