List of Carleton University people

This is a list of notable people associated with Carleton University, such as faculty members and alumni.

Lineage and establishment

Chancellors

1952–1954 Harry Stevenson Southam
1954–1968 Jack Mackenzie
1969–1972 Lester B. Pearson
1973–1980 Gerhard Herzberg
1980–1990 Robert Gordon Robertson
1990–1992 Pauline Jewett
1993–2002 Arthur Kroeger
2002 Ray Hnatyshyn
2003–2008 Marc Garneau
2008–2011 Herb Gray
2011–2017 Charles Chi
2018–2025 Yaprak Baltacioğlu
2025–present Nik Nanos

Presidents

1942–1947 Henry Marshall Tory
1947–1955 Murdoch Maxwell MacOdrum
1955–1956 James Alexander Gibson
1956–1958 Claude Bissell
1958–1972 Davidson Dunton
1972–1978 Michael Kelway Oliver
1979 James Downey 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, from 20 November 2006
2008–2017 Roseann Runte
2017–2018 Alastair Summerlee
2018–2023 Benoit-Antoine Bacon
2023–2024 Jerry Tomberlin
2025–present Wisdom Tettey

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
2022–2024 Greg Farrell
2024–present Beth Creary

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
Ivan Fellegi, former Chief Statistician of Canada
Peter Grünberg, Nobel laureate in Physics 2007
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
William Sweet, professor of philosophy, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Entertainers

Emily Yeung, host of This is Emily Yeung
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
Hamza Haq, actor
Mervyn G.H. Hinds, Chicago blues musician, known as Harmonica Hinds
jev., rapper
K-OS, musician
Kayhan Kalhor, Grammy award-winning musician
Norm Macdonald, comedian, actor
Mia Martina, pop singer, bestselling author

Entrepreneurs

Suhayya Abu-Hakima, co-founder and CEO of AmikaNow! and Amika Mobile Corporation
David Azrieli, architect, 10th richest man in Canada
Conrad Black, former businessman
Trevor Matthews, founder and CEO of Brookstreet Pictures
Jamie Salter, founder and CEO of Authentic Brands Group
Eric Sprott, founder of Sprott Asset Management
Shane Smith, co-founder and CEO of ''Vice''

Journalists

Nahlah Ayed, Middle East correspondent for the CBC
Rosemary Barton, political journalist and host of Power & Politics on CBC News Network
Keith Boag, chief political correspondent for CBC News
Mark Bourrie, lawyer, journalist, author of RBC Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction for Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson
Rita Celli, host for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Andrew Chang, television journalist
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
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
Robert MacNeil, journalist, Officer of the Order of Canada
Sheila MacVicar, Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning journalist
Gavin McInnes, writer, founder of Vice
Saša Petricic, journalist, photographer, currently senior correspondent for CBC's The National
Paul Watson, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist

Politicians

Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Arielle Kayabaga, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons of Canada
Niki Ashton, Member of Parliament, New Democratic Party leadership candidate
Lindsay Blackett, first black Cabinet minister in Alberta
Patrick Boyer, Member of Parliament
Gord Brown, Member of Parliament
Ben Carr, 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
Greg Fergus, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
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
Jacqueline Creft, Minister of Women's Affairs of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada
Abdul Momin Ismail, former Chief Minister of Brunei and member of the Legislative Council
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
Marco Mendicino, Member of Parliament, former Minister of Public Safety
John Milloy Member of Provincial Parliament, Minister
Claudia Mo, Member of Hong Kong Legislative Council
Yasir Naqvi, Member of Parliament, former Member of Provincial Parliament
John Nater, Member of Parliament
Tom Nevakshonoff, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Paul Okalik, former premier of Nunavut
Ernie Parsons, Member of Provincial Parliament
Lester B. Pearson, former chancellor, professor, Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
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, 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

Sportspeople

Derek Holmes, IIHF Hall of Fame inductee
Waneek Horn-Miller, Olympian and activist
Linda Thom, Olympic gold medal-winning shooter
Brian Wilks, NHL hockey player

Writers

Chris Bailey, writer and productivity consultant
Shirley Barrie, playwright
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
Dan Conlin, historian, author, former journalist at CBC Ottawa, currently curator of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
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
Kenneth Chan Kai-tai, Hong Kong actor and television host for Cable TV Hong Kong channel
Warren Kinsella, lawyer, author, musician, political consultant, lobbyist and commentator
Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, former chancellor, first president of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Amy Miller, filmmaker
Michelle Mohabeer, filmmaker
Howard Nuk, industrial designer
Michele Pollesel, Anglican bishop of Uruguay
Karim Rashid, industrial designer
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
James K. Wright, composer, pianist, and musicologist

Notable honorary degree recipients

Daniel Alfredsson, former Ottawa Senators captain
Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize laureate; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2004
Wanda Thomas Bernard, Canadian Senator; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2021
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, United Nations Secretary-General ; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1995
Helen Clark, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme ; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2012
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
Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1993
Dag Hammarskjöld, United Nations Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize laureate; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1954
Tomson Highway, Indigenous playwright and novelist; awarded Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa in 2013
Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada ; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2012
David Johnston, Governor General of Canada ; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2016
Peter Mansbridge, Canadian Broadcaster; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2014
Paul Martin, 21st Prime Minister of Canada ; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2019
Sheilah L. Martin, Canadian Judge, awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2021
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, United Nations Secretary-General ; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1985
André Picard, Canadian journalist; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2017
Romano Prodi, 79th Prime Minister of Italy; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2001
Murray Sinclair, Chairman of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2015
U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General ; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1962
Buffy Ste-Marie, Indigenous musician; awarded Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2008
Robert Thirsk, Canadian astronaut and engineer; awarded D.Eng., honoris causa in 2019
Herman Van Rompuy, 49th Prime Minister of Belgium and then as the first permanent President of the European Council ; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2017
Kurt Waldheim, United Nations Secretary-General ; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1972
Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2010