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More than 350 students will graduate, and St. Francis Xavier University will bestow an honorary degree upon one of its own, Faisal Joseph, an alumnus from the Class of 1982, and an advocate for the Islamic community in Canada, when StFX celebrates Fall Convocation 2022 on Sunday, December 4 in the Charles V. Keating Centre. Mr. Joseph, who has enjoyed a successful law career, is known as a...

To the campus community, It is my distinct pleasure to share news that StFX President & Vice-Chancellor Dr. Andy Hakin has been recognized for his demonstrated exceptional service to the Province of Nova Scotia in the field of education. Today, during an investiture ceremony held at Government House, the Honourable Arthur J. LeBlanc, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, presented Dr. Hakin with the...

… Canada (with the second highest score behind only University of Toronto) in the research … based on ARIF scores for 2020 (the latest final data available). Impact data were …

A project, led in part by StFX education professor Dr. Chris Gilham, that helps support young boys and men be healthier and have healthier relationships has received $1 million in funding to expand throughout Atlantic Canada. The Honourable Marci Ien, Federal Minister for Women and Gender Equality, announced $525,000 on Nov. 10, 2022 for GuysWork, a pilot project aimed at developing a...

StFX is once again celebrating Pride Month on campus in January and the X-Pride Society, one of the university’s largest student societies, has numerous events planned throughout the month that will focus on celebration, remembrance and supporting each other. All interested are invited to attend upcoming events, with more details available by following Facebook and Instagram at @xpridesociety and...

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Scraps and Scrapbooking in the Time of the Database Date & Time: Thursday, October 26, 2023, 4-5pm Location: Marjorie Desmond Hall (Coady 110) Abstract Lev Manovich has argued for the database as the “key form of cultural expression” in the computer age (“Database” 40), stating elsewhere that if “the world appears to us as an endless and unstructured collection of images, texts, and other data...

Scraps and Scrapbooking in the Time of the Database Date & Time: Thursday, October 26, 2023, 4-5pm Location: Marjorie Desmond Hall (Coady 110) Abstract Lev Manovich has argued for the database as the “key form of cultural expression” in the computer age (“Database” 40), stating elsewhere that if “the world appears to us as an endless and unstructured collection of images, texts, and other data...

With the support of the Irving Oil Research Mentorship Award, this past summer, six StFX students explored topics in areas ranging from health care, to social justice, to safety in post-secondary sports. Students Nicolette Basson, Andrea Morrish, Demarquis Ross, Renee Papp, Rodrigo Paradela Guerrero and Alyssa Spridgeon each received the award – which includes an $8,000 research grant and 14 weeks...

Messages of hope, of learning how to become a better ally, and the importance of our shared responsibility to move forward together towards a better future, all marked a powerful Truth and Reconciliation commemoration ceremony held September 29, 2023, in the Joyce Family Atrium at StFX. Shyanna Denny a third year political science student from Pictou Landing First Nation, told the large crowd...

One of Canada’s most powerful women and the Council President of Engineers Nova Scotia, Denise Pothier, was on campus Sept. 25, 2023 to a deliver a keynote address as a guest of the StFX Women in Engineering (WIE) Society. It was the first large event hosted by the WIE society, recently formed on campus. “We wanted to have something really meaningful. Ms. Pothier was the perfect candidate to kick...

… September 7th to help Antigonish Affordable Housing Society August 29, 2024 Members of … raise funding for the Antigonish Affordable Housing Society on Charity Day taking place …

Students in StFX’s Gerald Schwartz School of Business had opportunity to put their knowledge into action on Friday, November 3rd, when the students in the BSAD 451: Cases in International Business course hosted the "Schwartz International Business Case Competition" for the second year in a row. Teams of first and second-year BBA students spent the week prior to the internal event analyzing a case...

“Today is an incredible day.” With those words, StFX Senior Class co-president Abbey Mombourquette aptly summed up the feeling of energy and excitement, pride and joy, on December 3—the Feast of St. Francis Xavier—as over 950 senior StFX students received their much-coveted and long anticipated X-Rings, the unmistakable emblem that links Xaverians worldwide. “Waiting here today on the brink of...

Two teams of StFX computer science students gained valuable skills and tested their knowledge when they competed recently in the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) for the Northeaster North American region. This international competition is designed to challenge students on their problem-solving capabilities and their ability to implement their solution in code. Each of StFX’s...

Education needs to grow with the world we’re in, so in 2019, the StFX Department of Adult Education created and launched a part-time, online Master of Education (M.Ed.) program with a Concentration in Adult Education and Health, which has now been transitioned into a Master of Adult Education (M.Ad.Ed) concentration offering. Participants have come through the doors in droves— nurses, occupational...

StFX Gerald Schwartz School of Business student Inka Mittler is the first recipient of the Social Entrepreneurship Fund. A collaboration with the StFX Discover Box and the Gerald Schwartz School of Business, this newly established fund supports burgeoning social entrepreneurial students who need modest start-up funds to bring their business plans to life. Initiated by StFX alumnus and entrepreneur...

As mentioned in StFX’s Strategic Plan 2023-2028: Building Our university the way it is meant to be, “we are committed to identifying, preventing, and removing barriers to accessibility for persons with disabilities and individuals who experience barriers to equal access within our living, learning, and working environment.” As such, St. Francis Xavier University will be leading and partnering on a...

StFX’s Dr. Donnelly Archibald, the successful applicant on a $1.322 million NSERC Alliance Missions grant, is working to gain a better understanding of the geology of rocks on a remote stretch of coast in southern Newfoundland where recent lithium discoveries, a mineral essential to global carbon-free energy technology, have stimulated new exploration efforts. Dr. Archibald, a lab instructor and...

StFX’s Gerald Schwartz School of Business is pleased to announce its first Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR). The EIR will provide expertise, mentorship and guidance in entrepreneurial endeavors exclusively for students at StFX, as well as advising the Entrepreneurship Stream of the Schwartz School of Business on business trends and opportunities. The inaugural EIR, starting in September 2024, is...