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Crowdfunding for Universities
Why did we decide to crowdfund at Carleton University and what has the FutureFunder taught us? Watch this video as presented by bv02. Enjoy!
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Carleton thanks the Fakirani Family for its donation to the Ugandan Asian Archives
In 1972, Hassanali and Sakinabai Fakirani along with 60,000 other Ugandan Asians were forced from their homes by Uganda’s dictator Idi Amin. Hassanali, Sakinabai and 6,000 others entered Canada as refugees. Almost 42 years...
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Futurefunder is safe from Heartbleed
The Futurefunder site remains safe from the Heartbleed bug as the SSL certificate was verified as secure. Carleton University’s Computing and Communication Services issued a statement on April 10 noting the university’s exposure to...
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Crowdfunding for charities
Fascinating data for our project owners in this post: http://craigconnects.org/2014/03/crowdfunding-infographic.html After one full year of the FutureFunder, we have our own data to add to the discussion. Crowdfunding seems to have enormous potential for...
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The Quest for Plastinates in the media
Our newest Futurefunder project – The Quest for Plastinates – was recently covered by both the Ottawa Citizen and Metro Ottawa. Ottawa Citizen Metro Ottawa We’ll keep you posted on this project’s lastest developments.
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Accolades
In February, the FutureFunder was recognized by District II of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) with two Gold Accolades awards. This is a prestigious competition. Carleton’s work is judged...