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Award-winning playwright, director and educator Djanet Sears discusses 2 of her plays and their relationship to works by William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw.

PRESIDENT DR. SEAN RILEY ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY 30 January 2008 Thank you very much Dr. Grenier, distinguished guests,members of the StFX and local communities, ladies and gentlemen. It really is for me, a double privilege tonight. The first privilege, of course, is to introduce the 20th Prime Minister of Canada, the Right. Honourable Jean Chrétien. It is combined with a second privilege...

PRESIDENT DR. SEAN RILEY ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY 4 November 1998 Welcome ladies and gentlemen, honoured guests, Most Reverend Colin Campbell, Chancellor of the University, and of course, the Honorable Allan J. MacEachen for whom the lecture series has been named. St. F. X. is very pleased to present the Allan J. MacEachen Annual Lecture in Politics. The lecture series was established in 1996...

Join Dr. Margo Watt as she discusses famous Canadian cases of multiple murder.

The 2024 Spring Convocation list has been posted! Congratulations to all of our graduates and their supporters.

Dr. Erin Austen, a StFX psychology professor and department chair, is the recipient of the 3M National Teaching Fellowship, Canada’s most prestigious recognition of excellence in educational leadership and teaching at the post-secondary level. The 3M National Teaching Fellows embody the highest ideals of teaching excellence and scholarship with a commitment to encourage and support the educational...

Anti-Black racism is prejudice, attitudes, beliefs, stereotyping, or discrimination that is directed at people of African descent and is rooted in their unique history and experience of enslavement and colonization. Anti-Black racism is deeply embedded in Canadian institutions, policies, and practices, to the point that it becomes a part of our systems. How can we fight Anti-Black Racism...

Anti-Indigenous racism is the ongoing race-based discrimination, negative stereotyping, and injustice experienced by Indigenous Peoples within Canada. It includes ideas and practices that establish, maintain and perpetuate power imbalances, systemic barriers, and inequitable outcomes that stem from the legacy of colonial policies and practices in Canada. Systemic anti-Indigenous racism is evident...

Digital Nova Scotia (DNS) has partnered with St. Francis Xavier University to develop and deliver a new microcredential program that will equip professionals across various industries in Nova Scotia with essential skills in using artificial intelligence (AI) tools for their work. The Practical AI Utilization Microcredential program is generously funded through the Department of Labour, Skills &...

A StFX student, Lauren Seamone, is the winner of this year’s Atlantic Canada Undergraduate Poetry Competition. Ms. Seamone, who has since graduated from StFX with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, was recognized for her poem “Gaza is on fire and I’m reading a science fiction novel in the library.” Her winning poem will be published in The Antigonish Review, one of the oldest continuing...

Access Awareness Week Nova Scotia Online Panel

… Academic Ableism and Its Alternatives … Access Awareness Keynote Conversation: Academic Ableism and Its Alternatives Friday, …

Explore accessibility through the lens of cartooning!

Friends of the Antigonish Library (FoAL) is hosting its annual used book sale at The People's Place: Antigonish Town and County Library

Ceremony celebrating Access Awareness Week Nova Scotia

The StFX Biology Dept. will host their 11th Annual World Oceans Day event on Saturday, June 8 from 11am-2pm.

St. Francis Xavier University is pleased to announce the creation of the Canadian Maritime Security Network (CMSN). This three-year project is led by Dr. Adam Lajeunesse, a professor in the Public Policy and Governance Program, and funded by a $750,000 grant from the Canadian Department of National Defence’s MINDS program. This new network, hosted by StFX’s Brian Mulroney Institute of Government...

To the StFX Community, Today, I am pleased to announce that Dr. Andy Hakin has accepted the Board of Governor’s offer to extend his term until June 30, 2031, as the 19th President and Vice-Chancellor of St. Francis Xavier University. President Hakin has demonstrated exceptional leadership during his first term. Among his many achievements, Dr. Hakin successfully navigated the university through...

Engineering The Department of Engineering offers six 3-credit courses at the 100-level (see course descriptions below): ENGR 121 – Calculus I for Engineers ENGR 122 – Calculus II for Engineers ENGR 128 – Engineering Design and Graphics ENGR 132 – Technical Communications ENGR 136 – Statics ENGR 147 – Computer Programming These are required first-year courses for all students in the Diploma in...

Anthropology The Department of Anthropology offers two 3-credit courses at the 100-level: ANTH 111 – Introduction to Archaeology ANTH 112 – Introduction to Socio-cultural Anthropology Together, ANTH 111 and 112 provide the 6 credits of foundational course material for further study in Anthropology. These courses are required for a major, advanced major, honours, minor, subsidiary or pair in...