On Wednesday February 8th, 2012 at 3:00pm, the Carleton Community will have the chance to hear internationally known literary award winner, playwright and current director of the French theater at the National Art Center,Wajdi Mouawad. Wajdi Mouawad will be discussing the city of Ottawa as a stage to perform and create in French. In March [...] Full Story

The School of Canadian Studies at Carleton University presents the 2nd Annual Vickers-Verduyn Speaker Series. Delivering this year’s keynote lecture is Professor Ian McKay, Queen’s University Professor McKay’s talk is entitled: For God and Country: Heroes, Monuments and the Sacralization of War in Rebranded Canada Prior to the keynote lecutre, the School of Canadian Studies is also [...] Full Story

Janet McGrath was hired as an Inuktitut interpreter at age 15. Two years later, she was translating for the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. “After working for the government for a few years, I realized I was far more interested in working with oral history documentation than in translating government materials,” said McGrath. McGrath, who just [...] Full Story

Applications are invited for the Stipendiary and Non-Stipendiary Visiting Scholars Programme of the School of Canadian Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. Visiting scholars will be provided with shared office space, computer facilities and access to the Carleton University library. They will be expected to contribute to the intellectual life [...] Full Story

In her efforts to reach out to the Québec Studies programs in Québec and Canada, Anne Trépanier recently went to Centre Interuniversitaire d’Études Québécoises (CIEQ) in Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) to present her paper Le tremble-terre de 1663 et ses effets prodigieux (dont le récit de l’incarnation d’une identité canadienne). [...] Full Story