Are you a student who is interested in and/or researching any of the following topics? Children and violence Mental health Issues concerning Aboriginal children Sexual exploitation of children Youth justice If so, access to a world-class resource is right at your fingertips. The Landon Pearson Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights houses ... more
What’s a Zombie’s role in society? Listen to Aayla Ahmed’s (Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies) interview with CBC to find out! Click Here... more
Assistant Professor and Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Patrizia Gentile spoke with a number of media outlets about the recent disqualification of a transgendered contestant from the Miss Universe Canada beauty pageant. Listen to Gentile on CBC’s The Current Read Gentile’s comments to the Toronto Star ... more
By Nick Ward Landon Pearson has devoted much of her adult life to the promotion of the rights and well-being of children and youth in Canada and around the world. As a Senator, an author and an international representative of Canada, Pearson has done everything in her power to create a culture of respect for ... more
The Administrative Committee for the Joint Chair is seeking internal applications from Carleton University and University of Ottawa regular, full-time, tenured faculty at the Associate or Full Professor level for a two-year term as the Joint Chair in Women’s Studies. This position will be a secondment from the successful candidate’s regular position. As such, at ... more
by Nicole Findlay When audience members of a recent panel discussion accepted a matchbook containing a nickel they became unwitting accomplices to crime. The money was earned by Valerie Scott, while plying the oldest profession in the world. Anyone who accepts money made through the sex trade is living off the avails of prostitution – ... more
The Pauline Jewett Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies has announced that Pamela Walker has been selected as the Joint Chair in women’s studies. The position is shared between Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. “I hope during my year as Joint Chair I can help to highlight all the research going on at ... more
By Nicole Findlay In the 1940s a scandal involving the top echelon of England’s parliament rocked the nation and had a ripple effect on North American national security policies. In Canada, it led to a top secret campaign that resulted in demotions and dismissals of targeted federal public servants. Patrizia Gentile, assistant professor, PJIWGS and ... more
Third year Yamikani Msosa describes volunteering as one of her main hobbies and that is evident given the myriad of activities she is involved in both on and off campus. Yamikani Msosa Along with completing a double major in history and law, and a minor in women’s studies, Msosa is a peer helper with the ... more
Despite the fact that Dr Grace Khwaya Puja had less than 24 hours to complete her application to attend Carleton University as a visiting scholar in the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies, she did it with success. A colleague of Puja’s forwarded her an e-mail with a notification of the opening- just ... more
Are you a student who is interested in and/or researching any of the following topics? Children and violence Mental health Issues concerning Aboriginal children Sexual exploitation of children Youth justice If so, access to a world-class resource is right at your fingertips. The Landon Pearson Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights houses ... more 
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