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…
Financial update from MSVU VP Administration
Posted: 25 June 2020
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Dear MSVU students, faculty, and staff, On Thursday, June 25, the Mount Saint Vincent University Board of Directors approved tuition fees for the 2020/2021 academic year. The process to determine 2020/21 tuition fees included consultation…
MSVU researchers receive new CIHR funding to further research on impact of pandemic on families
Posted: 25 June 2020
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Halifax, NS – June 2020 – Mount Saint Vincent University researchers Dr. Jessie-Lee McIsaac and Dr. Joan Turner (pictured above) are the recipients of a new grant from the COVID-19 Rapid Research Fund of the…