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Graduating Geography PhD student, May Chazan, wins Senate Medal award and prestigious prize from SSHRC

Carleton Geography PhD student May Chazan has been awarded the $10,000 SSHRC Postdoctoral Prize.  The award is presented to the most outstanding postdoctoral applicant in Canada.  ... More

Posted on Friday, November 4th, 2011 in News Feed for all posts filed under News, Success Stories Feed for all posts filed under Success Stories

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Professor Derek Smith awarded SSHRC Grant

Derek Smith is the Principal Investigator for the following Insight Development SSHRC Grant: Mapping Indigenous Geographies: Investigating the Cultural Landscapes of the Yucatan Peninsula from a... More

Posted on Friday, June 10th, 2011 in Success Stories Feed for all posts filed under Success Stories

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Gita Laidler awarded SSHRC Research Grant

Professor Gita Laidler is the recipient of a SSHRC Standard Research Grant for 2011 – 2014.  She is collaborating with Julia Ogina, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. This... More

Posted on Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 in Success Stories Feed for all posts filed under Success Stories

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Jill Wigle is a recent SSHRC Award Winner

Jill Wigle’s recent SSHRC award is entitled “Spatial governance of informality in Mexico City”. Contemporary urban growth is now largely concentrated in cities in the global south,... More

Posted on Monday, April 18th, 2011 in Success Stories Feed for all posts filed under Success Stories

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Natalie Pressburger wins Betty Weiss Memorial Award

Congratulations to Natalie Pressburger who has been awarded the 2010 Betty Weiss Memorial Award.  The recipient of this award is consistently responsive, innovative, efficient, professional and... More

Posted on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 in Success Stories Feed for all posts filed under Success Stories

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Professor Fran Klodawsky & Caroline Larocque work on SSHRC grant

Caroline Larocque, who is graduating as a Geography/Human Rights joint major this summer and who will continue her studies at Carleton as a MA student in Geography, will be assisting Dr. Fran... More

Posted on Thursday, June 17th, 2010 in Success Stories Feed for all posts filed under Success Stories

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Dr. Mike Pisaric awarded NSERC Strategic Grant Award

Paleoclimatological assessment of the central Northwest Territories: Implications for the long-term viability of the Tibbett to Contwoyto Winter Ice Road The proposed research falls within the... More

Posted on Thursday, June 17th, 2010 in Success Stories Feed for all posts filed under Success Stories

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Dr. Chris Burn wins University Research Achievement Award for 2010

Chris Burn was recently announced as winner of a University Research Achievement Award for 2010. Chris is the first member of the Department to receive two of these prestigious awards, his prior... More

Posted on Thursday, June 17th, 2010 in Success Stories Feed for all posts filed under Success Stories

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Dr. Jill Wigle wins FASS 2010 Research Award for Junior Faculty

Jill Wigle was recently awarded a FASS 2010 Research Award for Junior Faculty. These research awards are intended to enable faculty members to undertake research in the summer of 2010, in order to... More

Posted on Thursday, June 17th, 2010 in Success Stories Feed for all posts filed under Success Stories

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Dr. Sean Carey wins award from the Canadian Geophysical Union.

The Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) conferred its Young Scientist Award on Carleton University’s Sean Carey. Carey, an associate professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, received the... More

Posted on Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 in Success Stories Feed for all posts filed under Success Stories