International Sustainability Transitions (2019)In the 1880s, Thomas Edison took the first commercial light bulbs to market and in a few short decades, electrification was transforming industrialized cities. The change was radical and irrevocable — exactly the kind of change that is needed to address major environmental challenges we face today.
The 10th annual International Sustainability Transitions conference is gathering the global community of scholars who study these transitions at Carleton University. Running from June 23 to 26, 2019, this year’s conference is the first to be held outside Europe. Click here for full text |
Canadian Indigenous and Native Studies Association (2020)There are hundreds of Indigenous communities in Canada, and many are in rural or remote locations. But the majority of Indigenous people in Canada live in towns and cities.
““You might be surprised to know that 85 per cent of the 375,000 Indigenous people in Ontario live in urban centres (or off reserve)?” says David Newhouse, professor and director at the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies. This year’s Canadian Indigenous/Native Studies Association conference will examine the unique challenges faced by Indigenous people in urban areas. Click here for full text |
Interdisciplinary Frankenstein Scholarship (2019)Halloween is a time for monsters, and this year more than most. It’s been 200 years since Mary Shelley created one of the greatest of them all: Dr. Frankenstein’s monster.
Carleton is celebrating Shelley’s creation with an interdisciplinary conference at Carleton’s Dominion-Chalmers Centre from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, 2019 and the public is welcome. “We wanted to look at what this classic gothic tale has to teach us today, 200 years later,” says James Wright, a Carleton music professor who is co-chairing the conference. Click here for full text |