• When: February 11, 2023
  • Time: 1:00 pm
  • Location: Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
    (Note: the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre is not on Carleton's main campus and is located at 355 Cooper Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 0G8)
  • Intended Audience: Anyone, Prospective Students

About

You’re invited to Carleton University’s Arts and Social Sciences Fair on Saturday, February 11, 2023 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. (ET). This event will take place at our downtown Arts, Performance and Learning Centre, the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Please note, the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre is not on Carleton’s main campus and is located at 355 Cooper Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 0G8.

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Get a head start on your university student experience by attending this fun informational event!

Take advantage of engaging panel discussions about how to thrive at university, conversational Q&As with students and alums, and the opportunity to meet professors and future classmates.

Interactive booths

The Fair also includes an array of interactive booths hosted by professors and students, where you can:

  • Learn more about the Centre for Initiatives in Education’s advantageous student support offerings.
  • Check out our extensive Co-op options, which facilitate paid, professional experience.
  • Explore exciting opportunities to Study Abroad with Carleton professors and students, including an Art History student who recently studied in Venice.
  • Chat with the professors from Carleton’s Creative Writing stream and meet students from the English Literature Society.
  • Test your processing abilities with Psychology’s interactive Stroop Task.
  • Try Cognitive Science’s Virtual Reality Driving Simulator.
  • Interact with Carleton’s Climate Commons members, who aim to help create a more sustainable future.
  • Unearth how experts study our planet with Geography and Environmental Studies’ topographic sand table and drone.
  • Learn about the growing fields of Childhood and Youth Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, Critical Race Studies, Disability Studies, and more.
  • Visit Indigenous Studies’ Making booth with live weaving.
  • Observe an unexpected side of cinema alongside Film Studies professors.
  • Visit the Linguistics booth to experience a visualization of the sound of your name.
  • Hear from a handful of Humanities professors on life’s big philosophical questions.
  • See how Sociology and Anthropology allows you to study the issues you care about most.
  • Experience the craft of printing and publishing with Carleton’s Book Arts Lab.
  • Enjoy a jazz performance from a trio of Music students.

Campus tour and parking information

– If you are interested in participating in a campus tour, we encourage you to register for the 10:00 a.m. (ET) tour on February 11 (the campus tour will include a complimentary lunch in our residence dining hall). A shuttle will be available to take you to the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre following lunch.

– If you do not want to take a campus tour and would only like to attend the Fair, please note that paid city parking is available at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. If you would like to take advantage of free parking on Carleton’s main campus, please park in P9 and meet with a representative in front of Pigiarvik (formerly Robertson Hall) by no later than 12:15 p.m. (ET). A shuttle will be available to take you to the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre.

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