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Items that you wish to make available to your students for a limited loan (usually three hours) can be temporarily added to the Reserve Collection. Online Reserve Request Form Reserve Guidelines for Faculty Please limit the number of items for each course to a maximum of 50. A maximum of four copies per individual item will be accepted unless a demand is demonstrated. Reserve items should be...

The following StFX Fair Dealing Guidelines have been adapted from Universities Canada's Fair Dealing Policy for Universities. StFX Fair Dealing Guidelines The fair dealing provision in the Copyright Act permits use of a copyright-protected work without permission from the copyright owner or the payment of copyright royalties. To qualify for fair dealing, two tests must be passed. First, the...

Need a Book? We'll Get it for You! Our "Request and Retrieve" service allows patrons to place holds on StFX items that are in the library and available to circulate (exceptions apply). Items will be retrieved by staff within one business day and made available for pick-up at the Main Service Desk. Patrons will receive an e-mail notification when the item is ready or if there is an issue filling...

The StFX University Library was housed in several different buildings prior to the construction of the current Angus L. Macdonald Library. Drawing on information from the University Archives, as well as from the book For the People, A History of St. Francis Xavier University (1996), by retired StFX history professor Dr. James Cameron, here are a few significant notes related to the Library’s...

The Angus L. Macdonald Library and University Archives is core to the academic mission of the University. The time for a clear vision of our future is now. This Strategic Plan identifies key objectives and strategic directions to guide the Library for the next five years (2022-2027). The core work of an academic library includes but is not limited to: developing and maintaining important resource...

We respect the busy nature of our patrons' lives and appreciate that having to leave the library to eat could place an unnecessary burden on individuals. The consumption of food and drink is permitted in the library, however we ask that all patrons observe the following guidelines: All beverages should be in covered cups or mugs to prevent major spills. Please place all food waste, packaging and...

Normally offered every second year, the Model United Nations (Course PSCI 357) is an introduction to the structures, activities, and operations of the UN, the protocols and procedures of UN deliberations, and contemporary international issues and agendas faced by the UN and its member states. The course is built around student preparation for, and participation in, simulated UN deliberations at...

DR. JOHN STEWART DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY FELLOW ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY In ancient Greece a state was called a polis. Our terms politics, politicians, policy, and police are all based on that old Greek word. Clearly, politics, the management of our common affairs, whether it be at the municipal, the provincial, or the national level, is important. And it isn't easy. To rank as good a...

INTRODUCTION BY SENATOR J. S. GRAFSTEIN 17 April 1997 Your Excellency Bishop Campbell, President Riley, Bob Rae, my deputy leader in the Senate Al Graham, ladies and gentlemen, and of course, Allan J. Sometime ago, I was quietly arguing with my good friend Senator Gigantes about the appropriate English translation for a key phrase from the works of Heraclitus, the great Greek thinker whose...

PRESIDENT DR. SEAN RILEY ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY 17 April 1997 Welcome ladies and gentlemen, honoured guests, your Excellency, to the inaugural Allan J. MacEachen Annual Lecture in Politics. Somewhere between the desirable and the achievable lies politics. A good political leader is a hardened idealist, an adventurist, a pragmatist; all this and often much more. But few who begin with the...

… Computer Science Degree Requirements The Department of Computer Science offers courses leading to …

Undergraduate students can pursue a Major, Advanced Major or Honours degree in Computer Science. Our undergraduate curriculum aligns with the current guidelines of the ACM and IEEE, which are major international professional organizations that provide curriculum guidelines for computing programs. Our core courses provide a strong computing foundation, while our elective courses keep up with...

… and a two-hour lab. 200 Level 215 Social Issues in the Information Age This course … with the goal of further developing their critical thinking and their ability to make … and Reinforcement Learning. Three credits.   531 Reinforcement Learning This course will …

Every year, many 1st-3rd year students enhance their education by spending a summer working for a member of the Department of Computer Science as a student research assistant. If you are interested in working for a CS faculty member over the coming summer, then you are encouraged to contact a potential supervisor directly and promptly. Information on the faculty members and their research...

… medical care system. We hit a number of key issues which, in retrospect, were … there was Paul Samuelson, an expositor of Keynes’s General Theory of Income and … for coal cars. All of that is now gone, replaced first by blueberry and cranberry …

THE HONOURABLE BOB RAE LAWYER AND FORMER PREMIER OF ONTARIO 17 April 1997 I would like to thank you for braving the Ontario weather and coming tonight. I very much appreciate it. My only advice to Allan tonight was that he shouldn't inhale and I certainly hope he didn't inhale after listening to Senator Grafstein's speech. I want to thank the University for this honour. When President Riley phoned...

DR. RODNEY HADDOW, CHAIR DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 17 April 1997 As most of you know, the Honourable Bob Rae was the Premier of Ontario from 1990 to 1995 and was elected eight times to the federal and provincial parliaments before his retirement from politics last year. He led the NDP in Ontario from ‘82 to ’96 and served as leader of the official opposition before becoming Premier. Mr. Rae...

THE HONOURABLE FRANK MACKENNA ('70) LAWYER, BUSINESSMAN, AMBASSADOR, AND FORMER PREMIER OF NEW BRUNSWICK 4 November 1998 Well thank you very much Mr. President and your Excellency, Senator, Mr. Minister and distinguished guests from all over. Thank you for inviting me. I don’t know why I feel this way. I give three or four speeches a week, virtually, across the country. But I’m more nervous about...

MR. DALTON CAMP, O.C. AUTHOR, JOURNALIST AND POLITICAL ADVISOR 9 February 2000 Thank you. Obviously, I am very moved by that introduction. You now know me better than I do. I just want to say this to Lowell, in the case he felt pressed for time, I’d be glad to yield some of mine so you can continue. Mr. President, and distinguished members of the Senate, Privy Council and this community and this...

SENATOR LOWELL MURRAY P.C. POLITICIAN AND ACTIVIST 9 February 2000 It is a great privilege to be able to come back here, now that you have a president who is too young to have known me as a student. I thank you Dr. Riley, Mr. President, very much for your warm welcome and you ladies and gentlemen. I am glad of any opportunity to come back to St. F. X. and I’m especially pleased and honoured to...