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Women sit around a table and make dreamcatchers

Q&A: ‘Cultural intellectual property’: Artist Ashley Clark speaks on the cultural meanings of dreamcatchers 

Ashley Clark keeps a dreamcatcher in almost every room of her home.  Typically hung above cradles or beds, Clark said dreamcatchers trap negative dreams and...
Person holds a book in front of a queer library

Q&A: Val Hussain discusses Carleton’s queer library, the importance of safeguarding queer media

Carleton’s Gender and Sexuality Resource Centre (GSRC)’s queer library is one of the largest in Ottawa.  The library started with a handful of stories and...
Hands with henna art on it.

Q&A: How Carleton henna artist Arshia Chandel runs a business as a full-time student

Arshia Chandel grew up doodling flowers on herself with henna cones.  Now a third-year aerospace engineering student at Carleton University, what started as a hobby...
The logo for Carleton University’s new Certificate in Journalism and Indigenous Studies, launching in fall 2025, incorporates themes of connection and storytelling.

Q&A: Dawn Iehstoseranon:nha braids untold stories into logo for Carleton’s Indigenous journalism certificate

For visual and media artist Dawn Iehstoseranon:nha, journalism shapes the world’s perspective and amplifies untold stories.  So when Carleton University journalism professor Duncan McCue asked...
Lougien Dawoudiah performs at SUBR’s debut performance on the Arts Court lawn in downtown Ottawa during the fall 2024 Pique Festival.

Q&A: Palestinian artist Lougien Dawoudiah, co-creator of SUBR, talks the role of art in...

Palestinian artist Lougien Dawoudiah is exploring the connection between solidarity and music with SUBR صبر, a deep listening music project. The Ottawa-based DJ and advocate...