History grad’s academic experience helps ensure smooth sailing in his oceanic career
Posted: 7 August 2020
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Flair Martin starts many of his days this way: by looking out at the ocean. His view isn’t from a cottage close to a lake or an apartment overlooking Halifax Harbour. It’s from on board…
People of MSVU
Posted: 22 July 2020
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About People of MSVU Launched in the fall of 2019, this series features photos and first-person narratives that tell the stories of the diverse people who make up our University community. Tianyuan Yu Assistant…
MSVU to launch new TESOL certificate and diploma programs
Posted: 21 July 2020
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Mount Saint Vincent University’s Faculty of Education has expanded its offerings with the addition of graduate certificate and diploma programs in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). Both the certificate and diploma are available…
MSVU first Canadian university to offer online queer studies course
Posted: 20 July 2020
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This fall, MSVU will launch what is believed to be the first online intro to queer or LGBTQIA++ studies course in Canada. While most Canadian universities offer a gender studies program, or courses in gender…
Marking Pride 2020: Message from the President
Posted: 15 July 2020
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At Mount Saint Vincent University and in Halifax, we recognize Pride in July. This is a time to celebrate 2SLGBTQIA+* communities, as well as remind all of us about the continued struggle for equity faced…
MSVU launches first Health Communication and Aging program in Canada
Posted: 15 July 2020
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Starting this September, the departments of Communication Studies and Family Studies & Gerontology at Mount Saint Vincent University will jointly offer a graduate certificate in health communication and aging. The program is the first of…
Program spotlight: MSVU Business and Tourism department takes extra-curricular program online too
Posted: 14 July 2020
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For more than 35 years, MSVU has offered courses at a distance, including in its Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Tourism and Hospitality Management programs. For years, students from around the world have…
Meet our spring 2020 grad award winners: Marissa Wilmot
Posted: 7 July 2020
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We’re putting a much-deserved spotlight on our spring 2020 graduation award winners. These are the students who were to be honoured for their exceptional achievements at spring convocation. Though we couldn’t spotlight them on the…
MSVU introduces new interim senior leaders
Posted: 6 July 2020
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We are pleased to introduce two new interim members of Mount Saint Vincent University’s senior leadership team, effective July 1, 2020. As Dr. Gayle MacDonald, Associate Vice-President Research, and Dr. Donovan Plumb, Director of the…
MSVU researchers awarded internal grants to study social, cultural, and economic pandemic impacts
Posted: 30 June 2020
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MSVU is pleased to support projects that join a global effort to understand the social, cultural, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this spring, the university awarded these five researchers internal COVID-19 Rapid…