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New Publication by Megan Gaucher

Heather Plescia — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:56:13 +0000

New Publication by Megan Gaucher

Published on July 10, 2026

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We are pleased to share that Megan Gaucher, an Associate Professor in our department, recently had a publication featured on the Institute for Research on Public Policy titled, “Which families belong? Rethinking Canada’s Family Class Program.”

You can find this publication .

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Postdoctoral Fellow Laura Beach publishes report on mental health, substance use, and incarceration in Nova Scotia

Heather Plescia — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:46:38 +0000

Postdoctoral Fellow Laura Beach publishes report on mental health, substance use, and incarceration in Nova Scotia

Published on July 10, 2026

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We are pleased to share a new publication that was put together by Laura Beach, a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in our department.

This report on mental health, substance use, and incarceration in Nova Scotia, prepared by Dr. Beach and based on research they led during their time in our department.

You can read the full report here, and an article outlining this report on Wire Service Canada can be found .

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Christiane Wilke teaches course in Vienna

Heather Plescia — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:22:04 +0000

Christiane Wilke teaches course in Vienna

Published on July 10, 2026

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Curious to hear what our faculty have been up to this summer?

Professor Christiane Wilke recently returned from Vienna, Austria where she was was invited to be a visiting professor at the University of Vienna’s Faculty of Law for their summer term. The Faculty of Law at the University of Vienna is the oldest and largest Faculty of Law that operates largely in German, teaching law since 1365.

The visit included teaching a class and giving a research presentation to faculty, Postdocs, and PhD students.

Professor Wilke will be teaching a fourth year seminar this fall on International Law and Armed Conflict (LAWS 4606). The course she taught in Vienna was short and intense: five days with two two hour classes every day. This gave an opportunity to try out some of the materials she plans to use in her class this coming year. The short and intense course was also an opportunity to build trust and have complex conversations about law, armed conflict, memory, and responsibility.

It was clear that the students, most of whom grew up in Austria or Ireland, approached the course materials in part through the lens of their own (and their families’) experiences with armed conflict. I am thinking of these discussions and of the trust we built throughout the course when I am preparing to teach LAWS 4606 International Law and Armed Conflict.

Professor Wilke has been on sabbatical since July 2025, returning this summer, and has made progress on a new research project that investigates how the US military has rationalized civilian casualties during the war in Iraq and Syria 2014-2018. The visiting professor position also included an opportunity to present this new research. She was also awarded a 2025 FPGA Teaching Excellence Award.

“Teaching courses that address students’ interests and foster their engagement with peers and communities is one of my priorities. I’m really looking forward to teaching this new to me course.”

Registration for LAWS 4606 “International Law of Armed Conflict” will open to students in July. Check out the for more details.

If you have any further questions our courses, you can contact our undergraduate advisor at law@carleton.ca.

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2026 Convocation Recap

Heather Plescia — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:07:28 +0000

2026 Convocation Recap

Published on July 10, 2026

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Monday June 8th was a very hot day, but also a momentous occasion as hundreds of graduates in our BA, MA and PhD programs crossed the stage at convocation to celebrate many years of hard work!

On behalf of the entire department, we want to extend a huge congratulations to our incredible Law and Legal Studies graduates. Your hard work, resilience, and brilliance have officially paid off. We are all proud of your accomplishments and cannot wait to see what you will do next!

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Vincent Kazmierski’s co-authored article featured in Dean Beaby’s Substack post

Heather Plescia — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:25:44 +0000

Vincent Kazmierski’s co-authored article featured in Dean Beaby’s Substack post

Published on July 10, 2026

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We are pleased to share that Professor Vincent Kazmierski recently had a co-authored article published along with Yan Campagnolo of the University of Ottawa. This article was recently discussed in the Substack account of Canadian journalist Dean Beaby.

You can read more .

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Graduate Spotlight: Esquay Matsy

Heather Plescia — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:05:48 +0000

Graduate Spotlight: Esquay Matsy

Published on July 10, 2026

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Congratulations to MA graduate Esquay Matsy, who was recently profiled by the university on her background, her journey in our MA program and her next steps.

You can read more about Esquay’s journey here.

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Summer Office Hours Update

Heather Plescia — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:59:43 +0000

Summer Office Hours Update

Published on July 10, 2026

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Please be advised that our office hours will be changing for the summer.

Effective Monday June 8^th, our main office at C473 Loeb will be CLOSED for in-person services on Mondays throughout June, half of July, and most of August. Office staff will continue to work remotely on Mondays and can be reached by email. We will remain open and staffed Tuesday-Friday.

We will be open five days a week for in-person services during the initial registration period, July 6 – 17 inclusive.

Undergraduate students can contact law@carleton.ca with any questions pertaining to your program, or to book an appointment with the undergraduate advisor.
Graduate students can email lawgrad@cunet.carleton.ca with any graduate program inquiries.

Regular hours will resume on August 24th.

We appreciate your patience and look forward to serving you this summer!

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2026 GLSA Conference Recap

Heather Plescia — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:56:16 +0000

2026 GLSA Conference Recap

Published on July 10, 2026

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On April 30th, the 19^th annual Graduate Legal Studies Association (GLSA) Conference took place on campus titled, “Diversity in the Law: Law’s Inclusion as Exclusion.” There were many presentations from graduate students and there was also a keynote address from M. Remi Yergeau, an Associate Professor in Communication and Media Studies and Canada Research Chair in Critical Disability Studies and Communication.

Thanks to all who attended as there was a great turnout this year!

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Ash De Visser awarded Wenner Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant

Heather Plescia — Mon, 04 May 2026 15:12:06 +0000

Ash De Visser awarded Wenner Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant

Published on July 10, 2026

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We are pleased to share that PhD student, Ash De Visser, has been awarded the Wenner Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant!

The Wenner-Gren Foundation is one of the foremost international institutions supporting anthropological scholarship. Since its establishment in 1941, the Foundation has played a major role in advancing anthropology as a global discipline with the mission of fostering comparative, cross-cultural, and historically grounded understandings of humanity.

Ash’s research follows street-corner dice games in Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit, Mexico, to understand how people experience law when everyday practices are technically prohibited but socially tolerated. By focusing on a familiar dice game, the project shows how law takes shape not only through statutes and policing, but through ordinary social life.

Ash is currently living and conducting preliminary ethnographic research in Bahía de Banderas.

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Gregory Brown quoted in Ottawa Citizen article

Heather Plescia — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:15:55 +0000

Gregory Brown quoted in Ottawa Citizen article

Published on July 10, 2026

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We are pleased to share that Gregory Brown, a contract instructor in our department, was recently quoted in an Ottawa Citizen article on SIU Investigations.

You can read this article .

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