{"id":9452,"date":"2014-02-17T09:42:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T14:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/history\/?page_id=9452"},"modified":"2025-04-03T14:31:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T18:31:29","slug":"alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2025\/04\/antenna-jqh0GEvuNBY-unsplash-1600x700.jpg); 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bg-cu-black-50 max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto rounded-xl px-6 py-5 md:px-14 md:py-12 md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                            \n\n\n<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h2 id=\"alumni-testimonials\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        Alumni Testimonials\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"cu-loading hidden text-center mx-auto h-6 w-6 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]\" role=\"status\">\n    <span class=\"!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]\">\n        Loading&#8230;\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n                                   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text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                            Emilie\n                Lanthier\n                    <\/h3>\n    <\/header>\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n        <ul class=\"space-y-2 text-sm text-cu-black-700 @sm:md:text-base\">\n                            <li class=\"text-base @sm:md:text-lg italic\">\n                    Arctic Analyst in the National Security Council Secretariate (NSCS) of the Government of Canada&#8217;s Privy Council Office (PCO)\n                <\/li>\n                                            <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/people\/emilie-lanthier\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n            View Profile\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                for\n                Emilie Lanthier\n            <\/span>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/footer>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    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class=\"text-base @sm:md:text-lg italic\">\n                    Team Lead, on-reserve housing at Indigenous Services Canada\n                <\/li>\n                                            <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/people\/jordan-gray\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n            View Profile\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                for\n                Jordan Gray\n            <\/span>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/footer>\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n        <\/div>\n        \n                                    \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"stay-in-touch\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stay in touch:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Share your story<\/strong>: We are always looking for alumni to share their stories for posting on our website. Students and their parents want to know how a history degree will prepare them for the job market and for life.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>When I studied at 杏吧原创 (BA Hons \u201975; MA \u201976) the Department was nationally regarded for its strength in Canadian political history.&nbsp; Which, precisely, is what drew me to 杏吧原创.&nbsp; I firmly believe that the Department\u2019s outstanding faculty and well-conceived courses equipped me with an acute understanding of decision-making processes and the context in which decisions were made over the course of Canada\u2019s history.&nbsp; That formation led directly to a career in Canadian government: first as a political staffer on Parliament Hill; then as Senior Policy Advisor to the Foreign Minister; subsequently as a senior official in the Government of Ontario \u2013 and as a Diplomat.&nbsp; I studied later in life at well-known American schools \u2013 but never wavered in my judgement that the quality of education and support I received at 杏吧原创\u2019s History Department was as good, or better, as anything that followed<\/em>. <\/p>\n<cite>\u2014 Roy B. Norton, Ph.D. Consul General | Consul General, Chicago<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>If you have a story to tell, please contact <a href=\"mailto:james.miller@carleton.ca\">Professor James Miller<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Events<\/strong>:&nbsp; We welcome alumni to the <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/shannon-lectures-history\/\"> Shannon Lecture Series<\/a>, held every fall in the Department, as well as to the numerous public talks held in the department. See the list of news and upcoming events to the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Paterson-Hall-small.jpg\" alt=\"Paterson Hall drawing\" class=\"wp-image-3876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Paterson-Hall-small.jpg 470w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Paterson-Hall-small-160x52.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Paterson-Hall-small-240x78.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Paterson-Hall-small-360x116.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paterson Hall was one of the first buildings constructed on the campus in the early 1960s.  The History Department is located on the 4th floor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friends of the Department<\/strong>: The Department of History has benefited from a wide variety of donations and bequests that fund a wide variety of activities, including <a title=\"Scholarships and Awards\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/history\/undergraduate\/scholarships-and-awards\/\">scholarships<\/a>, <a href=\"[culink page_id=58]\">lecture series<\/a>, and student resources such as the <a href=\"[culink page_id=64]\">Underhill Reading Room.&nbsp; <\/a>For more information on how to make a difference in the lives of our students, please <a href=\"[culink page_id=72]\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alumni Association<\/strong>:&nbsp; Alumni are also invited to update their email and street addresses with the alumni association to receive emails about upcoming events and opportunities. See the <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.carleton.ca\/\">杏吧原创 Alumni page<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stay in touch: Share your story: We are always looking for alumni to share their stories for posting on our website. Students and their parents want to know how a history degree will prepare them for the job market and for life. 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