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June 24, 2025

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President's Gala 2025

President’s Gala celebrates 50th anniversary

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New StFX camp sees Mi’kmaw and African Nova Scotia youth explore STEM in their daily lives

Kerry Prosper and Erin Morton

StFX, The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq sign agreement strengthening collaboration

child care announcement

Partnership between StFX and the province will bring new child-care centre for local area

Black community recognition night

StFX’s Dr. Agnes Calliste Centre honours community members in 1st Black Community Recognition Night

Dr. Matthew Anderson

Pathways of the Prairies: StFX Gatto Chair Dr. Matthew Anderson wins Saskatchewan Book Award

Brown'nesha

“Grateful and happy that I would represent David”—Brown'nesha Willis-Glasgow receives David Bernatchez Memorial Bursary

Andy Hakin

Dr. Andrew Hakin, President and Vice-Chancellor, St. Francis Xavier University, appointed Chair, Council of Nova Scotia University Presidents (CONSUP)

Ricardo Scrosati and Nicole Cameron

StFX Marine Ecology Lab researchers publish study on latitudinal changes of rocky intertidal Atlantic communities

Stephanie Power and Sarah McKenna presenting co-op awards to Marshall Hamilton, Pictou County Partnership, Hariprasad Sivapatham Anand and Cameron MacNeil

Co-op Education Announces 2025 Award Recipients

Drs. Jill Murphy and Laura Lambe

StFX faculty awarded Research NS funding for work to help prevent bullying; strengthen community-based mental health care in rural Nova Scotia

Cheyenne Toms

StFX’s Cheyenne Toms earns spot in Pathy Foundation Fellowship Cohort; recognized for commitment to community-driven change

chemcon

Outstanding success: Seven StFX chemistry students win awards, largest contingent ever attend Science Atlantic ChemCon

Lexy Reinhardt

Milestone moment: StFX biology master’s student Lexy Reinhardt wins national zoology award

Kelly Thompson

Kelly Thompson - Official of the Year for Gymnastics

murray family

Building a more accessible world: StFX celebrates Access Awareness Week; presents inaugural Jeffery Murray Award for Accessible and Inclusive Communities

Wallace interns

Empowering young entrepreneurs: Meet the 2025 Wallace Family Interns at StFX

Faces of the Class of 2025 Headshots

Faces of the Class of 2025: Meet the newest members of our alumni community

dhsi east 2025

In a world with rapidly changing technologies, DHSI-East Institute at StFX brings focus to digital tools in humanities research

Fr Stan

Passing of our beloved Fr. Stan - Announcement by Dr. Andy Hakin

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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