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How do we imagine an energy transition? That was the question participants at a recent Energy Transition School, hosted by StFX’s Frank McKenna Centre for Leadership on Feb. 28-29, 2020, focused on over two days at the multi-session event directed by three scholars, Dr. Jeff Diamanti of the University of Amsterdam; Dr. Imre Szeman, University of Waterloo; and Dr. Jennifer Wenzel, Columbia...

… the Holidays program. Getting together for a meal with friends and family over the holidays … Rhonda McIver and her family, enjoying a meal and a visit at their home.  “It meant a … and snowman-making.  He says the office plans to run the program again next year.   … …

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Eight StFX students—recipients of the Frank McKenna Centre for Leadership’s inaugural Xaverian Leaders Micro-Grants—are spending their summer working on initiatives designed to bring the Xaverian community together during a particularly isolating time. In all, the McKenna Centre awarded eight grants of $2,500 each to returning StFX students for projects that will help bring the community together...

Six StFX students will have the invaluable opportunity to work on projects this summer that will help provide innovative solutions to needs in their communities as recipients of the 2020 Wallace Family Internship. Thanks to the generous support of the Wallace Family Entrepreneurship Fund, StFX Extension Innovation and Enterprise Centre has awarded the 2020 Wallace Family Internships to two...

Four research projects at StFX, that range from optimizing care of infants during painful procedures to work on marine biofouling, are receiving over $400,000 in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for the tools the researchers need to stay ahead and to excel. The Government of Canada, through the CFI, is giving more than $96 million in funding to support 377 new research...

A unique collection of art works created behind the barbed wire of a German Nazi concentration camp and extermination centre has received support from a group of StFX students. Earlier this year, 12 StFX students, accompanied by faculty leader and psychology professor Dr. Margo Watt, participated in an Immersion Service Learning experience to Germany and Poland, where among other places, they...

Last week, 17 StFX students travelled to Halifax to take part in the Royal Canadian Navy’s new Canadian Students at Sea program. This initiative, organized by professors Adam Lajeunesse (Brian Mulroney Institute) and Jamie Levin (Department of Political Science), in partnership with the RCN’s Strategic Outreach team, offered undergraduates in military history and security studies a chance to...

Jillian Hayden, a fourth year student in StFX’s Gerald Schwartz School of Business, is a finalist for the first global cohort of McCall MacBain Scholars at McGill University. The scholarships—the result of a landmark $200 million gift in 2019 by John and Marcy McCall MacBain, the second-largest single donation in Canadian history—are designed to encourage purposeful leadership and enable students...

StFX music professor Adrean Farrugia, a JUNO award-winning pianist and composer who has been called one of Canada’s most distinct voices on the piano, has been nominated for another JUNO award. Prof. Farrugia is nominated for a JUNO award in Jazz Album of the Year: Solo category as a performer on the Ernesto Cervini recording ‘Joy.’ The JUNOs, which recognize the best in Canadian music, will be...

Joy, celebration, and a call for continued action to move forward highlighted the community launch of African Heritage Month on February 1st, as the Town of Antigonish, in partnership with StFX, hosted the annual event in StFX’s MacKay Room, Bloomfield Centre. “This is indeed an important day,” said Tara Reddick, preservice teacher candidate and StFX Black Student Advisor (along with Amelie Gero)...

A delegation of 42 students from StFX’s Gerald Schwartz School of Business travelled to Ottawa in January to compete at the JDC Central (JDDC) business case competition, the largest undergraduate business school competition in central Canada, and came home with three awards. The Schwartz School, the only university from Atlantic Canada to compete, finished first in the accounting discipline (team...

Following months of consultation with the campus community, StFX University has released its new strategic plan, Building Our University the Way it is Meant to Be. The plan defines the mission, vision, and values of StFX that will guide the actions and decisions of the university over the next five years: Academically Driven Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (EDIA) Community...

Peals of laughter echo joyously in the crisp October air as over 20 elementary school children from Paqtnkek Education Centre, from the nearby Mi’kmaw community of Paqtnkek, run around, play and prosper on the StFX turf field as they learn to play the culturally relevant sport of lacrosse. Their teachers—StFX human kinetic students—lead drills at several stations and stand ready in nets positioned...

From her food research lab at St. Francis Xavier University, human nutrition professor Dr. Marcia English is leading an exciting research challenge that may directly impact the food on one’s plate—and help mitigate climate impacts of global seafood consumption. Dr. English is the recipient of an international research award worth $120,000 U.S. over two years to investigate the use of plant...

High school students and their families came from across Canada on Oct. 22, 2023, to see firsthand what life is like as a StFX student as the university hosted its annual Open House. StFX welcomed nearly 1,000 visitors to campus during a full, interactive day designed for visiting students to discover all the university offers, from its outstanding academic programs to student leadership...

Ten students from StFX attended the annual Atlantic Region Philosophers Association meeting, held in Charlottetown, PEI at the University of Prince Edward Island, in late October. Two of the students, Isaac Stuckless and Zoey Phillips, presented papers, along with three StFX alumni, and three StFX professors. According to Dr. William Sweet of the Department of Philosophy, it is very rare to have...

In a symbol of solidarity, a large crowd gathered just outside Morrison Hall on Oct. 26th to celebrate and to help officially inaugurate the newly installed Black Lives Matter crosswalk. “Thank you for taking a moment to commemorate the Black Lives Matter crosswalk,” said StFX Black Student Advisor Akua Amankwah-Poku, the emcee for the well-attended commemoration ceremony. The installation, she...

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