Discussing the Fundy Dykelands All welcome, details here: eventscalendar.smu.ca/smuhalifax/d...

En cette Journée du patrimoine, nous célébrons Joseph Willie Comeau, un éducateur, entrepreneur, député (pendant neuf mandats) et sénateur qui a consacré sa vie à l’essor de la langue, de la culture et de l’éducation acadiennes en Nouvelle-Écosse.

Due by Feb. 20: Submit your #poetry and #spokenword entries for the 2026 Joyce Marshall Hsia Memorial Poetry Prize! 🏆 Presented by @smuenglish.bsky.social, the annual contest is open to all currently enrolled students across SMU. Learn more: loom.ly/nNjWVMg. #SMUEnglish #CreativeWriting

🌹 A timely Valentine's weekend update on Dr. Goran Stanivukovic of @smuenglish.bsky.social. “The Romance and Wonder in the Age of Shakespeare” is his current research project as a #CRRS Fellow with U of T's Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies. More info: crrs.ca/about_us/people/fellows

Check out our new GBV-MIG Canada Community resources: a list of anti-violence and settlement resources for each province and territory, national resources and resources for female genital mutilation. Find the complete list under "Reports" here: www.smu.ca/gendernet/pr...

Feb. 26, 1-3pm at the North Memorial Public Library: our annual African Heritage Month lecture, featuring Dr Isaac Saney on the "Revolutionary Roots" of African Nova Scotia's connections to global Pan-African and Black Power movements

In the aftermath of the terrible news out of #TumblerRidge, British Columbia, @cnn.com is among media outlets that have been providing live updates all day today. Dr. @rblakebrown.bsky.social of @historysmu.bsky.social was interviewed for this piece. www.cnn.com/world/live-n... #SMUHistory

Dr. Alexa Dodge of #SMUCriminology and @diydigsafety.bsky.social is a speaker at the virtual Together Against Violence Symposium 2026. Her work tackles crime, violence and justice in our digital society. 🗓️ Feb 25–26, 2026 | 🕐 2–6 PM AST 🔗 Learn more and register: ow.ly/KjLm50Y1iJV #TAV2026

Check out this free guide, one of many resources developed by the @diydigsafety.bsky.social research team including Dr. Alexa Dodge of #SMUCriminology! lnkd.in/e-eH3HGY @xadodge.bsky.social #Tech #criminology #YouthOnline #DigitalSafety #CyberAwareness

📱 The latest research article from Dr. @xadodge.bsky.social and @diydigsafety.bsky.social. It explores why young people may avoid talking to adults in the aftermath of digital harms. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @journals.sagepub.com #Tech #digitalcriminology #cybersafety #artswithimpact

On this snowy afternoon, we're catching up on some recent academic articles co-authored by Dr. @xadodge.bsky.social, a member of the @diydigsafety.bsky.social research team! #SMUCriminology #criminology #digitalcriminology #cybersafety #artswithimpact

Creating A Fair Society: Join the Africa Festival of Arts and Culture Society for this discussion on campus Feb. 11, 11 am-1 pm. The panel: #SMUCriminology Prof. Robert Wright, Dr. Lyana Patrick and local MLAs Suzy Hansen and @lisalachancemla.bsky.social. Register here: cfs2026.eventbrite.ca.

Thursday, Feb. 26: Reimagining Resilience in Bay of Fundy Dykelands 🌊 Join us for this friendly fireside chat with SMU researchers Dr. Danika van Proosdij and Dr. Jonathan Fowler. All are welcome, 6-8:30 pm in SB 422 and online via Zoom. Learn more: loom.ly/frzoba0. #NovaScotia #ClimateResilience

Love History? Interested in graduate studies? Consider applying to Master of Arts program @historysmu.bsky.social in Halifax. Scholarships available! Deadline extended until March 15th! For more info see: smu.ca/academics/m-...

📣 Deadline March 6: Call for papers by undergraduate and graduate Arts students at SMU! Present your research at the annual Faculty of Arts Student Conference on March 27. Submit a 500-word abstract detailing your topic to Dr. Nicole Neatby of @historysmu.bsky.social. Learn more: loom.ly/7sBnm9g

Call for abstracts by Feb. 15: "Constructing & Resisting Erasure" is the theme of the 8th Critical Indigenous, Race and Feminist Studies Student Conference, hosted April 25 by the Racialized Students Academic Network (RSAN). Learn more at linktr.ee/cirfsconfere... or email [email protected].

Tonight at 7 pm! @smuenglish.bsky.social @sarahemsley.bsky.social #SMUReadingSeries #TheAustens #JaneAusten #artswithimpact

Get ready for SMUsicals: #SMUvies Goes to #Broadway! Thursday, Feb. 12, 6-9 pm in SH 324 at SMU. Our panel will discuss Hamilton, WICKED, Sweeney Todd and KPOP Demon Hunters.🍕 Free pizza, cake and book prizes. 🍰📚 Online option too: loom.ly/LGW86A0 @historysmu.bsky.social #SMUPhilosophy #SMUReligion

And see: "Down Below Ground: Research, Memory, and Place at Springhill Mine." niche-canada.org/2026/02/03/d...

Recent BA graduate Kaley MacMullin and Dr. Heather Green of @historysmu.bsky.social have co-authored 2 posts on the Network in Canadian History & Environment’s The Otter. For the first see: "Finding Black Lung in he Archives." niche-canada.org/2026/01/02/f...

Busy writing this upcoming lecture: www.socialrobotfutures.com/2026/01/10/u...

Join us online next week for 'Nova Scotia and the Imperial Strategies of Highland Scots', the annual S-CAP Lecture presented by @karlykehoe.bsky.social. 📅 Tuesday 10 February, 2026 🕰️ 1pm (EST) / 6pm (UK) 💻 Zoom FREE Tickets: bit.ly/S-CAPLecture... All are welcome! @smuarts.bsky.social

Considering applying to B.Ed. programs? Swing by the B.Ed. Network and Prep Fair on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 4-6 pm in SB 422. Connect with reps from B.Ed. programs across #NovaScotia and #NewBrunswick, plus SMU Academic Advisors and Career Coaches. RSVP at loom.ly/1q0ObFQ or by emailing [email protected].

🇮🇪🇨🇦 The De Chastelain Scholarship Programme will make 50+ awards to Irish & Canadian scholars, from early-career researchers to senior professors. 🗓 Deadline: 11 May 2026 🔗 Apply / learn more:  www.icuf.ie/scholarships...

Deadline extended to February 9! TransCoastal Adaptations invites submissions for its 2026 Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Resilience Conference (June 22-24 in Halifax). The theme this year is "Reimagining nature-based solutions in coastal systems". www.transcoastaladaptations.com/conference

📣 Undergraduate students: Gain research skills and PAID experience this summer, working alongside your SMU professors! Learn more about the opportunities available in the Faculty of Arts, and apply by February 20: www.smu.ca/research/stu... #StudentResearch #research #fieldwork #artswithimpact

Due by Feb. 20: Submit your #shortstory entries for the 2026 Margó Takacs Marshall Prize for Excellence in Short Story Writing! 🏆 Presented by @smuenglish.bsky.social, the annual contest is open to all currently enrolled students across SMU. Learn more: loom.ly/nNjWVMg. #SMUEnglish #CreativeWriting

Due by Feb. 20: Submit your #poetry and #spokenword entries for the 2026 Joyce Marshall Hsia Memorial Poetry Prize! 🏆 Presented by @smuenglish.bsky.social, the annual contest is open to all currently enrolled students across SMU. Learn more: loom.ly/nNjWVMg. #SMUEnglish #CreativeWriting

Open to the public through our Arts for Everyone program! #ArtsForEveryone #SMUEnglish #FutureHowl #artswithimpact

Issue 23 of our GBV-MIG newsletter is now available! We encourage you to circulate the newsletter within your network. Check it out here: www.smu.ca/gendernet/ne...

I was thrilled to learn from Bookmark Halifax that my novel The Austens was their top selling book of 2025! Thank you so much to Mike Hamm, Dan MacDonald, and everyone at Bookmark II for all your support. We are so lucky to have this amazing independent bookstore in our beautiful city.

Up next in the SMU Reading Series: @sarahemsley.bsky.social will read from her novel, The Austens. Come celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth and learn about her family connections to Halifax! Thursday, Feb. 5, 7 pm in SB 255. All welcome: loom.ly/bsf91AI @smuenglish.bsky.social

Last call for abstracts! TransCoastal Adaptations invites submissions by Feb. 2 for its 2026 Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Resilience Conference (June 22-24 in Halifax). The theme this year is "Reimagining nature-based solutions in coastal systems". www.transcoastaladaptations.com/conference

Coming up this Friday - all are welcome to attend!

Join Dr. @karlykehoe.bsky.social of @historysmu.bsky.social virtually on Feb. 10 (2 pm AST) as she delivers the 2026 Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership Annual Lecture, hosted by @uguelphscottish.bsky.social. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/S-CAPLecture... #NovaScotia #Scotland #artswithimpact

Global Affairs Canada is once again offering short-term scholarships for international students to come to Canada for study or research (i.e., non-course-based) through the 2026-27 Short-Term Exchange Programs which aim to promote partnerships between Canadian and post-secondary institutions abroad.

📣 Undergraduate students: Gain research skills and PAID experience this summer, working alongside your SMU professors! Learn more about the opportunities available in the Faculty of Arts, and apply by February 20: www.smu.ca/research/stu... #StudentResearch #research #fieldwork #artswithimpact

With 2025 in the rearview mirror, we're looking back at just a few of the year's highlights marking the 50th anniversary of @smugeographers.bsky.social. Read more: news.smu.ca/news/2026/1/... #SMUGeography #SMUEnvironmentalStudies #geography #environmentalstudies #artswithimpact

Arts for Everyone at SMU. Study writing, thinking and the poetics of catastrophe with Dr. Seán Kennedy. We are reading the amazing work of @suegoyette.bsky.social

New article: "Closing the Knowledge Gap: Identifying Research Priorities for Firearm-Related Injury and Mortality in Canada" in the latest issue of the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

Join us for the launch of adjunct professor Dr. David Sable's new book, “Mindfulness and Contemplative Interaction for Higher Education: Reflections on Transformative Learning and Connectedness”. Monday, Jan. 30, 1-3 pm in SH 324: loom.ly/EES1lus @routledgebooks.bsky.social #SMUReligion

CANCELLED: Due to a power failure and challenging weather conditions, the campus is closed today (Jan. 19). We are unable to present this lunch seminar with Dr. Chris Miller. Stay tuned for details as we work to reschedule this event. #SMUReligion

A @popmatters.com review of 'Send in the Clowns: Popular Politics After Neoliberalism'. The "highly entertaining" book on the "ongoing implosion of America’s failing neoliberalism" was written by Dr. Seán Kennedy of @irishstudies.bsky.social and @jamesmcnaughton.bsky.social. @orbooks.bsky.social

Call for abstracts by Feb. 15: "Constructing & Resisting Erasure" is the theme of the 8th Critical Indigenous, Race and Feminist Studies Student Conference, hosted April 25 by the Racialized Students Academic Network (RSAN). Learn more at linktr.ee/cirfsconfere... or email [email protected].

NEW - Explore Our Collections Nova Scotia Museum Collections Online, allows users to explore of some of the highlights in the Nova Scotia Museum collection. Please come back to see what’s new as we build our online collection. #novascotia collections.novascotia.ca

“It belongs in a museum!” …And it is!! This is an appreciation post for archaeology. Archaeology is the study of human history and prehistory through digs and analysis of found objects. What is archaeology like with the @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social? Let’s dive in.

Carbon Arc Cinema's #NovaScotia Retro Film Festo is coming up soon! Dr. Jennifer VanderBurgh of @smuenglish.bsky.social will host a Q&A with short films by pioneering film director #MargaretPerry, at the Nova Scotian Vintage Shorts event Feb. 1 at 1 pm. www.carbonarc.ca/events/nova-... #SMUEnglish

LAST DAY TO REGISTER! From databases to mapping: Finding, storying & publishing (spatial) data Learn how to work with Canadian databases, acquire & filter Census data, & create maps using these datasets. Jan. 16 & 23, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM, Register: forms.office.com/r/0CMRZnpxf9, Atrium 212

The Study of Religion Lunch Lecture Series is back on Monday with SMU alumnus Dr. Chris Miller MA'16. A sociologist of religion, he'll discuss "Many Shades of Green Burial: The Lifeways and Deathways that Shape Death Practices". 12-1 pm in McNally Main 214A. Learn more: loom.ly/G3hc248. #SMUReligion

Community connection is at the heart of a SMU archaeology project in partnership with historic #Beechville. Led by Dr. @coldh20.bsky.social, the fieldwork offers real-world experience to #SMUAnthropology students in a way the classroom can't replicate. news.smu.ca/news/2025/12... #artswithimpact