The next installment in the MSVU Research Office’s Black and Indigenous Speaker Series will feature Dr. Eric Oliver. Eric is an inuk from Labrador who bridges natural science and Inuit knowledge. “Bridging Knowledge Systems: Scientific and Inuit Knowledge…
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How did you spend your summer? MSVU student Alyssa Rose had a once-in-a-lifetime summer as a Visitor Experience Assistant for Sable Island National Park Reserve. Sable Island is a thin crescent of shifting sand located…
Meet Eli LeDrew, Research Assistant and NSERC Student Research Award recipient, working at MSVU’s Bone Development Lab. Eli is a recent MSVU graduate (spring 2024) with a BSc in Biology and one of the six…
Meet Alyssa Babb, Research Assistant and NSERC Student Research Award Recipient, working on the Problem of Climate Change Effects for Plants Alyssa graduated with a bachelor of science degree from Mount Saint Vincent University this…
Meet Florence Joseph, Research Assistant and NSERC Student Research Award Recipient, working in Innovative Work to Reveal Evolutionary Differences and Adaptations in the Visual and Skeletal Systems of Birds. Florence is a recent MSVU graduate…
As another academic year draws to a close, we’re pleased to share the news of MSVU’s 2024 academic student award winners. Two special awards events were held this April to celebrate students who have demonstrated…
Dr. Tamara Franz-Odendaal, Professor and Chair of the Biology Department at MSVU, was today announced as a new Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the most distinct honours…
The Faculty of Education hosted a solar eclipse viewing party on Monday, April 8, 2024 with the MSVU community turning out for this once-in-a-lifetime celestial event. The next total solar eclipse in Atlantic Canada will…
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…
The late Sister Mary Lua Gavin founded MSVU’s Biology Department in 1950, becoming the only woman chair of a biology department in Canada at the time. She used to recall many meetings beginning with “Gentlemen…and…