Marking pride week at the Mount
Posted: 18 July 2018
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A message from Mount President Dr. Mary Bluechardt Pride is a time of celebration, but with an important context and history. The Halifax Pride website reminds us of the history of the pride parade and…
Mount professor’s video selected for “300 Seconds Short Film Festival”
Posted: 10 July 2018
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Building Safe Spaces and Small Craft Professor, mentor, advocate, sailor. Dr. Shane Theunissen of Mount Saint Vincent University’s Department of Child & Youth Study is all those things. And now he can add “filmmaker” to…
Mount faculty receive new funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Posted: 10 July 2018
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Recently, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, announced an investment in more than 800 social science and humanities research projects nationwide through the Social Sciences and…
Mount professor chairing world conference on crystallography in Halifax
Posted: 6 July 2018
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Event to gather top scientists from around the world Every three years, scientists from around the globe unite on a subject that falls at the centre of all of the sciences yet remains relatively unknown…
Applied Human Nutrition faculty named award winners at 2018 Dietitians of Canada conference
Posted: 4 July 2018
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We are thrilled to share the news that two Mount faculty in the Department of Applied Human Nutrition – professor Dr. Jennifer Brady and part-time instructor Sandra Berwick – were recently celebrated by their peers…
Monty the mascot makes tracks after 12 years at the Mount
Posted: 4 July 2018
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Pictured above: Monty (centre) with Dr. Mary Bluechardt, President & Vice-Chancellor at the Mount, and Paul Cantelo, University Registrar This fall, the Mount will say goodbye to a part-time student and well-known campus personality. Monty,…
Two-eyed seeing summer camp launched this week
Posted: 4 July 2018
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Camp is a partnership between Sipekne’katik First Nation, Pictou Landing First Nation, and the Mount Mount Saint Vincent University was delighted to welcome youth and chaperones from Sipekne’katik First Nation and Pictou Landing First Nation…
Cultural Studies instructor to present aboard international Peace Boat on week-long journey
Posted: 25 June 2018
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Mount Cultural Studies faculty member Mike McGuire is getting ready to set sail on the adventure of a lifetime. Mike has been invited to guest lecture on the international Peace Boat as it sails from…
Mount IT&S team and partners win national award for collaboration
Posted: 22 June 2018
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(Karen Smyth, Director of IT&S at the Mount, is fourth from the right in the front row above) On June 20, Mount Saint Vincent University and its partner institutions won a prestigious national award in…
Marking National Indigenous Peoples Day
Posted: 21 June 2018
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To the Mount community, I write to you today to mark an important day – Thursday, June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada. “This is a day for all Canadians to recognize and…