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Thursday, June 27, 2019

We have a winner!

Kim Loenhart of the EDC is the Carleton University Employee Appreciation Day winner of a free registration for Spring Conference 2020. Congratulations, Kim! Do you want to join Kim and other Carleton colleagues at next year’s Spring Conference? The conference is a fun and affordable weekend at a country resort where you get to... More

Monday, April 8, 2019

Registration now closed

Registration is now closed for Spring Conference. We are looking forward to seeing everyone who has registered April 12-14,... More

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Discover how a tiny home pushes our sustainability limits

The Northern Nomad Tiny Home is a net-zero energy tiny home intended for Ottawa's cold climate. The project was designed and constructed by Carleton University Architecture and Engineering students. With a focus on sustainability, the project has several innovative features such as building integrated solar panels, electrical car battery... More

Saturday, March 23, 2019

Registration deadline: April 5, 2019

Our registration deadline is fast approaching: Book your seat at Spring conference by April 5, 2019. See the registration page for... More

Saturday, March 23, 2019

For the good of treating Parkinson’s Disease: Learn about novel treatments

In Parkinson’s disease, a key neuropathological hallmark is the aggregation of misfolded alpha-synuclein proteins that can lead to toxic outcomes. In the aging brain, accumulation of proteins can set off cell death signals due to a reduction in protective mechanisms. The ability to inhibit protein aggregation during aging would be central in... More

Monday, March 11, 2019

How do we perceive reality?

Professor, President and Vice-Chancellor Benoit-Antoine Bacon maintains that we really see the world with our brains, not with our eyes, and the brain has a “mind of its own.” The process of visual perception appears simple and direct because we open our eyes and the world is immediately perceived as clear and fully formed,... More

Friday, March 1, 2019

What is an open smart city? Come and find out!

Open smart cities can be defined as cities that are socio-technologically enabled. They are also communities where there is receptivity to and a willingness to grow a critically informed type of technological citizenship (Feenberg) might become a reality for Canada.  Assistant Professor Tracey Lauriault (School of Journalism and Communication)... More

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Feel good: Students, emotions and creating emotionally balanced education

Associate Professor Ali Arya is interested in feelings because, “We are emotional beings.” When facing personal problems, we find it very taxing to engage in intellectual challenges. We feel overwhelmed with our growing to-do list. We lose motivation when we don’t get the support and recognition we deserve. We get bored during meetings,... More

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Doing good vs being a do-gooder

According to Gordon Davis (Associate Professor, Philosophy), the concept of what is “good” figures in phrases like: “the good life” “feels good” “a good explanation” “a good researcher” and “doing good” (or more sceptically, “do-gooder”) Is this one concept or many? And, in the last of these usages, do we see evidence... More

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Save the date: Registration open

We hope you will join us in April for the 2019 Spring Conference. Registration is now open! Spring Conference is Carleton University’s annual weekend retreat for faculty, librarians, support staff, administrators and retirees. This year we’ll be gathering at the Glen House Resort in Lansdowne, Ontario for a weekend of presentations,... More

Monday, February 4, 2019

Take note: “Decolonizing data” is on our 2019 program

Assistant Professor Kahente Horn-Miller (School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies) is one of our "headliners" for Spring Conference 2019. Her presentation is entitled Decolonizing data: Indigenous pedagogy In the online environment to make space for Indigenous voices in the academy. As Kahente explains, indigenous worldviews give rise to... More

Friday, May 4, 2018

And finally on our program this year … the iron fish

    Dr. Alistair Summerlee's current research focuses on iron deficiency and a simple innovation, known as the Lucky Iron Fish® which has the capacity to alleviate the condition for almost two billion people worldwide. The Lucky Iron Fish® is a small solution to a big... More

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