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Monday, February 6, 2023

The Journey of the Baby Vamp now displayed at MacOdrum Library

The Journey of the Baby Vamp: Honouring the Lives of the Missing Children from Residential Schools project is now displayed on the main floor of MacOdrum Library. We encourage the Carleton community to visit this powerful art project to commemorate and honour each First Nation, Métis, and Inuit child who never returned home from... More

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Academic Posting: Assistant Professor, Clinical Social Work

The School of Social Work at Carleton University invites applications from qualified candidates for a preliminary (tenure-track) appointment in clinical social work at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2023 or January 1, 2024. To see the full position posting, please visit Carleton University's Deputy Provost's website at... More

Monday, December 12, 2022

Country Food: A Key Ingredient for Wellbeing by Crystal Tunnillie

Carleton University  BSW student Crystal Tunnillie shares her experience on placement with the Alliance. She outlines her observations of the importance of Country food in Inuit culture and how it brings together the community. We encourage our community to read and share these articles to learn more about the project and those it represents. ... More

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Information about our Master of Social Work (MSW) Admissions – Oct 19 from 5-7 pm online

Are you applying or thinking about applying to the Master of Social Work at Carleton? Please join us for our online MSW admissions information session on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 from 5-7 pm EST.  Registration is required The MSW application completion deadline is December 1, 2022 for admission to the fall of 2023.  More... More

Friday, September 30, 2022

Stitching Together Grief and Art: Articles on the Journey of the Beaded Vamp

Two articles published this week discuss Deborah Young, Carleton University PhD candidate and Lecturer in the School of Social Work, and her project to collect and display beaded vamps in honour of the children who never returned from residential schools. We encourage our community to read and share these articles to learn more about... More

Monday, September 19, 2022

Assistant Professor Beth Martin Named 2022 Carleton University Teaching Award Winner

Dr. Beth Martin, Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work, has been announced as one of the winners of the 2022 Carleton University Teaching Awards.  Dr. Martin is a recipient of the New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, which encourages and celebrates excellent teaching at Carleton University.  Fellow winners of this year's award... More

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Unveiling Ceremony: The Journey of the Baby Vamp (September 30, 2022)

Unveiling Ceremony: The Journey of the Baby Vamp: Honouring the Lives of the Missing Children from Residential Schools Date: Friday, September 30, 2022 Time: 8:30 am - 10:30 am Location: Residence Commons Conference Room 270/272/274, Carleton University In 2021, the recovery of 215 unmarked graves at Kamloops Indian Residential School in British... More

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Orientation and Welcome for New Social Work Students: Tuesday, Sept 6

The School of Social Work is holding in-person orientation for our new students on Tuesday, September 6. New BSW students are invited to 210 Tory Building from 10 am - noon. New PhD students and new MSW students are invited to 446 Tory Building from 10:30-12:30. We will be introducing ourselves, and our program... More

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

BSW Student Laura Thiessen’s Research on “Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities” Featured in Ottawa Citizen

Laura Thiessen, a 4th year BSW student in the School of Social Work, is conducting research through Carleton's I-CUREUS program. Her research explores two residential buildings in Bay Ward in Ottawa that are Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs). She is hoping that her research will help these buildings' residents to identify their... More

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

“Beading project honours ‘incredibly powerful’ stories of residential school children”

In August, Social Work PhD candidate Deborah Young launched a community beading project in collaboration with the Centre for Indigenous Initiatives, with the goal of creating 215 baby vamps to honour the lost and missing children who attended residential schools.  Young's call ends on September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. ... More

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Somali Studies in Canada Presents: Somalinimo, Blackness and Belonging in the West

Please join us on October 16, 2021 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm (EST) for a panel discussion followed by a Q&A at the end of each presentation. Somali diaspora communities live in sizeable numbers in Canada and most other Western countries. This year’s theme comes in the wake of the Black Lives Matter... More

Thursday, August 19, 2021

A Call for 215 Beaded Baby Vamps

The Centre for Indigenous Initiatives invites you to participate in two virtual beading sessions - August 24 and September 14 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.  A beading kit will be mailed upon registration.  Register with Vanessa Cyr at vanessacyr3@cunet.carleton.ca. The goal is to gather 215 single beaded vamps by September 30, 2021, National... More

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