What will we shape together? A message from the President
Posted: 8 September 2026
Uncategorized
To the MSVU community, The slate is clean. The opportunities are fresh. And crisp notebooks and pens are waiting to be put to use (shopping for stationery supplies was always one of my favourite September…
New course explores the K-Pop in popular culture
Posted: 8 September 2026
Arts | Cultural Studies | Announcements
A new course being offered by the Department of Cultural Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University this fall invites students to look beyond the glamour of the global music and cultural phenomenon K-Pop (short for…
Rethinking AI in the Classroom: Meet MSVU’s Dr. Michael Pin-Chuan Lin
Posted: 17 August 2026
Education | Research
Picture a learning tool designed not simply to hand over answers. Instead, it asks: What do you already understand? Where’s the gap? What will you try next? That’s the premise behind MetaMentorAI, a flagship project…
Food For Thought and MSVU Appetite Lab partner to advance healthier school meals
Posted: 6 August 2026
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Founded in 2020 by Melissa and Shandra MacMaster during the COVID-19 pandemic, Food For Thought Software Solutions was created to ensure vulnerable children across Canada had access to nutritious food. The company initially focused on…
Marking Emancipation Day
Posted: 30 July 2026
Uncategorized | Announcements
To the MSVU community, This Saturday, August 1 is Emancipation Day. “Emancipation Day is the day that The Slavery Abolition Act became law in the British Empire (including Canada) and ended the practice of slavery…
New course explores Indigenous perspectives on aging and well-being
Posted: 23 July 2026
Family Studies
Students in all programs at MSVU are invited to advance their Indigenous learning journeys by registering for a new course to be offered by the Department of Aging and Family Science this fall (2026). This…
Two MSVU honorary degree recipients appointed Officers of the Order of Canada
Posted: 8 July 2026
Uncategorized | Alumni
Mount Saint Vincent University extends a hearty congratulations to Corinne (Connie) Sparks, O.C., and The Honourable Mayann Francis, O.C., O.N.S. who have been appointed Officers of the Order of Canada. Both hold honorary degrees from…
Art that inspires: This summer at the MSVU Art Gallery
Posted: 6 July 2026
Uncategorized | Announcements
The MSVU Art Gallery has two standout exhibitions this summer for the community to drop in and experience before August 9, 2026. “Although visually and conceptually quite different, both of our summer exhibitions – George Bernard Jr.’s Light & Legacy and…
From the classroom to the coastline: MSVU students, president pitch in for coastal clean-up
Posted: 16 June 2026
Child and Youth | Community engagement
In the wake of World Oceans Week (pun intended), MSVU President Dr. Joël Dickinson joined a Child & Youth Study team – alongside students from C&YS 3333 – and a crew from Coastal Action for…
Down syndrome isn’t a tragedy — but misinformation about it is
Posted: 16 June 2026
Uncategorized | Research
Martha E. Walls, Mount Saint Vincent University and Cornelia Schneider, Mount Saint Vincent University For more than a century, people with Down syndrome have been defined by what medicine says they cannot do. That framing…