List_of_Carleton_University_people
This is a list of notable people associated with Carleton University, such as faculty members and alumni.
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Chancellors
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- 1952–1954 Harry Stevenson Southam
- 1954–1968 Jack Mackenzie
- 1969–1972 Lester B. Pearson
- 1973–1980 Gerhard Herzberg
- 1980–1990 Robert Gordon Robertson (Emeritus 1992–)
- 1990–1992 Pauline Jewett
- 1993–2002 Arthur Kroeger (Emeritus 2002–2008)
- 2002 Ray Hnatyshyn
- 2003–2008 Marc Garneau
- 2008–2011 Herb Gray
- 2011–2017 Charles Chi
- 2018– Yaprak Baltacioğlu
Presidents
- 1942–1947 Henry Marshall Tory
- 1947–1955 Murdoch Maxwell MacOdrum
- 1955–1956 James Alexander Gibson (pro tempore)
- 1956–1958 Claude Bissell
- 1958–1972 Davidson Dunton
- 1972–1978 Michael Kelway Oliver
- 1979 James Downey (pro tempore) 1 January – 15 May
- 1979–1989 William Edwin Beckel
- 1989–1996 Robin Hugh Farquhar
- 1996–2005 Richard J. Van Loon
- 2005–2006 David W. Atkinson
- 2006–2008 Samy Mahmoud (pro tempore), from 20 November 2006
- 2008–2017 Roseann Runte
- 2017–2018 Alastair Summerlee (interim)
- 2018–2023 Benoit-Antoine Bacon
- 2023–current Jerry Tomberlin (interim)
Chairs of the Board of Governors
- 1942–1949 Philip D. Ross, Honorary Chairman
- 1942–1947 Henry Marshall Tory
- 1947–1952 Harry Stevenson Southam
- 1952–1960 J.E. Coyne
- 1960–1962 E.W. Richard Steacie
- 1962–1965 C.C. Gibson
- 1965–1972 David A. Golden
- 1972–1974 James Lorne Gray
- 1974–1976 Russ J. Neill
- 1976–1978 Hyman Soloway
- 1978–1980 George A. Fierheller
- 1980–1982 Denis A. Ross
- 1982–1984 Clifford Thomas Kelley
- 1984–1985 Jean Teron
- 1985–1987 Claude Edwards
- 1987–1989 Ross Cruikshank
- 1990–1992 Donald Yeomans
- 1992–1993 Sam Hughes
- 1993–1995 Maureen O'Neil
- 1995–1997 Ivan Fellegi
- 1997–2000 Robert Laughton
- 2000–2002 Allen Lumsden
- 2002–2005 Jocelyn Ghent Mallett
- 2005–2006 Margaret Bloodworth
- 2006–2008 David M. Dunn
- 2008–2010 Jacques Shore
- 2010–2012 Gisele Samson-Verreault
- 2012–2014 Ronald Jackson
- 2014–2016 Anthony (Tony) Tattersfield
- 2016–2018 Christopher Carruthers
- 2018–2020 Nik Nanos
- 2020–2022 Dan Fortin
- 2022–current Greg Farrell
Notable alumni and faculty
Academics
- Emma Anderson, professor at University of Ottawa
- Aslam Anis, professor of health economics at the UBC Faculty of Medicine
- Andrew Brook, Chancellor's Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science
- Madhu Dikshit, cardiovascular biologist and N-Bios laureate[1]
- Ivan Fellegi, former Chief Statistician of Canada
- Peter Grünberg, Nobel laureate in Physics 2007[2]
- Erin Johnson, professor of theoretical chemistry at Dalhousie University
- Lawrence M. Krauss, physics professor at Arizona State University and popular science author
- Michael I. Krauss, professor at George Mason University School of Law
- Randal Marlin, Carleton philosophy professor specializing in the study of propaganda
- Robin Neill, economic historian
- Ryan North, writer and computer scientist
- Norm O'Reilly, professor at University of Guelph
- John Porter, former professor of sociology
- Edwin G. Pulleyblank, professor at the University of British Columbia
- Kenneth B. Storey, current professor of biology
- Lyal S. Sunga, expert in international human rights, humanitarian law and international criminal law
- William Sweet, professor of philosophy, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Entertainers
- Melody Anderson, retired actress, social worker
- Jeremy Gara, band drummer of Arcade Fire
- Elizabeth Hanna, undergraduate major in philosophy and later graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada; voice actor and speech-language pathologist
- Mervyn G.H. Hinds, Chicago blues musician, known as Harmonica Hinds
- K-OS (Kheaven Brereton), musician
- Kayhan Kalhor, Grammy award–winning musician
- Norm Macdonald, comedian, actor
- Mia Martina, pop singer, bestselling author
- Hamza Haq, actor
Entrepreneurs
- Suhayya Abu-Hakima, co-founder and CEO of AmikaNow! and Amika Mobile Corporation[3]
- David Azrieli, architect, 10th richest man in Canada
- Conrad Black, former businessman
- Trevor Matthews, founder and CEO of Brookstreet Pictures
- Eric Sprott, founder of Sprott Asset Management
- Shane Smith, co-founder and CEO of Vice
- Jamie Salter, founder and CEO of Authentic Brands Group[4]
Journalists
- Rosemary Barton, political journalist and host of Power & Politics on CBC News Network
- Keith Boag, chief political correspondent for CBC News
- Rita Celli, host for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Andrew Chang, television journalist[5]
- Petronila Cleto, Filipino journalist, film critic and social activist
- James Duthie, TSN host and Journalist
- Matthew Fraser, former Editor-in-Chief of National Post
- Edward Greenspon, former Editor-in-Chief of The Globe and Mail
- Greg Ip, economic journalist, The Wall Street Journal[6]
- Peter Jennings, journalist and news anchor for ABC News, two-time Peabody Award winner, awarded a Litterarum doctor, honoris causa in 1997
- Arthur Kent, Emmy award–winning war correspondent
- Carolyn Mackenzie, broadcaster[7]
- Robert MacNeil, journalist, Officer of the Order of Canada
- Sheila MacVicar, Emmy and Peabody Award–winning journalist
- Gavin McInnes, writer, founder of Vice
- Nahlah Ayed, Middle East correspondent for the CBC
- Paul Watson, Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist
Politicians
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- Lester Bowles Pearson, former chancellor, professor, Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- Gary Anandasangaree, Member of Parliament, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
- Niki Ashton, Member of Parliament, New Democratic Party leadership candidate
- Lindsay Blackett, first black Cabinet minister in Alberta
- Patrick Boyer, Member of Parliament
- Marco Mendicino, Member of Parliament, former Minister of Public Safety
- Ben Carr, Member of Parliament
- Gord Brown, Member of Parliament
- Mike Colle, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Alex Cullen, Member of Provincial Parliament, Ottawa City Councillor
- Hans Daigeler, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Barry Devolin, former Member of Parliament
- Paul Dewar, former Member of Parliament
- Ward P.D. Elcock, Deputy Minister of Defence, former Director of Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Catherine Fife, Member of Provincial Parliament, President of the Ontario Public School Boards Association
- Rob Ford, former Mayor of the City of Toronto, studied political science for a year
- Larisa Galadza, Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine
- Evelyn Gigantes, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Pauline Jewett, Member of Parliament, professor and Chancellor of Carleton University
- Leo Jordan, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Wilbert Keon, Senator, heart surgeon
- Catherine Kitts, Ottawa City Councillor
- Branden Leslie, Member of Parliament
- John Manley, former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Canada
- John Milloy Member of Provincial Parliament, Minister
- Claudia Mo, Member of Hong Kong Legislative Council
- John Nater, Member of Parliament
- Yasir Naqvi, Member of Parliament, former Member of Provincial Parliament
- Tom Nevakshonoff, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
- Paul Okalik, former premier of Nunavut
- Ernie Parsons, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Michael Prue, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Scott Reid, Member of Parliament
- Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, former Prime Minister of Somalia
- Norm Sterling, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Marit Stiles (born 1969), Member of Provincial Parliament
- Jenna Sudds, Member of Parliament, Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development
- Barbara Sullivan, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Judy Wasylycia-Leis, former Member of Parliament
- Jim Watson, Member of Provincial Parliament, Mayor and City Councillor of Ottawa
- Omar Zakhilwal, former Professor of Economics, Afghan Finance Minister and Chief Economic Advisor to the President of Afghanistan
- Abdul Momin Ismail, former Chief Minister of Brunei and member of the Legislative Council
Sportspeople
- Derek Holmes, IIHF Hall of Fame inductee
- Waneek Horn-Miller, Olympian and activist
- Linda Thom, Olympic gold medal-winning shooter
- Brian Wilks (born 1966), NHL hockey player
Writers
- Shirley Barrie, playwright
- Chris Bailey, writer and productivity consultant
- Daniel Francis, writer and historian
- Sara Gruen, fiction author known best for award-winning novel Water for Elephants
- J.J. McAvoy, writer
- Peter Worthington, Editor-in-Chief of the Toronto Sun
Others
- Ngaire Blankenberg, former director of the National Museum of African Art
- Louise Charron, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Tong Daochi, former secretary of the Chinese Communist Party of Sanya Committee
- Lorna deBlicquy, pioneering woman aviator
- Michelle Douglas, human rights activist
- Lorne Elias, inventor of the explosives vapour detector EVD-1
- Allan Gregg, pollster, political pundit
- Gregory Henriquez, architect, Governor-General's Medal for Architecture
- Abdul Rahman Jabarah, alleged al-Qaeda member killed in 2003
- Jim Judd, Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Warren Kinsella, lawyer, author, musician, political consultant, lobbyist and commentator
- Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, former chancellor, first president of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
- Kenneth Chan Kai-tai, Hong Kong actor and television host for Cable TV Hong Kong channel
- Karim Rashid, industrial designer
- Amy Miller, filmmaker
- Michelle Mohabeer, filmmaker
- Howard Nuk, industrial designer (former VP of Design at Samsung and Co-founder at Palm)
- Cristine Rotenberg, crime statistics analyst and nail art YouTube personality
- Wayne Smith, Chief Statistician of Statistics Canada
- Harley Swedler, architect
- Katie Tallo, filmmaker and writer
- Susan Wood, Canadian literature scholar, pioneer of feminist science fiction studies
Notable honorary degree recipients
- Daniel Alfredsson, former Ottawa Senators captain
- Murray Sinclair, Chairman of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2009–2015), awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2015[8]
- Robert Thirsk, Canadian astronaut and engineer; awarded D.Eng., honoris causa in 2019[9]
- Paul Martin, 21st Prime Minister of Canada (2003–2006); awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2019[10]
- Dag Hammarskjöld, United Nations Secretary-General (1953–1961), Nobel Peace Prize laureate; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1954[8]
- U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General (1961–1971); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1962[8]
- Kurt Waldheim, United Nations Secretary-General (1972–1981); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1972[8]
- Tommy Douglas, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan; led the first socialist government in North America and introduced universal public health care to Canada; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1980[8]
- Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, United Nations Secretary-General (1982–1992); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1985[8]
- Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1993[8]
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali, United Nations Secretary-General (1992–1997); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1995[8]
- Romano Prodi, 79th Prime Minister of Italy; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2001[8]
- Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General (1997–2007), Nobel Peace Prize laureate; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2004[8]
- Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada (2005–2010); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2012[11]
- David Johnston, Governor General of Canada (2010–2017); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2016[8]
- Peter Mansbridge, Canadian Broadcaster; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2014[9]
- Tomson Highway, Indigenous playwright and novelist; awarded Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa in 2013[9]
- Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2010[9]
- Herman Van Rompuy, 49th Prime Minister of Belgium (2008–2009) and then as the first permanent President of the European Council (2009–2014); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2017[9]
- Helen Clark, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999–2008) and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (2009–2017); awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2012[8]
- Sheilah L. Martin, Canadian Judge, awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2021[9]
- Buffy Ste-Marie, Indigenous musician; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2008[9]
- André Picard, Canadian journalist; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2017[12]
- Wanda Thomas Bernard; Canadian Senator; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2021[9]
More information Name, Known for ...
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Carleton |
|---|---|---|
| Timothy J. Anderson | Opera singer, writer | Graduate |
| Ike Awgu | Mayoral candidate, television host, columnist | Graduate |
| Dan Aykroyd | Actor | Studied at Carleton, honorary D.Litt. 1994 |
| David Azrieli | Architect, businessman | Graduate |
| Rosemary Barton | Political journalist, host of Power & Politics on CBC News Network | Graduate |
| Georges Bédard | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Conrad Black | Financier and newspaper magnate | Graduate |
| Alan Bones | Diplomat | Graduate |
| Walter Douglas Boyd | Heart surgeon | Graduate |
| Patrick Boyer | Member of Parliament | Graduate |
| George Brizan | Former Prime Minister of Grenada | Graduate |
| Gord Brown | Politician | Graduate |
| Shona Brown | Google's VP, Business Operations | Graduate |
| Cody Ceci | NHL player for Edmonton Oilers | Graduate |
| Rita Celli | Ottawa anchor for CBC TV's Canada Now program | Graduate |
| Louise Charron | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | Graduate |
| Mike Colle | Politician | Graduate |
| Michael Cowpland | Former CEO and founder of Corel | Graduate |
| Alex Cullen | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Allan Cutler | Public servant, politician | Graduate |
| Hans Daigeler | Politician | Graduate |
| Barry Devolin | Conservative Member of Parliament | Graduate |
| Paul Dewar | New Democratic Party Member of Parliament | Graduate |
| Michelle Douglas | Human rights activist | Graduate |
| James Duthie | TSN sportscaster | Graduate |
| Ward P.D. Elcock | Public servant | Graduate |
| Phil Eyler | Politician | Graduate |
| Ivan Fellegi | Chief Statistician of Canada | Graduate |
| Marc Garneau | Former President of the Canadian Space Agency, Member of Parliament | Former Chancellor |
| Evelyn Gigantes | Former New Democrat Ontario cabinet minister | Graduate |
| Frank Graves | President of EKOS Research Associates | Graduate |
| Herb Gray | Former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada | Former Chancellor |
| Edward Greenspon | Editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail | Graduate |
| Peter Grünberg | Nobel laureate in Physics, 2007 | Research Faculty |
| Thomas Homer-Dixon | Author of The Ingenuity Gap; Director of Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies | Graduate |
| Peter Hume | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Peter L. Hurd | Evolutionary biologist | Graduate |
| Marianne Illing | Olympian (Canadian Olympic water polo team) | Graduate |
| Peter Jennings | Journalist | Studied briefly at Carleton, honorary D.Litt. 1997 |
| Pauline Jewett | Politician | Taught at Carleton; was chancellor 1990–1992 |
| Leo Jordan | Politician | Graduate |
| Wilbert Keon | Senator, heart surgeon | Graduate |
| Lawrence M. Krauss | Author of The Physics of Star Trek | Graduate |
| Arthur Kroeger | Civil servant | Chancellor (1993–2002) |
| Warren Kinsella | Politician, author, weblogger | Graduate |
| Alison Korn | Olympic medalist | Graduate |
| Shawn Little | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Robert MacNeil | Journalist and television news anchor | Graduate |
| Maestro (Wes Williams)[13] | Musician | Studied at Carleton |
| John Manley | Politician, former Deputy Prime Minister | Graduate |
| Randal Marlin | Author | Professor |
| Trevor Matthews | Producer, actor | Studied at Carleton |
| Gerald McMaster | Author, artist, and curator | Graduate |
| John Milloy | Politician | Graduate |
| Emma Miskew | Olympic Curler | Graduate |
| Tom Nevakshonoff | New Democrat Manitoba MLA | Graduate |
| Ryan North | Comic author | Graduate |
| Paul Okalik | Former Premier of Nunavut | Graduate |
| Ernie Parsons | Politician | Graduate |
| Michael D. Prue | Politician | Graduate |
| W. Wesley Pue | Professor of law, past President of Canadian Law and Society Association | Faculty |
| Karim Rashid | Industrial designer | Graduate |
| Scott Reid | Politician | Graduate |
| Cristina Rémond | Model, anthropologist | Graduate |
| Cristine Rotenberg | crime statistics analyst, YouTube personality | Graduate |
| Don Scott | Politician | Graduate |
| Sheridan Scott | Politician | Professor |
| Norm Sterling | Politician | Graduate |
| Barbara Sullivan | Politician | Graduate |
| Doug Thompson | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Chris Tse | Spoken word poet | Graduate |
| John Turmel | Engineer, holder of Guinness world record for greatest number of elections lost | Graduate |
| Jill Vickers | Political scientist, author, candidate | Professor |
| Graham C. Walker | Professor of Biology, MIT | Graduate |
| Judy Wasylycia-Leis | Politician | Graduate |
| Jim Watson | Politician | Graduate |
| Douglas Whiteway | Journalist | Graduate |
| Peter Worthington | Journalist | Graduate |
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