Jackson To Lead Rockefeller Foundation Study of Impact Investing
Over the next year, Dr. Ted Jackson will lead a strategic assessment of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Impact Investing Initiative. Impact investors seek to create social or environmental value while also generating financial return. Managed by the Foundation’s Evaluation Office, the assessment will include an analysis of the evolution of the field of impact investing as ... more
Dwayne Winseck joins Globe’s roster
School of Journalism professor Dwayne Winseck’s blog has been transformed into a prime-time opportunity: a couple of weeks ago, he began writing regularly for the online version of the Globe and Mail. “They asked me to write about the media, telecom and Internet industries in Canada,” he says. “Obviously, I’m delighted to have had my ... more
CVSRD: Study Finds Pitfalls and Opportunities in Changing Volunteer Landscape: Organizations Urged to Strengthen Strategies to Improve
Byline: info@tradingmarkets.com Publication: TradingMarkets Date: Wednesday December 8th, 2010 A new study shows that while Canada’s voluntary sector is the second largest in the world after the Netherlands, a significant number of volunteers report an experience that is less than satisfying. The latest data on the changing culture of Canada’s voluntary sector was released today ... more
Carleton Research Offers Nuclear Advice to Governments
(Ottawa) –Global Nuclear Governance Needs Improving. In a landmark report released today, Trevor Findlay, director of the Canadian Centre for Treaty Compliance (CCTC) at Carleton University, concludes that a significant worldwide expansion of nuclear energy is unlikely to occur before 2030 and offers advice to the international community on the future of nuclear governance. Nuclear Energy ... more
Pozzulo and Abele receive University Research Achievement Awards
FPA faculty Joanna Pozzulo (Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice) and Frances Abele (School of Public Policy and Administration) are among ten Carleton faculty to receive the 2010 Research Achievement Award. Valued at $15,000, the annual RAA was established in 1989 to recognize and promote research excellence. France Abele’s proposed research will examine the changing ... more
Carleton launches new research centre on international migration and settlement
On February 1, 2010, the Centre for International Migration and Settlement Studies (CIMSS) was launched at a ceremony hosted by Dr. Roseann O’Reilly Runte, President and Vice-Chancellor of Carleton University, and attended by the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, and more than 80 other distinguished guests representing research, policy, and service ... more
The LFO Announces Community Leadership in Justice Fellows including one for Carleton University
(Ottawa) –Toronto, ON – The Law Foundation of Ontario is pleased to announce that three individuals have been selected as Community Leadership in Justice Fellows for the 2009/2010 academic term. They are Richard Elliott, Executive Director, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; Michael Janigan, Executive Director, Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC); and Allan McChesney, Senior Legal Researcher, ... more
Carleton Centre Offers EU civil society exchanges
Source: The Charlatan, September 10-16, 2009 By: Elise A. Milbradt This year Carleton’s Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development (CVSRD), which provides exchange opportunities focused on social development and civil society, will be offering student exchanges to the European Union (EU) for the first time. Exchanges are now offered in Italy, Germany and the ... more
New release: Surveillance: Power, Problems and Politics
About the Author(s) Sean P. Hier is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Victoria. Josh Greenberg is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University. Surveillance is commonly rationalized as a practice to address existing political or social problems such as crime, fraud, and terrorism. This book ... more
Two Carleton professors elected to prestigious Chinese society
Source: Exchange Magazaine – News Release Friday, August 14, 2009 Ottawa – Carleton University Professor Yanling Wang has been chosen as president-elect and Professor Zhiqi Chen as the vice-president of the prestigious Chinese Economists Society (CES). Professor Wang is from Carleton’s renowned Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), while Professor Chen is with the ... more