Carleton Climate Commons

April 2 | 12PM | ZOOM
Drawing on her work in the anthropology of energy, environmental history, deindustrialization, and social and environmental justice, Dr. Bettini examines how communities experience and navigate the shifting landscapes of fossil‑fuel dependence and transition. This session offers a grounded look at the cultural, historical, and human dimensions of moving beyond petro‑economies.
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Join Carleton’s Department of English Language and Literature for a reading and q&a with Karen Solie and performance of Karen Solie’s work on Monday, March 30th in Dunton Tower 2017 from 2:30-4pm.

Karen Solie was born in Moose Jaw and grew up in rural southwest Saskatchewan. She is the author of six collections of poetry. Her most recent, Wellwater, won the Forward Prize for Best Collection, the Governor General’s Award for Poetry, the T.S. Eliot Prize, and was shortlisted for the PEN Heaney Prize. She teaches half-time for the University of St Andrews in Scotland, and is this year’s Shaftesbury Creative Writer-in-Residence for Victoria College at the University of Toronto.

Join Climate Commons on March 25 over zoom for “Beyond Occupation and Extraction: Palestinian and Venezuelan Voices in Conversation”
In a moment when Donald Trump’s extractivist war machine seems unconstrained by anything other than the price of oil, and the international order, long on the rocks, is finally breaking up, we must not forget to attend to the myriad forms of life, resistance, and even joy that work against and despite neoimperialism in specific places. What can the lived experience of unspeakable violence teach us not about militarism and extractivism but about what can, should, and must endure beyond them? In this 90 minute live online dialogue, scholars from Caracas, Venezuela and the Gaza Strip share their experiences, ideas, fears, and hopes across the long-discredited but still pernicious orientalist dichotomy of East and West.

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Join us on March 12, 2026 EST, with Bailey Wagner to discuss their new research, “Vulnerability Beyond Indicators: Implications for Engineering Pedagogy and Practice in Climate Adaptation.” This paper offers new methods for adaptation research, dissects the concepts of vulnerability in a climate change context, and introduces contemporary ideas to engineering practice and pedagogy.

Climate action needs more than science—it needs stories, justice, and community.

At Carleton University, Climate Commons brings together students, faculty, and the Ottawa community to discuss issues surrounding the climate crisis in relation to the humanities and social sciences, to share academic work, ideas, resources and:

- Fund collaborative research & public events
- Enhance public engagement
- Empower students with hands-on climate projects
- Centre Indigenous-led initiatives
- Put the humanities & social sciences at the heart of climate solutions

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Climate Commons invites you to join Critical Conversations, a dynamic, 1.5 hour dialogue around cutting-edge climate scholarship. Our goal is a respectful yet rigorous exchange that pushes beyond summaries and soundbites, helping everyone leave with fresh perspectives and inspiration for future research and action.
Access to the featured paper is limited to registered participants via Zoom; a password will be provided upon registration. Please do not share Zoom links, papers, or passwords. Help us protect the integrity of this collaborative space.
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Today : Join us as we welcome Wanda Culp, Tlingit, Indigenous name: Kashudoha, to discuss her work with the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International. WECAN is a solutions-based climate justice organization established to engage and unite women worldwide in policy advocacy, on-the-ground projects, trainings, and movement building for social and ecological justice.
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Public Lecture: Industrial Carbon Pricing In A Challenging Environment: The South African Experience
This lecture and panel discussion will examine the promises and pitfalls of industrial carbon pricing in South Africa, a middle-income developing country which has implemented a successful carbon pricing regime for industry. It will also consider how the lessons learned there might be applied to the Canadian context. The lecture will include a keynote presentation by Andrew Gilder, whose company, Climate Legal, has been instrumental in advising government on the evolution of South Africa’s industrial carbon pricing system.
The seminar will include a keynote presentation by Mr Gilder, followed by a panel discussion involving experts from Ottawa, featuring Stewart Elgie of the Smart Prosperity Institute and Nicholas Rivers, Institute of the Environment at the University of Ottawa.
Date and Time: Friday, 31 October, at 3 pm
Location: Minto Centre 2000, Carleton University

Join us on October 16 as we welcome Barbara Leckie and Joel Westheimer to discuss their new podcast Commons Sense. Link in bio.

Join us on October 2 as we welcome Beedahbin Peltier from Indigenize. Beedahbin will speak to Indigenous Languages and specifically how Anishinaabemowin informs climate and environmental knowledge. Stay tuned for more info.
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