An event poster with a photo of three SMU students sitting on a bench along the Halifax Harbour waterfront.
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
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
The Department of Geography & Environmental Studies invites you to attend Keyara Nelson's Geography BSc Honours Defence on April 13th. It will be held at 1:30 p.m. in Burke 218. Her defence title is "Investigating the Relationship Between Sea-Surface Temperature and Chlorophyll-a Within the Coastal Waters of British Columbia".
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
An event poster for the 2026 Glyn Berry Roundtable, "Life After Davos: Canada's Role in a 'Post-Rupture' World Order" A photo of Prime Minister Mark Carney appears in a circle, over a white and yellow background. For complete event details, visit https://www.dal.ca/dept/maceachen-institute/events.html The roundtable is presented by the Centre for the Study of Security and Development, MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Dalhousie University and Canadian International Council - Halifax Branch.
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...
An event poster with a closeup photo of several students at Convocation, wearing gowns and holding caps in their hands.
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
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
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
The cover image on a new report from the Centre for Migrant Worker Rights Nova Scotia. Title: Heavy Hearts & Minds: Mental and Emotional Well-Being Among Migrant Agricultural Workers in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley 2026 Natalie Abdou Stacey Gomez Aleida Rodriguez The illustration shows a person in an agricultural field, with sun shining and two birds overhead.
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
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!
The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies invites you to this winter’s Geography B.Sc. Honour Thesis Defence with Daniel Wilson. His defence is entitled "Anthropogenic and Environmental Factors Influencing the Spatial Distribution of Earthworms in Finland". His supervisor is Dr. Erin Cameron and the first reader is Dr. Patricia Matsumoto. Defence is taking place on Wednesday, April 22 at 10 a.m. in Atrium 216. Join us!
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
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 Borders are instrumental to our daily lives: they connect, divide, reorient, prohibit and facilitate relations in society, in politics, and in the economy. They are often associated with violence and instability (as on the US-Mexico border), and remain at the heart of many of our contemporary debates. This course introduces some of the ways that geographers and other scholars have conceptualised borders, and will equip students with the analytical and theoretical tools to identify and critique the many ways that borders shape the world around them. Have some questions about GEOG 4828 then email us at geography@smu.ca.
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
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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
An event poster with a closeup photo of several students at Convocation, wearing gowns and holding caps in their hands.
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. This is a great opportunity to hear about the research some of your classmates have worked on. All three will be held in Burke 207 on April 15 at the times listed below. 9:00-10:00 MacKenzie Crawford Old Forests, Young People: An Investigation Into the Old-Growth Forest Values of Young People in Nova Scotia 10:30-11:30 Marina Penner Assessing Ecological Connectivity Amongst American Marten (Martes americana) in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia 1:00-2:00 Marie-Ève Côté Kejimkujik’s Fire Disturbance History and Suggested Management Plan Through the Lens of Dendrochronology All students have been supervised by Dr. Peter Bush.
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.
A photo of Dr. Tatjana Takševa in a classroom, in conversation with three students.
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
Event poster with photo of Dr. Heffernan sitting near a painted brick wall. Text Lecture Series on the Contemporary Polycrisis Disturbed by fascism and oligarchies? Distressed by the current polycrisis in Canada, the US and globally? Disillusioned by the fragmented state of democracy? Don't know where to start? Come hear Dr. Teresa Heffernan speak. Q + A to follow. Friday, March 27, 7 pm Location: King's College (Halifax) Archibald Room, New Academic Building Lecture description "From Alan Turing and Samuel Butler to Peter Thiel and J.R.R. Tolkien, to Elon Musk and Gene Roddenberry, the fiction and science of artificial intelligence have long been entangled and conflated in the cultural imaginary. Obscuring the important social, political and ethical questions these technologies raise, the AI industry co-opts fiction only to marginalize the literary imagination in discussions of a technological future. What are the costs of collapsing animals with machines? Of turning language into numbers? And why is this field steeped in orphic language? As the AI industry reshapes knowledge, this talk considers what gets lost when the centuries-old study of human society and culture is swallowed up by a very different type of knowledge generated algorithms, linear algebra and statistics, and why it is imperative to keep the tension between computation and languages alive."
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
An event poster with an image of a classroom, with the event info appearing on a chalkboard.
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
Event poster with a photo of a SMU Arts student pointing at a screen while other students watch the presentation.
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
