The Executive Committee of the Mining Association of Canada has awarded Carleton University grad student Briana Brownell the first Paul Stothart Memorial Scholarship in Mineral Economics ($3,500 value). The Association says that, amongst a group of highly-qualified applicants, Brownell stood out for being a top student in finance and economics. She is currently pursuing a ... more
The Canadian Committee on Public History awarded its third annual Public History Prize to a Carleton University team for the development of the free Rideau Timescapes App at the annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association in Victoria, B.C. The prize went to Will Knight, project manager and PhD candidate, Department of History; James Opp, co-director ... more
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) recently announced $2.5 million to 64 Carleton University graduate students. Some of the recipients include: Jennifer Boland PhD in Communication ($105,000 over three years) Boland will use her SSHRC funding to examine our current fascination with reality-television portrayals of what she calls the “extraordinary everyday” – mundane behaviours ... more
The Department of University Communications is holding its next media training session on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in 617 Southam Hall. The three-hour session consists of general tips for engaging journalists from all mediums, as well as individual mock interviews and feedback. Many graduate students have found this training ... more
PhD candidate Krystal Kehoe MacLeod has just won a 2013-14 Women’s Health Scholars Award – for a second time. MacLeod won the award, valued at $20,000 (plus $2,000 research allowance) last year. She will receive the same grant money this year. The original story about her research is on the FGPA website. The awards, administered by ... more
Carleton University alumna Natasha D’Souza is the recipient of a $50,000 neuroscience entrepreneurial fellowship given by the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) in partnership with Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE). D’Souza’s fellowship is one of eight Ontario post-graduate fellowships to help entrepreneurs turn their neuro-discoveries into companies and jobs. D’Souza is a 2012 graduate of Carleton’s Technology ... more
In a recent article on how spring seems to be coming earlier each year, the Philadelphia Inquirer looked to research conducted by Zoe Panchen, currently a Carleton PhD student in Biology. As a Master’s student at the University of Delaware, Panchen examined the impact of climate change on flowering times of plants in the Philadelphia ... more
On Tuesday May 21, the Government of Canada announced the 2013 competition results for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). As part of this competition, 39 Carleton grad students are being awarded a total $1,641,300 (master’s and doctoral) for the Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships and Postgraduate Scholarships. Among the ... more
Feeling depressed? It could be because your oxytocin system is out of whack. PhD candidate, Robyn McQuaid is examining the role that the hormone oxytocin plays in stress and pathological outcomes such as depression. About 15 per cent of the population suffers from depression. Explains McQuaid: “Despite the prevalence of depression and its impact, current ... more
On Thursday, May 9, The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, provided an update at Carleton University on the Kanishka Project – a five-year, $10-million initiative that invests in terrorism-focused research. “Terrorism and violent extremism pose real threats to Canada and as the threats evolve, we must improve our ability to better prevent and ... more
