Starting a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Environmental Studies at SMU this fall? You're invited to our First-Year Arts Advising and Registration Day on Saturday, April 25. It's a great chance to register for courses in a supportive environment. Learn more and sign up: www.smu.ca/arts/arts-ba...

Call for Proposals- Are Rivers Heritage? A NiCHE Series Abstract deadline: May 1, 2026 Edited by @ramya.bsky.social NiCHE invites submissions for a blog series asking if rivers can be heritage and if so, what kind of heritage. niche-canada.org/2026/04/08/c... #rivers #envhist #envhum #heritage

Call for Proposals- Are Rivers Heritage?

Can rivers be heritage? What is the place of rivers in our sense of place and/or self? What is the future of rivers? What lessons or parallels do rivers across the world have for Canada?

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Join @cmwr-ns.bsky.social for a Zoom webinar on key findings from its new report, “Heavy Hearts & Minds: Mental and Emotional Well-Being Among Migrant Agricultural Workers in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley.” Monday, April 13, 12-1 pm ADT. Register here: www.migrantjusticens.ca/events

Geography & Environmental Studies invites you to attend Keyara Nelson's Honours Defence on April 13th (1:30 pm in Burke 218). Title is "Investigating the Relationship Between Sea-Surface Temperature and Chlorophyll-a Within the Coastal Waters of British Columbia". @smuscience.bsky.social

Finally a couple consecutive days of spring weather. View from the the Woodsode ferry terminal. A perk of working at @smuarts.bsky.social

Friday at noon: Dr. Leigh Spanner of #SMUPoliticalScience joins Dr. Jaime Levin and Dr. Asa McKercher of STFX for the 2026 Glyn Berry Roundtable, “Life After Davos: Canada’s Role in a ‘Post-Rupture’ World Order.” Room 1201 in the Mona Campbell Building at Dal. Learn more: www.dal.ca/dept/maceach...

From BA to Beyond: Join #SMUAnthropology for two April 10 info sessions to explore your next steps. Learn about our Anthropology honours program and gain clear guidance on applying to master’s and PhD programs. • Grad school info: 2–3 pm, MM226 • Honours info: 3–4 pm, MM227 loom.ly/X6gjt40

🕒 The annual 3-Minute Thesis Competition is coming up on Wednesday, April 8! SMU graduate students have just three minutes to present their research, competing for cash prizes and a spot in the regional 3MT competition. All are welcome, 3 pm in Burke Theatre B: loom.ly/Lf2SWlA

3-Minute Thesis Competition

Wed 8 Apr, 3:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. [ADT]: The 3-Minute Thesis Competition will be happening again this Winter 2026! Every year, the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (FGSR) hosts a 3-minute thesi...

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The National Trust of Canada's #NextGreatSave is a competition to protect Canada’s historic places. This year Sainte-Marie (NS) is in the running—and one of Canada’s most endangered heritage landmarks. Vote daily until April 24, 2026 to help save it 👉 nextgreatsave.us.launchpad6.com/NextGreatSav...

congratulations to Sue Goyette and Natalie Rice, who are nominated for the J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award! writers.ns.ca/programs/boo...

🕒 The annual 3-Minute Thesis Competition is coming up on Wednesday, April 8! SMU graduate students have just three minutes to present their research, competing for cash prizes and a spot in the regional 3MT competition. All are welcome, 3 pm in Burke Theatre B: loom.ly/Lf2SWlA

3-Minute Thesis Competition

Wed 8 Apr, 3:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. [ADT]: The 3-Minute Thesis Competition will be happening again this Winter 2026! Every year, the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (FGSR) hosts a 3-minute thesi...

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The @cmwr-ns.bsky.social has released a new report, “Heavy Hearts and Minds: Mental and Emotional Well-Being Among Migrant Agricultural Workers in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley.” Research was conducted in partnership with Dr. Andrés Arteaga of #SMULatinAmericanStudies. Learn more: loom.ly/tim9mwU

We've extended the deadline for Succession IV: Queering the Environment until April 13th! niche-canada.org/2026/02/28/c... #envhist #envhum #queerecology

Call for Submissions - Succession IV: Queering the Environment – “Queer Joy”

We wish to build off of scholarship and lived knowledge that envisions queer joy as an affective or emotional way of knowing, specifically a way of knowing and being in relation with the environment a...

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Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt@jessicamdewitt.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Friends! The deadline for Succession IV: Queering the Environment – “Queer Joy” is tomorrow. This is a biennial series that I edit for @nichecanada.bsky.social. The number of submissions is low right now, would love to see a few more roll in. niche-canada.org/2026/02/28/c... #queer #envhum

Latest article now out in the CHR! Liza and I have been working in this coal project for nearly a decade now - nice to finally see the follow up article to our original 2017 CHR Alberta Coal Resurgence piece. If you don't have journal access and would like to read, send me a note!

Dept of Geography & Environmental Studies invites you to a Geography B.Sc. Honour Thesis Defence w/ Daniel Wilson; entitled "Anthropogenic & Environmental Factors Influencing the Spatial Distribution of Earthworms in Finland". Wednesday, April 22 at 10 a.m. in Atrium 216. Join us!

Where Artificial Intelligence and Fiction Meet: Dr. Teresa Heffernan of @smuenglish.bsky.social delivered the 2026 Wiegand Memorial Foundation Lecture on Feb. 23. A recording of the @jhievents.bsky.social event is now online. @tjheffernan.bsky.social #SMUEnglish #AI #fiction #artswithimpact

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▶️ Missed the 2026 Wiegand Memorial Foundation Lecture? It’s now on YouTube. Teresa Heffernan explores how fiction and AI research shape each other, from Alan Turing to Douglas Adams to Demis Hassabis. 👉 Watch here:

The third and final episode of the GBV-MIG podcast is now available! Dr. Lori Wilkinson and Dr. Cathy Holtmann ask "What Can Be Done for Migrant and Refugee Women Survivors of GBV?". Listen here: www.smu.ca/gendernet/po...

Issue #24 of our GBV-MIG Newsletter is now out! Read it here and share among your networks: www.smu.ca/gendernet/ne...

NEW!! Online Course - Fall 2026 BORDERS - GEOG 4828 This course will equip students with the analytical and theoretical tools to identify and critique the many ways that borders shape the world around them. geography@smu.ca

The fall/winter 2026-2027 courses have been loaded! Time to start planning.👍

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Alt: The fall/winter 2026-2027 courses have been loaded! Time to start planning.👍

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Anthropology and Linguistics honours students are teaming up for a two-part showcase of thesis presentations! 5:20-7 pm in Loyola 273 both days. • Tuesday, March 31: Jaiden Kariuki-MacDonald, Molly Munroe and Rebecca Klassen • Thursday, April 2: Alexandra Campbell, Ivan Tremblay and Jay Carmichael

From BA to Beyond: Join #SMUAnthropology for two April 10 info sessions to explore your next steps. Learn about our Anthropology honours program and gain clear guidance on applying to master’s and PhD programs. • Grad school info: 2–3 pm, MM226 • Honours info: 3–4 pm, MM227 loom.ly/X6gjt40

The Bachelor of Environmental Studies invites you to listen to three BES Honours Defences - April 15, in B207 @ listed times. 9-10 - MacKenzie Crawford 10:30-11:30 - Marina Penner 1:00-2:00 - Marie-Ève Côté All students have been supervised by Dr. Peter Bush.

Wonderful to welcome back to campus Department of History, Saint Mary's University alum Kirby Ross (BA’17, MA’20), who participated in the “Where Can an Arts Degree Take Me?” session at the 2026 Faculty of Arts Student Conference.

Community Service Learning shows students how their Arts education prepares them for "meaningful participation in today’s globally oriented civil society,” says Dr. Tatjana Takševa. Her @smuenglish.bsky.social and @smuwgst.bsky.social students share thoughts on CSL opportunities: loom.ly/3wgX_G0

Friday at 7 pm: Dr. @tjheffernan.bsky.social of @smuenglish.bsky.social is giving a talk as part of a "Lecture Series on the Contemporary Polycrisis". Archibald Room, New Academic Building, University of King's College (see ALT text for the lecture description). #SMUEnglish #AI #fiction

Anthropology and Linguistics honours students are teaming up for a two-part showcase of thesis presentations! 5:20-7 pm in Loyola 273 both days. • Tuesday, March 31: Jaiden Kariuki-MacDonald, Molly Munroe and Rebecca Klassen • Thursday, April 2: Alexandra Campbell, Ivan Tremblay and Jay Carmichael

FRIDAY: Undergrad and graduate students will present their research at our annual Faculty of Arts Student Conference. Back this year is the alumni roundtable, "Where can an Arts degree take me?" March 27, 9:30 am-5:30 pm in Sobey 260. All are welcome. Full program here: www.smu.ca/arts/arts-up...

An urgent movement is happening to preserve data from the soon-to-vanish Canadian Register of Historic Places. Students in a Public Humanities and Heritage class at SMU are part of the effort. www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art... @historysmu.bsky.social #SMU_IPHH #SMUHistory #archives #artswithimpact

‘Huge loss’: University student works to preserve national database on historic sites set to be unplugged

Wyatt Hudson is a student at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. When he isn’t busy doing homework or assignments, he’s working to save the information from a unique internet archive that is set to di...

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The program for the upcoming Atlantic Canada Studies Conference has been posted. Looking forward to seeing some folks in Charlottetown this summer!

Atlantic Canada Studies 2026 UPEI - The GeoREACH Lab at UPEI

The UPEI Faculty of Arts and Canada Research Chair in Geospatial Humanities are pleased to welcome the Atlantic Canada Studies 2026 Conference to Charlottetown, from 2-5 June, 2026. The conference overlaps with the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) and the Canadian … Continue reading →

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