When:
Thursday, May 17, 2012
5:15 p.m.

Where:
River Building (Corner of University Drive and Campus avenue)
Room 2200 (Auditorium, 2^nd floor)

Registration:
To register, RSVP to Marie Devlin, Swedish Embassy,
marie.devlin@foreign.ministry.se
613-244-8206.

Metered visitor parking available in LOT P2, off Campus Avenue.

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Steven Reid
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Carleton University
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Members of the media and the general public are invited to watch the announcement of the lab’s opening by streaming video.

When: Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 11 a.m.

Where: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/snolab

For more information on SNOLAB, please visit www.snolab.ca.

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Chris Cline
Media Relations
Carleton University
613-520-2600, ext. 1391
613-355-0336
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“Each of these recipients is extraordinary”, says Carleton President Roseann O’Reilly Runte. “Each one has made a significant contribution to our nation and the world through science and scholarship, creative writing and communication, and service to the community and to the people and peoples who make up our country. Their words will inspire our graduates to strive to contribute their own talents and energies to the betterment of our world.”

Two ceremonies will be held each day in the Fieldhouse. The morning ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. and the afternoon ceremony will begin at 2:30 p.m.  Each recipient will be awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa.

2:00 p.m. June 5  

• Elijah Harper will be recognized for his outstanding contribution to the Aboriginal community and democracy through public service.

• Ron Rosenes will be recognized for his passionate advocacy for the rights of people all over the world living with HIV/AIDS.

9:30 a.m. June 6

• Ian Hacking will be recognized for his distinguished contribution to scholarship and public intellectual life.

2:00 p.m. June 6  

• Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger will be recognized for their exemplary leadership in the promotion of the rights of children and the promotion of ethical living and social responsibility.

9:30 a.m. June 7

• Chaviva Hošek will be recognized for her transformational role in advancing Canada’s reputation as a global leader in the international research community.

2 p.m. June 7

• Julie Payette will be recognized for her leadership in the exploration of space and as an inspiration to Canadian youth through her example of achievement and service.

9:30 a.m. June 8

• Anne Michaels will be recognized for her outstanding contribution to the arts and Canadian culture.

2 p.m. June 8

• Elizabeth Hay will be recognized for her outstanding contribution to Canadian literature, broadcasting, teaching and the cultural heritage of the Nation’s Capital.

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The following experts will be available by appointment May 15 and 16.

Randall Germain
Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science
Phone: 613-520-2600 x. 2760
Email: randall_germain@carleton.ca

He has co-edited the Routledge/RIPE Series in Global Political Economy and convened the International Political Economy Group of the British International Studies Association. His teaching and research interests are focused on the field of international political economy, including global economic governance and the political economy of global finance.

Achim Hurrelmann
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Phone: 613-520-2600 x. 2294
Email: Achim_Hurrelmann@carleton.ca.

Hurrelmann teaches in the areas of comparative politics, European integration, and state theory. In recognition of his teaching performance, he received the 2011 Faculty of Public Affairs Teaching Award. His research mainly deals with the politics of the European Union; it focuses in particular on questions of legitimation and democratization in the European system of multi-level governance.

He currently works on two major research projects, one focusing on legitimation discourses about European integration, the other on a comparison between European and North American integration. He is associate director at Carleton University’s Center for European Studies, where he co-ordinates the research group on social integration and citizenship. He is a member of the governing board of the European Community Studies Association – Canada.

The Provost’s Fellowship in Teaching Award has been awarded to Issac Otchere from the Sprott School of Business.

The New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award has been awarded to Adam Barrows from the Department of English and Language Literature, Mary Francoli from the School of Journalism and Communication, and Alexis Luko from the School for Studies in Art and Culture: Music.

The Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award has been awarded to Jim Davies from the Institute of Cognitive Science and Shawn Graham from the Department of History.

Please join us in congratulating each of them for this impressive achievement!

For a complete description of the EDC awards please visit: www.carleton.ca/edc/awards .

Where: Canal Building Foyer, Carleton University

When: Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 10:30 a.m.

Parking: Parking is available in P2. Journalists are invited to leave their media passes on their dashboards.

Click here to read more about the Rideau Timescapes App.

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It was important that the students could see the work he was doing on a computer without having to contend with an over-the-shoulder camera view or clunky software interfaces. Not seeing any plausible options, he set out to develop the tools he needed himself.

The result is YASC, a teaching and presentation app for Mac OS X that puts teachers in the driver’s seat. The program, pronounced “why ask,” allows teachers to display and teach content from any computer application in a simple and elegant way.

“When I started the project, I was just hoping to write something for myself,” said Cheung. “But as I was progressing, I realized I could turn it into a nice package that other teachers could use. Judging from the response so far, it’s worth getting YASC into more hands.”

While alternative software solutions do exist, YASC eliminates many technical hurdles. The program allows users to choose exactly what they want to display. With powerful annotation features designed for real-time use, teachers are finding that presentations and lectures can be incredibly smooth.

“My hope is that YASC will further stimulate the development of quality teaching tools by commercial software companies and the open source community beyond what is currently being done,” said Cheung.

The application is currently available for free to all Carleton employees and students through the Educational Development Centre. For more information and a number of tutorials on how to use YASC, click here.

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Carleton University
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Media are invited to attend.

What: Lecture and Rountable Discussion entitled Power Sector in India – Challenges and Opportunities

Where: Humanities Lecture Theatre, Room 303, Patterson Hall, Carleton University

When: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Parking: Parking is available in P1. Journalists are invited to leave their media passes on their dashboards.

About Dr. Pramod Deo:
Deo is the longest-serving electricity regulator in India. He holds a postgraduate degree in physics and a doctoral degree in infrastructure economics. He is also co-author of three books on energy planning, energy management and regulatory practice. Deo was the recipient of the World Wind Energy Award in 2005 for his outstanding achievement in making wind energy technology more widely available. The Confederation of Indian Industry selected him for the Distinguished Personality – Energy Management award in 2006.

About the Canada-India Centre:
Canada and India share a strong commitment to education, the environment, health and science. Both view technology as a means to solve problems and to advance economic development. Celebrating these common goals and the mutual desire to build trade partnerships and scientific and cultural links, Carleton University has established, in collaboration with the India High Commission and community members, the Canada-India Centre for Excellence in Science, Technology, Trade and Policy. The centre brings together key members of the academic, business and public policy communities in both countries to provide cutting-edge research, analysis, training and exchanges. Details about Carleton’s India connections are available at carleton.ca/india.

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As part of the fellowship, Coulson will spend the winter term in 2013 at Carleton’s School of Journalism and Communication, where she will teach an undergraduate reporting course. She will also conduct research into the growing phenomenon of audience participation in the media.

“We’re very pleased to be chosen as the first school to host the winner of the Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Journalism Education,” said Christopher Waddell, director of the School of Journalism and Communication. “We look forward to the work Coulson will do, and are thrilled that our students will have the opportunity to interact with a seasoned journalist from the Ottawa Citizen.”

Coulson currently teaches in the journalism program at Carleton as a contract instructor. She joined the Ottawa Citizen in 2006 after holding positions at the Globe and Mail and the CBC. She is a graduate of Carleton and was one of the founding students of Capital News Online, an award-winning online news magazine run by students. She received her Master’s of Journalism in 1999.

“It is an honour to win the first ever Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Journalism Education,” said Coulson. “I’m thrilled the Michener Awards Foundation is recognizing the importance of journalism education with this fellowship, and that I have the opportunity to be a journalist-in-residence at Carleton University, my beloved alma mater. I look forward to examining community and citizen journalism and its impact on traditional media – and to do it at Canada’s top journalism school with the next generation of journalists.”

The foundation also announced today that Laura Eggertson is the winner of the Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Journalism. This fellowship encourages excellence in investigative print and broadcast journalism that serves the public interest.

Eggertson graduated from Carleton with a Bachelor of Journalism in 1986. She spent nine years reporting for the Canadian Press and she is now a writer, editor and freelance journalist based in Ottawa. A past Nieman Fellowship winner, she plans to research and write a series of print and online articles and create a radio documentary based on the experiences of Aboriginal communities dealing with suicide.

His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will host the Michener Awards ceremony at Rideau Hall on June 12, 2012 where the Michener-Deacon Fellowships will be presented and the winner of the 2011 Michener Award will be announced.

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The Faculty of Public Affairs and the Department of Economics is providing financial support for this presentation.

Refreshments will be served at a reception preceding the presentation.

Note: Dean will be available following the presentation for interviews and photos.

Who:
James Dean holds BSc, MA and PhD degrees from Carleton and Harvard universities, where he studied mathematics and then economics. In addition to his appointment at Simon Fraser, he has held visiting appointments at over 25 universities and research institutions worldwide. Until recently, he taught graduate courses at a World Bank-sponsored masters program in Kiev. Currently he teaches graduate courses in Adelaide, Copenhagen, Pretoria and Sofia.

Dean specializes in international macroeconomics and finance, as well as developing and transition economies. Throughout the 1990s, his research focused on debt, currency and banking crises and their resolution. More recently, he has turned his attention to currency regimes. Oxford University Press published his co-edited book on this topic, “The Dollarization Debate,” in March 2003. Currently he is working on the “euroization” debate in Central and Eastern Europe, and on “Globalization and Culture.”

Professor Dean frequently consults and lectures internationally, and has published nearly 120 articles and monographs.

When:
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Where:
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Azrieli Theatre 102

Cost:
Free with no need to register

For more information:
Simon Power
(613) 520-2600 ext. 3764
simon_power@carleton.ca

Steven Reid
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Carleton University
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