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The diversity and vastness of Canada’s landscapes offer a unique challenge when it comes to search and rescue (SAR) operations, and regular improvements are key to saving people when they are in distress. On Aug. 27th, Anthony Housefather, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience, was at StFX to announce $1,361,900 in funding to the university for a...

In a day of welcome, it was a moment of connection that spoke volumes. Pink-shirted fourth year student Julia Swant, a member of StFX’s student Orientation Crew, or O-Crew, was in line cheering, singing, and providing a warm greeting as StFX’s newest students and their families arrived on campus for Welcome Days 2025. Spotting the sister of a friend who was starting her first year, Julia...

Receiving the Alley Heaps Undergraduate Research Internship has meant so much to four StFX computer science students. The students say their summer in research has been rewarding, has deepened their knowledge, and has been pivotal to providing a clearer career path. Devin Smith, John Kendall, Kate Redfern, and Elizabeth MacDonald each received $9,000 for summer research work under the supervision...

When StFX religious studies professor Dr. Sara Parks, and colleagues, Dr. Meredith Warren and Dr. Shayna Sheinfeld, couldn’t find material they needed that explored Christianity, Judaism, and Greco-Roman mythology together, and included women’s and gender studies as a regular part of ancient life, they knew they had to create their own. Now their efforts, which resulted in the book, Jewish and...

On Saturday, June 21st, several hundred alumni and friends of StFX gathered in the Charles V. Keating Centre to mark the 50th anniversary of the President’s Gala. Created in 1975 by then-President, Father Malcolm MacDonell ’38, the gala program included the recognition of long-time donors to the university and a state-of-the-union address by the 19th President and Vice-Chancellor of StFX, Dr. Andy...

A new jazz recording by StFX music professor Kevin Brunkhorst is tearing up the airways. ‘After the Fire’ is a hit across radio stations in North America and Europe. The album was released on Calligram Records from Chicago in July 2025. It features current and past colleagues of Prof. Brunkhorst’s from the StFX Music Department and was recorded in fall 2023 at Joel Plaskett’s Fang Recording studio...

While it’s only the second week of the academic year, employers are already engaging with StFX students about career opportunities. On September 10th, the annual StFX Opportunities Fair brought 52 exhibitors, a mix of local and national employers and post-secondary institutions, to campus for a day-long event to meet and speak with StFX students and to help build tomorrow’s workforce. The fair...

Addressing real world health problems, contributing to health equity, and making meaningful contributions to their communities are some of the outcomes of receiving the Scotia Scholars Award from Research Nova Scotia, say 14 StFX students. The $9,000 award supports students with exceptional potential who are engaged in health research. Funding is provided by Research Nova Scotia and allows each...

… Hill, who received the Richard Cunningham Engineering Internship. From research work … way to make ammonia, an important chemical used in fertilizers, medicine, …

This past summer, over 90 school-aged children—budding paleontologists, future forecasters, rockhounds, and climate detectives—had opportunity to get excited and intrigued about the world around them and explore some of the many different sides of earth and environmental science as participants in X-Earth Outreach, StFX’s first earth science summer camps. The StFX Department of Earth and...

Over $150,000 raised for financial aid for students StFX brings out the best in people:

StFX Biology Department’s X-Oceans outreach program was recently awarded the Bank of TD Friends of the Environment Foundation (FEF) grant of $4,000.

For weeks, Lexy Reinhardt, a StFX biology master’s student from Hamilton, ON, dove into the waters off the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre on Vancouver Island where the rain forest meets the ocean taking videos of the sea slug, Hermissenda crassicornis in its natural habitat. She spent the next four months back at StFX watching hundreds of hours of video to track their behaviour and movement. Now...

We must all walk a path together towards reconciliation was the message September 30th as a standing-room only crowd filled the Joyce Family Atrium in Mulroney Hall at StFX as campus and community members gathered to speak on the meaning of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. After the ceremony, everyone was invited outside to tie an orange ribbon on the memorial ribbon fence. Ceremony...

From investigating risk factors for intimate partner violence to book censorship in Atlantic Canada, and from Canada’s food school program to the importance of play in childhood, seven StFX students spent this past summer immersed in impactful research as recipients of the Irving Oil Research Mentorship Award. Each Irving Oil Research Mentorship Award provides $9,000 in funding and an opportunity...

What started as two senior research projects in StFX’s Aquatic Resources Program has resulted in a journal publication for two recent StFX graduates. Emilie Perreault and Hannah MacDonald, who worked as undergraduate students at StFX under the supervision of Dr. Ricardo Scrosati in the Marine Ecology Lab, investigated interspecific interactions among seaweeds and invertebrates on Nova Scotia's...

There’s no place like home, and for over 700 StFX alumni and friends who returned to campus Oct. 3-5, StFX Homecoming Weekend 2025 proved just that. Connection, celebration, and reflection were evident on all corners of campus as friends reconnected, classmates came together over dinners and socials, and alumni were honoured for their contributions to making their communities a better place. “With...

On October 2, 2025, St. Francis Xavier University and the Sisters of St. Martha came together to celebrate 125 years of shared history and partnership with a special tree dedication ceremony. The events began at Bethany, the historic home of the Marthas, where Sister Brendalee Boisvert, Congregation Leader of the Sisters of St. Martha, blessed a young red oak tree. Together with Bishop of...

Ensuring those in need have access to healthy food StFX ‘stuffs the bus’

Applications open until October 20 at impactxsummit.ca Building on the success of last year’s inaugural event, St. Francis Xavier University will once again host the Impact X Summit on Entrepreneurship & Social Change. The event takes place November 21–22, 2025. The two-day summit brings together high school and university students from across Atlantic Canada to share ideas and pitch ventures that...