Inaugural Brian Mulroney Speaker Series

Lecture

Tuesday, Oct 28 2025 , 3 pm to 4 pm

Barrick Auditorium, Mulroney Hall

JAMES A. ROBINSON

A nation's prosperity relies on its institutions: the more inclusive, the better.

2024 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics

Co-author of Why Nations Fail

Famed Economist and Political Scientist

PRESENTED BY BARRICK

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The L'nu symbol. L’nu is a Mi'kmaw word meaning 'human being' or 'the people.'

StFX espi-kina’matno’kuom etek Mi’kma’ki, wejkwa’taqanik Mi’kmaq maqamikewmuew mna’q iknmuetu’tik. Nalikitquniejk na Mi’kmawey wisun wjit Antigonish teluek Aklasie’w-iktuk, ‘place where branches are torn off.’

StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaw people. The Mi'kmaw name for Antigonish is Nalikitquniejk, meaning ‘place where branches are torn off.’

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