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JANUARY 31st, 2022
Introducing the FASS Framework
We’re excited to launch a new initiative to help guide prospective and current students on their academic journeys in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
The FASS Framework reflects the foundational cross-disciplinary areas of interest explored at FASS that get to the heart of what our community of students, researchers, educators, and administrators care about most.
The four 'frames' that make up the FASS Framework are: Identities and Social Justice, Mental Health and the Mind, Sustainable Futures, and the Power of Creative Expression.
History Prof and MA Student Create Space Archaeology Research Tool
Dr. Shawn Graham (Department of History) and MA Student Chantal Brousseau (History and Data Science) have teamed up to develop a digital data entry system to help researchers make archaeological sense of human activity on the International Space Station (ISS).
As part of the International Space Station Archaeological Project (ISSAP), the first-ever large-scale initiative of its kind, the data gathered via this research tool will help researchers tell the full story of how humans co-exist within the built space of the ISS,
Coffee with a Prof: Winter Edition
Our Coffee with a Prof program is back for Winter 2022!
Have you ever wanted to have an in-depth conversation with one of your FASS professors? Are you interested in asking them about their career path, experiences, or simply what it's like to be an academic?
Through the FASS Coffee with a Prof program, you can set up a virtual chat with any of our list of participating faculty members.
Please note that given the current pandemic circumstances, all meetings will be held over Zoom this term.
Two FASS Professors Named Canada Research Chairs
Photo credit: Lindsay Ralph
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is pleased to congratulate Dr. Maria Rogers (Department of Psychology) and Dr. John Anderson (Department of Cognitive Science and Department of Psychology) on being named Tier II Canada Research Chairs!
As Canada’s Research Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health and Well-Being, Prof. Rogers’ research seeks to facilitate a better understanding between children’s mental health and their experiences in the education system.
As Canada’s Research Chair in Cognition and Wellness, Prof. Anderson’s research focuses on how contextual and lifelong experiential factors collectively delay age-related cognitive decline.
FASS Faculty Win Funding for Experiential Learning Initiatives
Three projects led by FASS faculty have been awarded funding in the first round of the 2021-2022 Carleton University Experiential Learning Fund (CUELF).
Dr. Kathleen Moss (Department of Sociology and Anthropology) is developing a new course that offers students the opportunity to present an interactive sociology lecture to a high school social science class.
Dr. Anna Hoefnagels and Geraldine King (School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies) are working with colleagues to develop a new land-based learning course in collaboration with knowledge keepers of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation.
Dr. Janice Schroeder is teaming up with fellow Department of English Language and Literature colleagues and the Book Arts Lab to launch a literary magazine designed, edited, and digitally produced by fourth-year students.
The ACMP Presents: Black Mental Health Month
The Afro-Caribbean Mentorship Program (ACMP), partnered with the Royal Bank of Canada, is hosting virtual events this month to address some major issues faced by the African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) community.
Self Care: Supporting Your Own Mental Health
When: Monday, January 31st at 6:00 PM EST via Zoom
This event is intended to provide attendees with an opportunity to learn from a panel of invited mental health professionals.
It will include a 90-minute bilingual workshop that will give participants tools to support their own mental health.
The ACMP is focused on providing ACB youth with the opportunity to talk about mental health issues openly and safely with mental health professionals.
2022 Vickers-Verduyn Annual Lecture in Canadian Studies
When: Thursday, March 10th, 2022, at 3:00 PM EST on Zoom
Join us for the 2022 Vickers-Verduyn Annual Lecture in Canadian Studies, delivered by Dr. Charmaine Nelson, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD).
Dr. Nelson is the Tier I Canada Research Chair in Transatlantic Black Diasporic Art and Community Engagement and founding Director of the Institute for the Study of Canadian Slavery.
Her talk is entitled “‘she commonly wears a Handkerchief round her Head’: Expanding and Complicating the Concept of Creolization for the study of Transatlantic Slavery.”
FASS Canada Research Chair Interviewed by CBC Radio
Photo credit: Lindsay Ralph
Tier II Canada Research Chair in Cognition and Wellness Dr. John Anderson (Department of Cognitive Science and Department of Psychology) spoke recently on two CBC Radio programs about his research on bilingualism and aging.
Specifically, Prof. Anderson is studying how switching back and forth between languages can help our brains ward off signs of dementia.
Listen to Dr. Anderson’s interview with host Robyn Bresnahan on CBC Ottawa Morning >
Listen to Dr. Anderson’s interview with host Wei Chen on CBC Ontario Morning >
Cognitive Science Professor Guests on CBC Radio
Dr. Jim Davies (Department of Cognitive Science and Director of the Science of Imagination Laboratory recently made two guest appearances on CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning program.
Prof. Davies chatted with host Robyn Bresnahan about how to motivate yourself to exercise in the era of the pandemic and how the pandemic has messed with our perception of time.
Listen to Dr. Davies' December 30th CBC Radio interview on the passage of time in the pandemic >
Listen to Dr. Davies' January 12th CBC Radio interview on exercise and cognitive health >
FASS Community Research Bulletin Board
Have a new publication, paper or research-related project to share? Let us know by submitting to the FASS Community Research Bulletin Board, a new initiative aimed at promoting research within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and throughout the broader Carleton community.
FASS community members are invited to submit their latest research news (e.g., publications, presentations, installations, exhibitions, community-based initiatives, etc.) to be featured on the bulletin board.
Video: 2022 Edgar and Dorothy Davidson Lecture Series
On January 20th, the MA in Religion & Public Life in the College of the Humanities proudly presented the first event in the 2022 Annual Edgar and Dorothy Davidson Lecture Series.
With over 150 people in virtual attendance, the lecture ("You're Studying Us, But Who's Studying You? The Imperative and Perils of Decolonizing Religious Studies") was delivered by Dr. Oludamini Ogunnaike, Associate Professor of African Religious Thought and Democracy at the University of Virginia.
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