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…
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…
Rosa Parks, known as “the mother of the freedom movement” and “the first lady of civil rights,” is an American activist who is celebrated worldwide for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. In…
To the MSVU community August 1, marks Emancipation Day. “Emancipation Day is the day The Slavery Abolition Act became law in the British Empire (including Canada) and ended the practice of slavery for millions of…
As a Biology professor at Mount Saint Vincent University and the driving force behind WISEatlantic (Women in Science and Engineering for Atlantic Canada), Dr. Tamara Franz-Odendaal has dedicated her professional life to empowering and encouraging…
Nearly 20 years ago, Dr. Susan Brigham joined Mount Saint Vincent University and she’s been a trailblazer within the MSVU community ever since. She’s a teacher, researcher, leader, mentor, advocate and dedicated champion of the…
Engaging Black students in deep discussions around their powerful history, culture and identity was Karen Hudson’s objective in creating the Black Excellence Day leadership summit recently held at MSVU, and it’s a goal she achieved…
On Wednesday, June 28, 2023, Mount Saint Vincent University celebrated a new group of honourees who had recently been installed on the Riva Spatz Women’s Wall of Honour. The only one of its kind in…
Dear MSVU Community, Pride season is here – a time for those in the 2SLGBTQIA+* community and allies to come together to learn, reflect and celebrate the diversity of gender identities, and advance advocacy in…
In late April, Randy Headley, Black Student Support Advisor at Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU), and Dr. Catherine Baillie Abidi, Assistant Professor in the Department of Child and Youth Study at MSVU, together with community…