Culture & Community

A crowd of people holding signs with messages like "Stop funding genocide, divest now," "We CU investing in genocide," "divest from apartheid," and "You're on the wrong side of history"

Campus protest calls on Board of Governors to divest from human rights violations

The spring sun warmed dozens of protesters on Tuesday as they marched through Carleton University’s academic quad echoing chants such as, “Disclose, divest, we...
Two people stand at a table with a fold-out cardboard poster with sticky notes and a message that says "Let's talk about rent, your rent"

No Room for Students: How a CUSA report is highlighting student rent issues

Carleton’s student union is sounding the alarm about their report earlier this year that it says identifies loopholes in Ontario’s Residential Tenancies Act that...
Train goes by in a field of green at Carleton University campus

Carleton students to design new campus green space

Built in 1969, the P9 parking garage stood on Carleton University’s campus for more than 50 years. But when engineering reports in 2020 called...
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Refugee communities use global partnership for positive change, Carleton expert says

The migration and diaspora studies program at Carleton University is fostering a space for refugee voices to reflect on the work that their communities...
About a dozen people stand around or sit at several tables decorated with table cloths and filled with papers and writing materials. Some people talk to each other, some are writing on their papers.

‘Love as resistance’: Students write letters to political prisoners in the Philippines

For many activists, agitation fuels change. But love can also be a “powerful tool” to mobilize communities, said Asal Durrani, the president of the Carleton...