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Thursday, October 10, 2019
Mitacs is now accepting applications for the Mitacs-JSPS Summer Program, which supports researchers in Canada to undertake 10-week research projects in Japan in Summer 2020. The program is open to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in all disciplines at Canadian academic institutions. The deadline to apply for the Mitacs-JSPS Summer... More
Monday, October 7, 2019
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Friday, October 4, 2019
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Today, we are constantly using the Internet as a means of leisure, school, and work but did you know that, no matter what you do on the Internet, someone somewhere is able to collect data from you. Meagan Bell, a student in Political Economy is focusing on examining strategies of Internet governance in Canada... More
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Recently two Carleton doctoral students (Patricia Bérubé in Cultural Mediations and Abigail Curlew in Sociology) were among 20 recipients of a scholarship presented by The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.This is Curlew's story. The Internet has the power to connect individuals from all over the world who share the same interests, views, and... More
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Note: Recently, Erin Vanzyl was a recipient of the prestigious Vanier scholarship Read her story, as written by Taia Goguen-Garner. From blindness to cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases, gene splicing is important for human health. Erin Vanzyl, a PhD student in the Department of Biology is researching how cells can survive fundamental... More
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Between trying to save money and the environment, energy efficiency is something we’ve all thought about at one point or another. Master's student Brodie Hobson in the Civil Engineering program has been working towards finding new ways to bring about energy efficiency in existing buildings. Hobson is conducting his research by implementing some... More
Monday, September 9, 2019
Some fear getting stung by a bee, others immerse themselves within the world of beekeeping as a means of therapeutic intervention. Sam Davidson, a Master’s student in Social Work has been looking at the therapeutic effects of beekeeping. “My research explores the use of therapeutic beekeeping as an intervention in social work with a... More
Friday, September 6, 2019
Thursday, September 5, 2019
It all started on a cold, dark day in February 2016. Rawan Alkurd was on her way home from class and trying to use the Internet on her phone to look up which bus she needed to take back home. After many tries, the Internet failed to work on her phone. Alkurd dreamed of... More
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
--The following story was written by Taia Goguen-Garner Imagine—2 billion years ago, continents that are now thousands of kilometres away were once attached. Sarah Davey, a PhD student in Earth Sciences, is comparing the age and composition of rocks in Finland (Karelia) and Canada (Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba), to test whether pieces of Canada... More
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