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June 9, 2025

StFX faculty awarded Research NS funding for work to help prevent bullying; strengthen community-based mental health care in rural Nova Scotia Read More

STFX Special Announcement

Campus Power Update as of 5:00 PM Tuesday, April 29

Sandra MacPhee

Sandra MacPhee has always lifted others up—now, Class of 1984 honours her in new fund supporting students

Promotional graphic for Distinguished Speakers Series - Canada-US Relations

Watch Now: Canada and US Relations – Navigating Chaos, Threats and Disruptions in the White House

art winners

Creativity, talent recognized: Four StFX students awarded the Angus F. Macgillivray Art Bursary

Laura Reid

Academic X'cellence Series: Meet Laura Reid

STFX Special Announcement

Passing of His Holiness, Pope Francis - statement from Dr. Andy Hakin

Honorary degree recipients 2025

A legendary Canadian athlete, an expert in Catholic higher education, and a leading voice for innovation and science policy, to be honoured during StFX Spring Convocation 2025

Alumni Dr. Janet McMordie and Heather O'Grady

Human Kinetics grads breaking new ground in health, the arts

Norine Verberg

Academic X’Cellence: Meet Dr. Norine Verberg

Heidi and Dr. Michael Steinitz

$250,000 endowment established to honour longtime StFX physics professor and supporter of the arts, Dr. Michael Steinitz

Dr. Heather O'Grady, StFX Alumna

Bridging the Gap: Dr. Heather O’Grady ‘17 advances community-based health research

Expression as Medicine: Dr. Janet McMordie ‘08 blends healthcare, acting, and advocacy

Dr. Chris Lively

Academic X'Cellence Series: Meet Dr. Christopher Lively

SSHRC - Connection Grant Winners 2025

Enabling important research: three StFX faculty receive SSHRC Connection Grants

D.J. Jackson and Eileen Benoit, StFX Student-Athletes of the Year

Eileen Benoit and D.J. Jackson named StFX Student-Athletes of the Year

Maxwell MacNeil

Academic X’cellence: Meet Max MacNeil

Nadia

Bold Fashion, Brave Women: StFX student Nadia Hussaini named 2025 recipient of the Social Entrepreneurship Fund

Halifax Daily Bread

Joining together to do good: Halifax alumni chapter ‘making home’ for the less fortunate

Sister Stan

West African missionary Sister Stan at StFX to deliver lecture, meet with Service Learning and Sisters of St. Martha

3M group

Graduate students showcase research, compete in StFX’s Three Minute Thesis event

The L'nu symbol. L’nu is a Mi'kmaw word meaning 'human being' or 'the people.'

StFX espi-kina’matno’kuom etek Mi’kma’ki, wejkwa’taqanik Mi’kmaq maqamikewmuew mna’q iknmuetu’tik. Nalikitquniejk na Mi’kmawey wisun wjit Antigonish teluek Aklasie’w-iktuk, ‘place where branches are torn off.’

StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaw people. The Mi'kmaw name for Antigonish is Nalikitquniejk, meaning ‘place where branches are torn off.’

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