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Newly launched site targets Grad Student needs

Mike — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:05:04 +0000

Graduate students! Try the newly launched Grad Navigate website intended to keep you in the know about upcoming graduate-specific workshops and services. Opportunities are offered by departments across campus on a wide range of topics.

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Scholarship awards program for members Italian-Canadian community

Mike — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:03:06 +0000

CIBPA Ottawa Scholarship Awards Program (COSAP) was incorporated by CIBPA Ottawa to promote and assist access to post-secondary studies for members of the Italian-Canadian community residing in Ontario according to their academic merit and community involvement. In order to achieve these ends, COSAP will offer financial assistance in the form of monetary awards.

Deadline: October 31, 2013

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Summer languages potluck

Mike — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 21:00:45 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came out to the first annual SLaLS Language Centre potluck picnic at the Hartwell Locks on Tuesday, 18 June. Students and teachers of Mandarin Chinese, ASL, Japanese, Italian, academic ESL and more. SLaLS staff too! Great to see you all there! And thanks for the great food contributions: plantain, wings, dumplings, Inarizushi (稲荷寿司)…the list goes on.

ALDS professor explores challenges for Kurdish

Mike — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:42:50 +0000

Applied Linguistics Professor Jaffer Sheyholislami is currently researching the tensions, challenges, opportunities, and threats surrounding Kurdish, the language and the people. Here what he had to say to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Awards to SLaLS graduates for outstanding academic achievement

Mike — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:25:11 +0000

Special congratulations to graduating students Sara Doody, Bridget Campbell, Catherine Crowe and Taylor Rhedey, each of whom was awarded a Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement.

Artemeva receives grant

Mike — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:53:28 +0000

Congratulations to ALDS professor Dr. Natasha Artemeva and collaborator Dr. Craig Bennell (Psychology) on receiving a 2013 Development Grant for proposed research into “The Genre of the Suicide Note”.

Carleton students win Portuguese prizes

Mike — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:17:08 +0000

Congratulations to Carleton students Michelle Wright (PORT 1010) and Falon da Silva (PORT 1020) on each receiving a “2013 CPLP (Community of the Portuguese Speaking Countries) Book Prize of Excellence”. This prize recognizes students of Portuguese who exhibit proficiency, distinction and a demonstrated interest in learning the language. Prizes were awarded by the Ambassadors of Angola, Brazil, Mozambique and Portugal in a celebration May 8 at the Auditorium of Archives and Library Canada.

ALDS professor receives research award

Mike — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:55:48 +0000

Congratulations to Dr. David Wood for being one of eight recipients of the 2013 FASS Junior Research Award, for his project, “An Idiodynamic Investigation of the Relationship between Willingness to Communicate and Speech Fluency in a Second Language”.

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ESLA instructor wins teaching award

Mike — Fri, 31 May 2013 14:04:23 +0000

Congratulations to Peggy Hartwick, recipient of a 2013 Carleton University teaching award for Excellence in Teaching with Technology.

This award recognizes excellence at integrating educational technology in the classroom and was made in recognition of Peggy’s incorporation of online 3-D virtual environments and a student-centered approach to teaching and learning with technology in her academic ESL classes.

Great work Peggy!

ALDS, collaborating program with new MA in Digital Humanities

Mike — Wed, 29 May 2013 14:43:43 +0000

Carleton University is pleased to announce a new collaborative MA in Digital Humanities. The program is designed to add value to existing degree programs by offering courses focused on the rapidly growing field of digital humanities. Applicants must already be enrolled in one of the participating MA programs and, upon completion of their degree, they will obtain an MA in their chosen field with a designated concentration in Digital Humanities.

Learn More:

Digital Humanities website
Specific program requirements
How to apply (Application Deadline: 1 August, 2013)

Participating programs:

Anthropology
Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies
Art History
Canadian Studies
English Language and Literature
Film Studies
French and Francophone Studies
History
Music and Culture
Philosophy
Public History
Sociology