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JUNE 13th, 2022
Pride Month
June is Pride Month, which offers the continued opportunity to celebrate and support two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer members of the Carleton and Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences communities.
Follow the Carleton Newsroom for stories about 2SLGBTQ+ leaders and learn how Carleton strives to support greater inclusion throughout all areas of campus life.
FASS Featured Story: Complicating Trans Representation
National Indigenous History Month
During National Indigenous History Month, Carleton and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences continue to celebrate the diverse cultures, voices and experiences of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.
Follow the Carleton Newsroom to learn more about Carleton's steps towards integrating Indigenous histories, experiences, and ways of knowing into all areas of campus life.
FASS Featured Story: Carleton University and the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun Forge a Partnership
Spring Convocation
Over the next two weeks, Carleton University and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences are celebrating the remarkable classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022 over several Convocation ceremonies.
We are so proud of our graduates and would like to wish them all an emphatic and heartfelt congratulations.
Discover the Spring 2022 FASS graduate and undergraduate medal and award recipients.
Noah’s Blog – A Mark of Distinction
Noah Bendzsa, fourth-year student blogger for the Department of English Language and Literature, has released their final blog post for 2021-2022.
Their closing entry is inspired by the “hopeful, suspenseful punctuation mark”: the comma.
For Noah, the “comma signals anything but an end.”
Chancellor’s Professor Norman Hillmer on the Royal Tours
Chancellor’s Professor Norman Hillmer (Department of History) was recently featured in a Carleton Newsroom article about the role of royal tours in Canada, in light of the royal visits Ottawa hosted in May.
“These royal visits say a great deal about where Canada is sitting in its political and social life and in its progress as a country,” says Dr. Hillmer.
FGPA’s Researcher of the Month
Professor Kelly Fritsch (Department of Sociology and Anthropology) was recently showcased as the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs’ Researcher of the Month.
On a regular basis, FGPA showcases professors and their graduate students. In May, FGPA highlighted Dr. Fritsch and her PhD student Megan Linton in a video where they discussed their research about life in an ableist society.
(Re)thinking Academic Conferences
Learn how Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences graduate students are reimagining knowledge-sharing, scholarly networking and what it means to study history by reading our latest FASS Story!
We sat down with two of the organizers of this year’s Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium in the Department of History: Amie Wright (PhD Student in History, Concentration in Public History) and Jaime Simons (MA Student in Public History and Digital Humanities).
Helping Youth Mental Health
“The individual and societal costs of mental health problems in childhood are substantial and well-known,” says Professor Maria Rogers (Department of Psychology), Canada Research Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health and Well-Being.
Dr. Rogers shares her research which brings together two important areas of study for children and youth—mental health and education—to improve our understanding of how they interact.
Permafrost Thaw and Our Climate
“Unexpected and often bad things happen when permafrost thaws,” explains Professor Stephan Gruber (Department of Geography and Environmental Studies), Carleton University's Canada Research Chair in Climate Change Impacts/Adaptation in Northern Canada.
Dr. Gruber shares his research on permafrost thaw and NSERC PermafrostNet, a collaborative partnership that brings together researchers from a dozen universities.
Shannon Lectures in History
The Shannon Lectures in History are currently underway! The 2022 Spring Series explores historical and transnational perspectives on the management of natural resources and the environment in Canada.
Upcoming lectures are scheduled online from 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST and include:
• June 24: Grass in the Cracks: Gender, Social Reproduction and Climate Justice in the Xolobeni Struggle with Dr. Shireen Hassim
• July 8: What is Nature?: The Rise and Fall of Moncton’s Petitcodiac Causeway with Dr. Ronald Rudin
CUAG Summer Gatherings
The Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) invites you to Gatherings, a series of performances, workshops, and walks taking place this summer.
These events are free and in-person, and take place on unceded, unsurrendered Algonquin territory.
June events will take place at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre and include:
• June 13, 7:00 PM EST: Timelines: Piano Performance and Conversation
• June 25, 4:30 PM EST: Cosmic Chemistry: Performances after The Baroness
The Gunn Prize
The Department of History at Carleton University, the Canadian Immigration Historical Society (CIHS), and the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) recently announced a new partnership to support student research.
Graduating fourth-year students and graduate students enrolled in any social sciences or humanities discipline at any Canadian university are eligible to apply for the Gunn Prize.
Valued at $1,000, this prize will recognize excellence in a research paper which addresses the crucial topic of migration to and settlement in Canada from a historical perspective.
The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2022.
Noons for Now
Hosted by the Carleton Climate Commons, Noons for Now is a weekly teach-in to discuss climate change related issues.
Upcoming teach-ins are scheduled online from 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST and include:
• June 16: Open Discussion
• June 23: Carleton Climate Response Committee
• June 30: Regime of Obstruction: The Economic, Political, and Cultural Power of Fossil Capital in Canada with William Carroll
Everyone is welcome!
Evil, Suffering, and the Global Pandemic in Contemporary Islamic Philosophy
When: June 28-30 on Zoom
The Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam and the University of Cincinnati invite you to From the Divine to the Human: New Perspectives on Evil, Suffering, and the Global Pandemic.
This conference seeks to reinvigorate the study of the global philosophy of religion by utilizing the rich and unique resources of the Islamic intellectual tradition as well as contemporary Muslim philosophers’ creative engagements with these materials.
FASS Research Bulletin Board: May Round-Up
Several great publications were shared in May. Keep up on the latest research news from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences by heading over to our monthly FASS Research Bulletin Board.
Are you a FASS researcher with a new publication, paper, or research-related project to share? Let us know by submitting to the FASS Research Bulletin Board, an initiative aimed at promoting research within FASS and throughout the broader Carleton community.
The FASS Framework
The FASS Framework guides prospective and current students on their academic journeys in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and reflects the foundational cross-disciplinary areas of interest 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.
In Memoriam: Michael Smith
On May 12, 2022, the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Carleton University lost a trusted friend, academic innovator, and international research leader. Professor Emeritus Michael W. Smith passed away peacefully at his home in Picton.
The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies put together a heartfelt piece to remember Dr. Smith.
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