Faculty of Science Showcase

• In-person event
• Atrium and various classrooms, Richcraft Hall, Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6

• Contact
• Rima Mattar, rimamattar@cunet.carleton.ca

As part of Carleton University’s annual Throwback celebrations, we’re excited to invite our Carleton Science student, staff, faculty, and alumni community to the Faculty of Science Showcase, taking place on Wednesday, September 24, 2025.

Join us for an evening that will include an open house at the Science Student Success Centre (SSSC), a keynote address by Dr. Peter Crockford from the Department of Earth Sciences, and interactive displays and presentations hosted by departments across the Faculty of Science.

Faculty of Science Showcase Schedule

5:00PM – Science Student Success Centre (SSSC) and Carleton Science Open House
Location: Richcraft Hall Atrium and Conference Rooms

Tour Carleton’s Science Student Success Centre (SSSC) to mingle and learn more about how Carleton’s SSSC team helps all undergraduate students in the Faculty of Science define and achieve their academic, career, and social goals.

Then, explore the latest developments in research happening across Carleton Science departments and discover our academic programming including our new Bachelor of Science programs in Nursing, Data Science, and Cybersecurity through interactive presentations hosted by faculty members.

6:00PM – Keynote Address: How much life has ever existed? by Peter Crockford
Location: Richcraft Hall Atrium

How much life is on the planet? How much life has ever been on the planet? And how much life will ever be on the planet? We are living in a time where exoplanet discoveries are moving beyond distant objects that we tabulate in a spreadsheet to real worlds where we can ask questions about their atmospheric composition, their history, and their potential for habitability. As these discoveries continue to roll in, it motivates us to set up Earth as a benchmark to compare to these new worlds. A critical aspect of this pursuit is understanding our own planet and how it has evolved over the past 4.6 billion years.

In this keynote address, Dr. Peter Crockford, Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences will discuss the history of life on Earth, how we are now able to estimate how much life has ever existed and briefly project into the future about how much life will likely ever exist on this planet we call home.

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