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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Take a moment to check out "Signing in FASS", an article about our ASL program featured on pages 8-9 in this year’s FASSinate (the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences... More
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Teaching Assistants perform a critical role in our classes and truly exceptional ones can have a lasting and invaluable positive impact on students' learning experience. The annual TA awards are an opportunity to recognize these particular teaching assistants for their contributions. Congratulations and much appreciation to this year's group,... More
Friday, April 10, 2015
The Carleton University Sign Student Society received this year’s “Youth for Youth” award at the fifth annual Healthy Kids Awards ceremony held 25 March, 2015 at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. The CHEO Healthy Kids Awards program recognizes individuals and groups in the community who promote the healthy development of... More
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Watch video. If you had stopped by the Fenn Lounge last Wednesday, you would have been treated to a fantastic afternoon and evening of song, the Linguavision Song Competition, featuring students from Carleton’s modern languages, ESLA, and French programs singing in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and... More
Friday, March 27, 2015
Starting in Fall 2015, Carleton University will offer online Heritage Language classes for credit in Spanish and Russian. These "Heritage" classes are intended for students who grew up with exposure to one of these languages, but who did not study it in a formal setting or at an academic level. Classes will take place... More
Friday, March 13, 2015
On March 7th, local students studying Japanese language gathered at the Embassy of Japan for the 26th Japanese Language Speech Contest in Ottawa. Twelve Carleton students were competing in three categories: beginners, intermediate, and advanced. Here is the list of winners: Amieke Walker (JAPA 3021) as a first prize winner will be representing... More
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
SLaLS grad, ESLA instructor, and former student of Japanese, Sebastien Cloutier, sails the world aboard Japan's Peace Boat! Read... More
Friday, November 28, 2014
According to a recent article in the Globe and Mail, creators of "Inspire", the Toronto International Book Fair, found early inspiration in the book Immigrant Songs, a collection of poems by late poet Saro D’Agostino edited by Carleton Italian instructor Antonino Mazza. "Inspire" held its inaugural Fair November 13-16,... More
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Don’t miss the last film in this year’s Japanese Film Festival. Co-sponsored by SLaLS and the Embassy of Japan, Akko-Chan tells the story 10 year old Atsuko Kagami who, with the help of her magic mirror, jumps ahead to the future and meets the love of her life. If you are studying Japanese, you... More
Friday, October 17, 2014
Congratulations to German instructor Dr. Emese Bukor on the publication on her article "Exploring teacher identity from a holistic perspective: reconstructing and reconnecting personal and professional selves" in the journal Teachers and Teaching: Theory and... More
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Congratulations to ALDS professor Dr. Kristin Snoddon on the publication of her edited volume, Telling Deaf Lives. Agents of Change, which brings together some of the best presentations from the 8th Deaf History International (DHI)... More
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