Top 10 student experience updates for fall 2023
Posted: 5 September 2023
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A message from Keltie Jones, JD, DBA, Associate Vice-President, Student Experience at MSVU: Welcome and welcome back, MSVU students! The Student Experience team has been busy getting ready for another great year. We have lots…
Pro tips for your first year at MSVU
Posted: 30 August 2023
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Welcome to MSVU, first-year students! As you step onto campus for the first time, feeling a mix of excitement and jitters is completely normal, but here’s the good news: you’re not alone in this adventure.…
Saskatchewan naming and pronoun policy: The best interests of children must guide provincial parental consent rules
Posted: 30 August 2023
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Conor Barker, Mount Saint Vincent University and Patrick Richards, University of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan’s Premier Scott Moe recently shuffled his cabinet. Among the ministers changing portfolios is Dustin Duncan, who is being moved from education to…
150 People Profile: Ada McNeill Wallace – First President of the Mount Saint Vincent Alumnae Association
Posted: 16 August 2023
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Born in Port Hood, Cape Breton, in 1883, Ada McNeill Wallace would later move to Halifax with her family, where she attended Mount Saint Vincent Academy and became the first President of the Mount Saint…
150 People Profile: Isabel Jean Hyland – MSVC graduate, Class Valedictorian
Posted: 16 August 2023
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A devoted teacher for 34 years, Isabel Jean Hyland is remembered by her students for her compassion and devotion. Isabel graduated from Mount Saint Vincent College in 1944, serving as Class Valedictorian and going on…
150 People Profile: Suellen Murray – BPR ’86, former co-editor of The Picaro
Posted: 16 August 2023
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Suellen Murray graduated from MSVU in 1986 with a Bachelor of Public Relations degree, having served during her studies as co-editor of The Picaro, the university’s student newspaper. She was inspired to attend Mount Saint…
150 People Profile: Janet (Pottie) Murray – BA (Honors) in Philosophy and Class Valedictorian (’56), former Board of Governors member and Chair
Posted: 16 August 2023
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It’s been more than six and a half decades since Janet (Pottie) Murray realized her childhood dream of following in the footsteps of her beloved aunt Isabel Jean Hyland and attending Mount Saint Vincent, but…
150 People Profile: Christine Qin Yang – MSVU alum and 2023 International Alumni of Impact award winner
Posted: 11 August 2023
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Christine Qin Yang, a dedicated advocate for gender equity and diversity, arrived at Mount Saint Vincent University from China almost a decade ago. Since then, she has thrived both professionally and personally, growing to…
New program addresses gap in food entrepreneurship supports for underrepresented women
Posted: 9 August 2023
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The Centre for Women in Business’s (CWB) Specialized Program in Cooking Entrepreneurship (or SPICE) is a unique, free program designed for historically under-represented Nova Scotian women who are ready to move from their kitchen tables…
150 People Profile: Dr. Janice Keefe – Teacher, researcher, student mentor, and leading expert on aging
Posted: 8 August 2023
Uncategorized | Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
Along with being an MSVU Professor and serving as Chair of the Department of Family Studies and Gerontology, Dr. Janice Keefe is a mentor to graduate students and post-doctoral fellows and is recognized as one of Canada’s leading researchers…