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Dear students, I am excited to share that the Belize Field School is being offered again this year for StFX Indigenous Students! The Belize Field School is an immersive two-week education abroad experience that will take place in May 2024 for a small and engaged group of Indigenous students from the Maple League universities. The group will travel to Belize with Indigenous faculty members to learn...

St. Francis Xavier University is pleased to welcome to the campus community Dr. Conall Cash, recipient of the university’s first Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded by the Government of Canada to exceptional scholars and research leaders of tomorrow. The Banting Fellowship, widely regarded as the leading postdoctoral program in Canada, is intended to attract and retain top-tier talent both...

On November 16 , 2023 at the joint meeting of the American and Canadian Anthropology Associations in Toronto, Dr. Susan Vincent received prestigious recognition. Canadian Anthropology Association President Dr. Emma Varley stated: Beginning in 2016, the Canadian Anthropology Society has recognized a select number of Founding Fellows whose contributions have defined anthropology in Canada. Fellows...

StFX to graduate close to 300 students St. Francis Xavier University will award an honorary degree to celebrated Canadian playwright, acclaimed theatre director, and University of Toronto assistant professor Djanet Sears during Fall Convocation 2023 taking place Saturday, Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. at the Charles V. Keating Centre. During the ceremony, StFX will graduate nearly 300 students. The ceremony...

The StFX community once again rallied to Stuff the Bus on Nov. 28, helping those in need have access to healthy food by donating 1,000 lbs of food and hygiene products supporting Kevin’s Corner Food Resource Centre at StFX and the Antigonish Community Food Bank and raising over $22,000 in financial donations. The StFX Bus was parked outside Morrison Hall for most of the day collecting donations...

When oncology nurse Carrie MacDonald-Liska began to wonder if we could do more within schools of nursing to better prepare nursing students to assist the growing number of cancer survivors self-manage the consequences of cancer and its treatment to improve their quality of life and health outcomes, she decided she wanted to do something about it. She reopened her schoolbooks to complete a PhD in...

The Brian Mulroney Institute of Government at StFX is pleased to announce the addition of two new research chairs at the Institute, Dr. Rebecca Wallace, the Mila Mulroney Research Chair in Women, Policy, and Governance Leadership, and Dr. Dave Risk, Brian Mulroney Institute Research Chair in Climate Science and Policy. “On behalf of the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government, I would like to...

… StFX presents Memorial Scholarship for Women in Engineering December … Amy MacDonald with the 2023 Memorial Scholarship for Women in Engineering Amy …

The Angus L. Macdonald is proud to announce our partnership with X-Pride Executive for Drag 101: Get Ready with Me taking place on Sunday January 21st, 2024 in the Angus L. Macdonald Library from 2-4:30pm. This workshop will teach some skills in getting ready as a drag performer- and give guidance on some amazing makeup styles and skills by two drag performers themselves, Rouge Fatale and Richard...

The Angus L. Macdonald is so proud to announce our collaboration with X-Pride and the Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library to host a Drag Story Time in the StFX Library! Join drag performers and X-Pride exec while they read children's stories on Sunday January 21st 5pm at the StFX Library on the first floor. This is an educational event that will present equity, diversity, accessibility and...

StFX Philosophy Professor Dr. William Sweet has recently returned from a visit to Italy, where he was a guest of the Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, the Gregorian University, and the Istituto Internazionale Jacques Maritain (IIJM). Dr. Sweet was invited to Rome by colleagues organizing the 25th World Congress of Philosophy and the pre-Congress conference on ‘Discerning Bounderies...

Together, the Province of Nova Scotia, QEII Foundation, Medavie Foundation, and St. Francis Xavier University are embarking upon an ambitious partnership that will serve as a nation-leading model for the investigation and treatment of mental health and addictions. The endowed Research Chair in Mental Health and Addictions at StFX will be supported by a $5 million endowment. The Province of Nova...

StFX’s Marine Ecology Lab, led by biology professor Dr. Ricardo Scrosati, has published in Scientific Reports the first global comparison of the invertebrate diversity that is found in mussel beds on temperate seashores across the globe. The study, published in the journal’s January 2nd issue, was led by Nicole Cameron, a MSc student in the lab. “Using sources that included several foreign...

Starting this semester, the library is expanding its offering of research-skills instruction to include a series of workshops on diverse and timely topics. Most of the new sessions will be held in-person in library classrooms, as a means to get students out to the library and engage with them in meaningful discussions related to various aspects of 21st-century research and learning practices. Many...

StFX education student Brady Webb has a big year ahead. The award-winning bagpiper from Westville, NS was the Grade 1 (the highest level of competence in amateur piping) Overall winner at The Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers (The CLASP) ‘Live Online’ competition on Nov. 11, 2023, and has qualified for the new World Amateur Solo Piping Champion of Champions event, which CLASP will host...

The Angus L. Macdonald is proud to announce the 4th Floor Art Lounge! This is a community lounge space on the 4th floor of the Library located beside the Art Collection. It houses the oversized art books and features student art and creativity. The Art Lounge launched it’s first student exhibition on Thursday November 30th where 30 students enrolled in ART 269 The Body in Art: History & Theory...

Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers in Canada and the Atlantic provinces have some of the highest numbers of new cases and deaths. Screening can reduce mortality by preventing and/or catching the disease early. But in Nova Scotia, the screening participation rate remains low, around 41 per cent. StFX Interdisciplinary Health professor Dr. Arlinda Ruco has been awarded a Canadian Cancer...

Long forgotten English metrical psalms will be brought to contemporary ears on Feb. 8th thanks to innovative research underway by StFX SSHRC postdoctoral fellow Dr. Jacqueline Wylde. Dr. Wylde, supervised by Dr. Laura Estill, StFX English professor and Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities, is hosting a concert, “Hearing the Sounds of the Past: Metrical Psalm Singing and the Early Modern...

The month of February marks the annual celebration of African Heritage Month and the StFX Black Student Advising Office is excited to celebrate with a number of events all month long. The provincial theme for African Heritage Month this year is ‘Our Smiles, Our Joy, Our Resilience as African Nova Scotians.’ “For this month at StFX, we want to showcase the smiles, joys, and resilience of people of...

The second annual Antigonish Brain Bee is coming to StFX on Monday March 4, 2024, and organizers are inviting all interested students in Grades 9-12 in northeastern Nova Scotia to register. The Brain Bee is a neuroscience competition and fun day of learning activities for high school students, including a chance to meet real neuroscientists, says StFX psychology professor and neuroscientist Dr...