Maritza Fariña, Spanish instructor in the modern languages department “International Women’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate and recognize the women who struggled before us. We cannot forget these origins. We wouldn’t be who we are as women today without them. For that reason, I celebrate women and their struggles every day and everywhere I […]
Her job title speaks for itself. If you ever have reason to venture behind the doors of Centennial Hall, you will find an often-unseen group of hardworking staff who really make the University run. One of these individuals is Barb MacIntosh, the university controller. Given her title, you might think that she holds an important […]
The end of September has snuck up on many of us as we ease into a new academic year. At the Argosy, we’ve been settling into our new roles, too. We’re happy to be back in our dusty old office to bring you the first fall issue of the Argosy’s 148th volume. If you’ve been […]
Negotiations between Mt. A and CUPE 2338 to begin over the summer Members of the Mount Allison community are pushing back against proposed changes to the custodial schedule which could cause “severe strain” to the lives of affected custodians. That is the view of Dave Thomas, a political science professor and one of many faculty, […]
Mount Allison University President and Vice-Chancellor Robert Campbell will complete his term in June 2018. The process to find the next university president, facilitated by the Board of Regents’ presidential search committee, is currently underway. The Board has additionally contracted the consulting services of managing partner Anna Stuart through the executive search firm Knightsbridge Robertson […]
Mount Allison University President and Vice-Chancellor Robert Campbell will complete his term in June 2018. The Board of Regents is currently undergoing the process of finding a new president. The Board has formed a presidential search committee and has contracted executive search firm Knightsbridge Robertson Surrette to help with the process. The committee is asking […]
For two weeks in a row, members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1188 and other local CUPE divisions have rallied at Sackville Town Council meetings in opposition to the offer proposed by the town’s collective bargaining negotiating team. On Monday, March 13, over 50 union supporters held signs in protest in front of […]
Lorise Simon has been acting as the interim Indigenous Affairs Coordinator at Mount Allison since February and will continue to do so until the end of June. Simon, who is from the Elsipogtog First Nation, has 10 years’ experience in social work and counselling. She graduated as a mature student from Mt. A and then […]
The Feminist Leadership conference, which took place on March 3 and 4, offered space for members of the Mount Allison community to explore and cultivate conceptions of feminism. Formerly the Women in Leadership conference, the organizers rebranded the annual event in an attempt to create a more inclusive understanding of feminism. “To move away from […]
Popular in Canada, tree planting is a phenomenon in which young people spend their summers in forests across the country, planting saplings in varying terrains, usually for reforestation efforts and mostly through private companies. Canadian tree-planting culture varies depending on the location of the job. While most tree planters in British Columbia live in bush […]