The Ancients on the Impact of Fortune on Happiness

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Tuesday, Nov 3 2026 , 7:30 pm to 9 pm

MULH 2030

Humanities Colloquium Special Lecture

Can luck or fortune have a substantial effect on our happiness? Or is our happiness ultimately up to us?

Dr Roopen Majithia from Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, will introduce us to two great thinkers who have much to say about happiness and how to achieve it.

The Ancients on the Impact of Fortune on Happiness

Tuesday, Nov 3 2026, 7:30 pm

Mulroney Hall, 2030

The L'nu symbol. L’nu is a Mi'kmaw word meaning 'human being' or 'the people.'

StFX espi-kina’matno’kuom etek Mi’kma’ki, wejkwa’taqanik Mi’kmaq maqamikewmuew mna’q iknmuetu’tik. Nalikitquniejk na Mi’kmawey wisun wjit Antigonish teluek Aklasie’w-iktuk, ‘place where branches are torn off.’

StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaw people. The Mi'kmaw name for Antigonish is Nalikitquniejk, meaning ‘place where branches are torn off.’

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