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Faculty of Arts at Saint Mary's University
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Explore a world of possibility in the Faculty of Arts, with more than 40 areas of study. www.smu.ca/arts #artswithimpact
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Join #HalifaxStorySlam for live storytelling tonight at #HalifaxCentral Library. 🎤 Seven storytellers—including SMU professor Dr. Rohini Bannerjee!—will share true stories on a "Fall" theme. Doors open at 6 pm in Paul O'Regan Hall. Find the full lineup + livestream: halifaxstoryslam.com/live-event
An event poster with illustrations of white falling leaves on a black background. Text: What is a story slam? "Fall" Halifax Central Library, Paul O'Regan Hall Nov. 27, 2025 - 6 pm - free! halifaxstoryslam.com An event poster with a photo of Dr. Rohini Bannerjee, a professor in the SMU Department of Languages and Cultures. Text: Halifax Central Library, Paul O'Regan Hall Nov. 27, 2025 - 6 pm - free! halifaxstoryslam.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Join us on Friday for the @historysmu.bsky.social Seminar Series, 1-2 pm in MN 219. Dr. Mark Kuhlberg of @laurentianu.bsky.social will present "Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty: Canada's Aerial War Against Forest Pests, 1913-1930". All are welcome, 1-2 pm in MN 219. #SMUHistory #artswithimpact
An event poster with a black-and-white cartoon illustration showing a man laughing while reading a book titled, 'Jokes About the Budworm'. In the background is a cartoon budworm smiling near a sign that says 'Nova Scotia's Forest Resources' near a clearcut.
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Heritage Capstone: Unlocking Community Collections (IPHH 4000.2) is a 6-credit course this winter at Saint Mary's University. Students in this course are trained in the fundamentals of museum / archive / digital humanities theory and practice. www.smu.ca/iphh #heritage #humanities #artswithimpact
A poster to promote the IPHH 4000 course. It has an illustration of orange curved lines on the right, with white text on a black and maroon background.
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Earn Saint Mary's University course credits this winter—plus a stipend—while working at museums, archives and heritage sites! Learn more about our Heritage Field Placement course (IPHH 3000): www.smu.ca/iphh/placeme... #heritage #fieldwork #ExperientialLearning
A poster to promote the IPHH 3000 course. A photo on the right shows a professor and several students looking at heritage materials on a table, with a view of Halifax showing in the window beside them.
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Thinking about a career in museums, archives or heritage sites? The Public Humanities and Heritage program at Saint Mary's University might be right for you! Join us for an IPHH Info Session on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2:30-3:30 pm in MN 519. www.smu.ca/iphh #heritage #humanities #artswithimpact
IPHH Info Session Public Humanities and Heritage program Thursday, Nov. 27, 2:30-3:30 pm McNally North 519 at @smuhalifax https://www.smu.ca/iphh The event poster includes an image of handwriting on a historic document.
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Tonight at 6:30 pm: All are welcome to #SMUCriminology Professor Robert Wright's class for a guest talk. Sergeant Ray Turner will discuss his 20-year career with Halifax Regional Police, the nature of police work, and tensions that can arise in the politics of policing. More info: loom.ly/lSISDfU
An event poster with a photo of Sergeant Ray Turner in a police uniform. Text: Politics of Policing Guest talk and Q&A Sergeant Ray Turner Halifax Regional Police Wednesday, Nov. 26, 6:30 pm McNally Main 028
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Beyond the Degree: Join the SMU Sociology and Global Development societies for a panel discussion exploring where your degree can take you. Tonight, 6-7 pm in SB 265! The speakers are faculty members Rui Hou, Pauline Hoebanx, Karen McAllister and graduate student Cristi Jerez. #artswithimpact
An event poster with a photo of a student writing in a notebook, with a cup of coffee. At this panel discussion, hear from professionals who have done research and work in the fields of sociology and global development.
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Dr. Paulo Ravecca of #SMUPoliticalScience and his research team are excited to launch the new 2SLGBTQIA+ Support Guide: #NovaScotia and #Canada. It's an output from a research project in partnership with @cifrs.org. Learn more and find the guide here: www.smu.ca/polisci-gds/.... #artswithimpact
A poster to promote the new guide. On the left side is an image showing a ribbon in Pride colours beside a person's hand holding a cellphone. On the phone is an image of two people smiling at each other, with this text: 2025-2026 Edition: 2SLGBTQIA+ Support Guide - Nova Scotia and Canada. On the right side of the poster is some black text against a white background: This resource directory is for anyone in Nova Scotia seeking support around queer and trans health, well-being, or community resources -- whether you're looking for services yourself, supporting someone else, or working on the frontlines. Inside, you will find clear, up-to-date information about local resources, including gender-affirming healthcare, mental health support, community programs, crisis lines and more. Funded in part by the Government of Canada Logos for the Government of Canada, SMU and CIFRS
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Nov. 19, 6:30-7:30 pm: All are welcome to Prof. Robert Wright's Politics of Policing class this week. Guest speaker Ronald J. MacDonald KC was the first Director of #SiRT in #NovaScotia, then head of the #IIOBC. He'll discuss the value of independent policing oversight bodies. MM 028 loom.ly/-TZj0Xk
An event poster for the Politics of Policing guest talk and Q&A on Wednesday, November 19, 6:30-7:30 pm in McNally Main 028. The guest speaker is Ronald J. MacDonald KC, first Director of the Nova Scotia Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT). The poster has a photo of him wearing a suit and sitting at a desk. For complete details, visit the SMU Events Calendar (type 'arts' into the search bar for filtered results relating to Faculty of Arts events): https://news.smu.ca/upcoming
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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The Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies hosts a public lecture Nov. 21, 12-2 pm. Dr. Don Nerbas, McGill's @csschair.bsky.social, will present "Networks of Power: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Coal in 19th-Century Cape Breton". Join in person at MN 219 or by Zoom: loom.ly/uG1ENho
An event poster featuring a black-and-white illustration of a boats and ships at a historic port. The poster also has a headshot of Dr. Don Nerbas, Chair, Canadian-Scottish Studies, Department of History and Classical Studies, McGill University. Dr. Nerbas will present a public lecture on Friday, November 21 from noon to 2 pm in McNally North #219, also available online via Zoom. His topic is "Networks of Power: Capitalism, Colonialism and Coal in Nineteenth-Century Cape Breton". Visit the SMU Events Calendar for the Zoom information: https://loom.ly/uG1ENho The lecture is hosted by the Gorsebrook Research Institute (GRI) for Atlantic Canada Studies at Saint Mary's University.
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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The #SMUReadingSeries presents "An evening with Kate Cayley" on November 27. Winner of the Trillium Award, O. Henry Prize and Mitchell Prize for Poetry, Cayley will read from her new novel Property, published by @coachhousebooks.bsky.social. 7 pm in SB 255: loom.ly/bnvuCYY @smuenglish.bsky.social
An event poster with a black-and-white photo of writer Kate Cayley on the left, and a colour image of the cover of her new novel, Property just above her shoulder. The book cover shows an illustration of waves. Text: The SMU Reading Series presents ... An evening with Kate Cayley Winner of the Trillium Award, the O. Henry Prize and the Mitchell Prize for Poetry Cayley will read from her new novel, Property. Thursday, November 27, 2025 7:00 p.m. | Sobey Building, room 255 Admission free | All welcome
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Dr. Edward Molloy of #SMUIrishStudies joins this online discussion Nov. 11, 3-5 pm AT. "Global Dialogue: Forced Starvation as the Tool of the Coloniser" is presented by #EqualHealth, Highlander Centre, @xians4palestine.bsky.social and @docagainstgenocide.bsky.social. Register: tinyurl.com/4e8nr72z
An event poster for a November 11 online discussion titled, "Global Dialogue: Forced Starvation as the Tool of the Coloniser". Speakers are taking part representing Palestine, Congo, Haiti, Western Sahara, Sudan and Ireland (represented by Dr. Edward Molloy of SMU Irish Studies). An illustration shows hands holding a hose with its spouts blocked, as groups of people look on with empty cups held up.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Up next in the Lunch Seminar Series with the SMU Department for the Study of Religion: "Secularism Through the Prisms of Lived Religion and Ethnography," with Dr. @jselby.bsky.social of @memorialu.bsky.social. Friday, Nov. 14, 12-1 pm in MM214. More info: loom.ly/rPgK0y4 #SMUReligion #artswithimpact
An event poster with a photo of Dr. Selby. Text: Lunch Seminar Series "Secularism Through the Prisms of Lived Religion and Ethnography" Dr. Jennifer Selby Friday, November 14 12-1 pm | McNally Main 214 For more details, contact religion@smu.ca or visit the SMU Events Calendar at news.smu.ca/upcoming Lunch will be provided. Everyone is welcome!
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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A look at Ireland's recent presidential election: Join An Cumann (Irish Association of #NovaScotia) for an online discussion with Dr. Edward Molloy of our #SMUIrishStudies program and lawyer Ronan Holland on Wednesday, November 12 at 7 pm. Register for the Zoom link: loom.ly/vubDtdQ #artswithimpact
An event poster with a purple band at the top and bottom, and a white section in the middle. Dr. Ed Molloy of Saint Mary's University and lawyer Ronan Holland will discuss the dynamics of the 2025 Irish presidential race and consider the constitutional role of the president, including the powers (and limitations) of the office and how the role has evolved in recent decades. See the caption for the remaining text that appears on the poster.
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Join the SMU Linguistics program for a guest talk by sociolinguist @nikkivi.bsky.social of @umanitoba.bsky.social, on the use of accent to signal social values such as hardiness and self-reliance on the Canadian prairies. All are welcome to attend, Nov. 6, 5:30-6:30 pm in Loyola 179. #SMULinguistics
An event poster with a headshot of Dr. Nicole Rosen on the left. Dr. Rosen is wearing a black shirt, glasses and a colourful scarf. On the right is white text on a maroon background: Linguistics guest talk Nicole Rosen University of Manitoba November 6 | 5:30-6:30 pm | LA 179 "Expressing hardiness, self-reliance and survival through sociophonetic variation on the Prairies"
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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😈 Today's free #MonsterFest keynote is "Historicized Traumas: Black Art in Nia DaCosta’s 'Candyman'," with Dr. Novotny Lawrence, Director of the Black Film Centre and Archive at Indiana University, Bloomington. All are welcome, 3:30 pm at Halifax Central Library. More info: loom.ly/dwkmSbI
An event poster for Dr. Novotny Lawrence's free Monster Fest keynote, Thursday, October 30, 3:30 pm at Halifax Central Library. "Historicized Traumas: Black Art in Nia DaCosta’s 'Candyman'" A photo of Dr. Lawrence is on the left side of the poster.
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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It's looking strangely monstrous this week around Saint Mary's University, as the university hosts Nova Scotia’s first #MonsterFest. It's a sister event to the @ucscmonsters.bsky.social Festival of Monsters in California. Read about it in SMU News: loom.ly/KsXIDOI #MonsterFest2025 #artswithimpact
A photo of two Saint Mary's University professors (Dr. Lindsay Macumber at left and Dr. Michele Byers on the right). They are wearing monster costumes created by students at NSCAD University.
October 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Jeff Barnaby's 'Blood Quantum' is today's free #MonsterFest screening, 6 pm in partnership with Hellifax Horror Fest! @lnuonhorror.bsky.social moderates a panel with Indigenous scholars and activists: Fallen Matthews, Tiffany Morris and Dr. Margaret Robinson. Halifax Central Library: loom.ly/9PvLLvs
October 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Today's free keynote at SMU #MonsterFest: "Too Ghoul for School: Colonial Gazing and Monstrosity in Rhymes for Young Ghouls," with Dr. Krista Collier-Jarvis of @msvuenglish.bsky.social. All are welcome, 3:30 pm at Halifax Central Library. More info: loom.ly/NDXnXuA @lnuonhorror.bsky.social
An event poster for Dr. Krista Collier-Jarvis' free Monster Fest keynote, Wednesday, October 29, 3:30 pm at Halifax Central Library. "Too Ghoul for School: Colonial Gazing and Monstrosity in 'Rhymes for Young Ghouls'" A photo of Dr. Collier-Jarvis is on the left side of the poster.
October 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Happening now at SMU! It's our #MonsterFest Bazaar of the Bizarre, 9 am - 2 pm Wednesday and Thursday in the Isaacs Learning Commons near Tim's in Loyola. Plenty of creations from local monstrous makers. Find a list of vendors here: www.smu.ca/monsterfest/... #MonsterFest2025 #artswithimpact
A poster promoting the Bazaar of the Bizarre. An illustration of a red monstrous figure with horns floats above Halifax's skyline, against a red sky.
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Halifax's first #MonsterFest starts tonight and THE MONSTERS ARE COMING! 😱 Join us Oct. 28-31 for a monstrous time at Saint Mary's University and #HalifaxCentral Library ... if you dare. 😈 Free public lectures, films and much more: smu.ca/monsterfest/ #Halifax #MonsterFest2025 #artswithimpact
October 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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😱 Halifax's first #MonsterFest starts one week from tonight! Kicking things off Oct. 28 is Horror Trivia Night in the Gorsebrook Lounge, featuring Wednesday Whizz Quiz. This welcome event offers an accessible, community-building intro to #MonsterFest2025. Learn more: www.smu.ca/monsterfest/ 😈
An event poster with our signature MonsterFest face floating above Halifax's skyline, against a red sky. Text: Monster Fest 2025 Horror Trivia Night October 28, 5-9 pm Gorsebrook Lounge, SMU's campus pub Free for SMU students!
October 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Join us for The Monster Ball on #Halloween night in #Halifax! Anita LandBack is our host/DJ for the Oct. 31 costume party, 7-10 pm. Our McNally Auditorium will be decked out as the 'Carrie' prom scene, with a SMU Drama Society performance! Tickets/info: www.smu.ca/monsterfest/ #MonsterFest2025
A photo of our Monster Ball host and DJ Anita LandBack, wearing a glamourous red dress. Follow them on Instagram at @anitalandback. https://www.instagram.com/anitalandback/ An event poster for the Monster Ball. An illustration of a red monstrous figure with horns floats above silhouettes of dancing people, against a red background. Text: Monster Fest 2025 MONSTER BALL October 31, 7-10 pm McNally Theatre Auditorium, Saint Mary's University Host + DJ Anita LandBack Open to the public, ages 19+ Wear a costume! A poster to promote Monster Fest 2025. An illustration of a red monstrous figure with horns floats above Halifax's skyline, against a red sky. Text: October 28-31, 2025 A four-day international festival bringing scholars, artists and community members together to analyze and revel in all things monstrous. Logos: Saint Mary's University, Halifax Public Libraries
October 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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The Department for the Study of Religion invites all to a public presentation on Sunday, Oct. 26, "Muslim and Jew: A Love Story" at St. Andrew’s United Church, 5:30-7:30 pm. The speakers are Dr. Syed Adnan Hussain of SMU and Dr. Eva Mroczek of @dalclassics.bsky.social. More info: loom.ly/t-4GdqE
An event poster with an image of a Muslim figure and a Jewish figure playing chess, with a rainbow behind them. The image is adapted from an original image in a Cordoban book of games from the 13th century: https://share.google/VV9WpDQWrvUTnp8xh
October 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Up next in the SMU Research Spotlight Series: Dr. Bishop Owis, with 'Constellating Care: On the Periphery of Possibilities,' examining how educators can embody a teaching praxis grounded in a queer & trans ethic of care. All are welcome Oct. 22, 12-1 pm. More info: www.smu.ca/fgsr/researchevents/
An event poster with a headshot of Dr. Bishop Owis. Text: SMU Research Spotlight Series Dr. Bishop Owis, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts; Women and Gender Studies Wednesday, October 22, 2025 12-1 pm | CLARI Lab, Atrium 340 Topic: Constellating Care: On the Periphery of Possibilities Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome!
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM