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July 16, 2026

For one month, StFX is home to 62 of Canada's most driven high school students Read More

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For one month, StFX is home to 62 of Canada's most driven high school students

Gab and Noah

Gab Thiessen and Noah McNeill receive Dave Bernatchez Memorial Award, which continues to make a lasting impact at StFX

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StFX researchers awarded more than $1 million in NSERC Discovery Grant funding

Christopher Richard

StFX honours math grad earns national recognition for research into youth mental health and mortality in Atlantic Canada

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StFX students selected for feminist leadership workshop in Nepal

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StFX chemistry faculty and students showcase research at international conference

Lauren Harback

StFX student Lauren Harback’s initiative to reduce the amount of fraud Canadians experience nets $50,000 first place prize at Spark North Nova Scotia

Blue-toned background with the StFX crest and gold and white text reading "Special Announcement".

StFX University Welcomes Six New Members to Board of Governors

Moayadeldin Hussain

StFX master's researcher wins national best paper award at Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision

Sarah Parks

StFX professor wins national award for reimagining how scholars study the earliest sayings of Jesus

Dr. Andy Hakin

Opinion: Atlantic Canada’s universities can future-proof workforces

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Mi'kmaw and African Nova Scotian youth explore STEM and future careers at StFX X-STEM Camp

hree StFX computer science students working collaboratively on laptops during a cybersecurity competition.

StFX students finish fourth regionally in National Cybersecurity Consortium competition

Dr. Susan Brown

StFX hosts major Atlantic training hub for digital humanities

Mongolia conference

StFX Music in Mongolia: Professor Paul Tynan, students to attend IASJ

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All in the family: Mom, two daughters graduate from StFX together

Spring Convocation 2026

Class of 2026 celebrated at Spring Convocation: Lift others as you rise; graduates encouraged to lead with compassion

McKenna Funding Annoucement - Spring 2026

St. Francis Xavier University receives the largest single private philanthropic gift in its 173-year history from The Honourable Frank McKenna and his family

Students outside the Keating Centre after Convocation

Graduation and medalist lists are out! Congrats to all graduating this weekend!

Tyler Sack

Inaugural Director of Research named for the Deveau Institute for Indigenous Governance and Social Justice at StFX

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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