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Welcome to Facilities Management! Facilities Management provides a wide range of services for the campus community including custodial, carpentry, painting, plumbing, electrical, HVAC/BAS, snow removal, grounds care, horticulture, and utility generation and distribution. The Department also provides a number of support services such as moving, project planning and estimating. Campus Maps Current...

The Centre for Biofouling Research is an interdisciplinary team researching biofouling and cost effective and environmentally friendly antifouling solutions to manage biofouling. Biofouling occurs worldwide in various industries including offshore oil and gas drilling, aquaculture, and shipping. There is a large demand for non-toxic antifouling solutions with low maintenance and lifecycle costs...

Office of The Dean of Education The Office of the Dean of Education supports the Departments of Adult Education, Teacher Education and Curriculum & Leadership. Within these Departments, we offer a variety of programs including BEd (part time & full time), certificates, Master of Adult Education, Master of Education and PhD in Education. Pjila’si, Bienvenue, Welcome, Fáilte! The Faculty of...

Mandate The Christian Culture Lecture Series, founded in 1992, is an annual set of lectures by internationally established scholars of religion, scripture, church history, and ethics. Invited speakers provide a minimum of two public lectures on topics related to their scholarly expertise and one intensive seminar which will concentrate on their current research, especially unpublished research...

What are the Digital Humanities? In short, digital humanities (DH) is a capacious field where humanities research is supported or shared by the use of digital tools and projects. The St. Francis Xavier University Digital Humanities Centre is located in 408 Nicholson Tower. The space is available to be booked for teleconferencing and collaborative projects; there are tablets and laptops available...

The Marketing & Communications and Team advances and protects St. Francis Xavier University's reputation of excellence. Among our many responsibilities, we manage the content and design of the university's official print publications, the main website and social media channels, the release of university news and videos and the use of StFX's name and image. We also handle media relations. We work...

While StFX is best known for its strong tradition as a primarily undergraduate university, graduate students are a vital component of the StFX academic community. Why graduate studies at StFX? Graduate students can excel in an intimate, primarily undergraduate university setting. Graduate students enhance the StFX academic programs and contribute significantly to teaching, student mentorship, and...

Human Rights and Equity The Human Rights & Equity Team works to ensure StFX is a welcoming and respectful learning, living and working community for everyone; one that respects and encourages diversity and belonging. Services are available to all members of the campus community, including faculty, staff, students and visitors. StFX prohibits discrimination and harassment on all grounds protected...

We are proud to provide our students and members of the wider campus community with the supports they need to thrive while at StFX. On this page, you will find information about: Resources to assist non-Canadian students as they adjust to university life in Antigonish. Study abroad opportunities for students who wish to complete part of their program at a partner university in another country...

StFX University values equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. This is outlined in the StFX Strategic Plan: Building Our University the Way it it Meant to Be, and our work is continuing. The StFX Accessibility Plan (2022-25) is intended to not only coordinate the accessibility services, programs, and initiatives that already exist, but also guide StFX’s ongoing commitment towards a campus...

Welcome to the Aquatic Resources Program at StFX!  As the new academic year begins, I am excited to welcome both new and returning students to Aquatic Resources (AQUA). We welcome new professors and instructors to the program: (1) Dr. Heather Penney, who has a background in marine biology and fisheries management, (2) Mallory MacDonnell, a former AQUA graduate, has expertise in ecology, social...

Occupational Health & Safety Policy St. Francis Xavier University is committed to the provision of safe and healthy work and learning environments for all faculty, staff, students and visitors; to fostering awareness of the importance of safety and to providing the education necessary to perform activities or duties safely. St. Francis Xavier University complies with the Occupational Health and...

Office of The Dean of Business The Gerald Schwartz School of Business Message from the Dean It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Gerald Schwartz School of Business at St. Francis Xavier University. The “Schwartz School”, as it is known on our campus, is focused on the delivery of the finest immersive undergraduate business program in all of Canada. Our degree programs are built on a strong...

Visible @ X is the sexual violence prevention and response office on campus. You are not alone. We believe you. Support is Visible@X. Visible@X signifies our commitment to ensuring we make our support of survivors and our commitment to sexual violence prevention Visible@X. This commitment means we have zero tolerance for sexual violence of any kind. It means consent is not optional and that you...

Dr. Amanda Cockshutt has served as the Academic Vice President & Provost at St. Francis Xavier University since May 1, 2022. She came to StFX from Mount Allison University where she served as the Dean of Science and Graduate Studies. Dr. Cockshutt served in several leadership positions during her tenure at Mount Allison, including as Head of the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Dr...

Welcome to Climate & Environment at StFX! The Climate & Environment program is a unique inter-disciplinary Bachelor of Arts and Science program, which allows students to examine the climate and broader environmental crises from a holistic perspective. Our students study both the scientific foundations of these crises, their human causes, and societal solutions. Our faculty are world-class experts...

Welcome to Economics at StFX! Fall 2023 Economics Seminars Economics Program at a Glance StFX Economics Podcast: Learn about our programs and career opportunities, and listen to chats with recent graduates and faculty. Available on  Spotify and  Apple Podcasts.  Recent News StFX student Harlee Melinchuk awarded Bank of Canada Master’s Scholarship for women in economics and finance. Read the full...

Welcome to the Humanities Colloquium! The HC is a unique way to study humanities disciplines. Instead of taking separate, competing courses, in the HC you will take three fundamental humanities disciplines (English, History or Art History, and Philosophy) as though they were parts of one big course. It is natural and enriching to understand the history of Western Civilization in relation to the...

Curiosity inspires every generation to study the lives and societies of people who lived before them. The discipline of history has been developed to help us do this in systematic, rigorous and critical way. It is clear to us that we live in a contemporary age that benefits from historical perspective and analysis. History always was, and remains, a discipline essential for critically analysing...