Mount Allison University Faculty of Arts

05/21/2026

Congratulations to Karen Stentaford winner of the Scotiabank Photography Award 2026. Professor of Photography, Pierre Lassonde School of Fine Art, Mount Allison University.

The Scotiabank Photography Award is Canada’s largest and most prestigious annual peer-nominated and peer-reviewed award that acknowledges the outstanding contribution that winners have made to contemporary art and photography. These are artists who strive to invent, influence and redefine the reception of art in ways that will endure. The Scotiabank Photography Award winner exhibition is a featured primary exhibition co-curated by Paul Roth & Gaëlle Morel at the Toronto Image Centre Photography Festival. The winner also receives a $50,000 cash prize and a book of their work published and distributed worldwide.

05/12/2026

Congratulations are in order to MtA's Dr. Lauren Beck!
Dr. Beck's research project on the role of place names in informing planning, governance and community development is one of 7 recipients of ResearchNB's latest funding support.

Read more from the GNB news release 'Investing in solutions for communities and industry through research' (May 11, 2026) here:
https://www.gnb.ca/en/news/n-b.2026.05.investing-solutions-for-communities-and-industry-through-research.html

05/11/2026

05/11/2026

Big day!!
Our heartfelt congratulations to all grads today!

05/11/2026

Anchorage Press and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery have launched a major new publication — Leaders in the Field, The History and Legacy of Art at Mount Allison — chronicling the extraordinary history and national impact of Visual Arts at Mount Allison.

Co-edited by Mount Allison professor emeritus Thaddeus Holownia and art historian Dr. John Leroux, the book examines the artists, teachers, and graduates who helped shape Mount Allison into one of the most influential sites of artistic education and production in Canada.

Full story: https://mta.ca/about/news/new-book-highlights-history-and-influence-art-mount-allison-wed-05062026-1515?utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e231_tv2_tp1_a1demo0azfhv66&fbclid=IwY2xjawRvBYVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETExM2FsTzVEQXpiQUNhTHdPc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHlJnTvoYRxPvDbWNnX223uhQIuhku3vzJheMDQmfMOmLOliNkp3pOnl24DAT_aem__rNLpZhfEQxIPZAbuKPwuA

05/11/2026

The Department of Philosophy is celebrating two exciting milestones; The 40th anniversary of the Hastings Lecture Series and the 50th anniversary of the Phoenix Club/Colloquium!

All are welcome to join us at a lecture given by Dr. Alison Wylie, Professor and Canada Research Chair at UBC, and MtA alumna. The title of her lecture will be "The Future History or Philosophy: Engaged and Amphibious Field Philosophy." Reception to follow. Windsor Grand Room, Friday, May 22nd at 7pm.

05/08/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Susie Andrews ('01), professor in the Visual and Material Culture Studies program, named the 2026 recipient of the Paul Paré Medal of Excellence — the same year she receives her 25-Year Pin during Reunion Weekend.

“My extraordinary educational experience as an undergraduate student continues to shape how I teach. I strive to foster collaborative, curiosity-driven learning environments in which students feel deeply welcome and are invited to co-imagine, co-design, and co-create our explorations, both on campus and in the wider community.”

Full story: https://mta.ca/about/news/dr-susie-andrews-01-honoured-2026-paul-pare-medal-excellence-wed-05062026-0857

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The Paul Paré Medal is given annually to a faculty member at Mount Allison who has best exemplified outstanding teaching, outstanding research, scholarship, and/or creative activities, and an exemplary record of service.

Andrews will receive the Paul Paré Medal of Excellence at the Afternoon Convocation on Monday, May 11.

05/08/2026

🎉 Congratulations to five Mount Allison professors honoured with the 2026 Paul Paré Excellence Awards.

This year’s recipients are:
▸ Dr. Fiona Black, Religious Studies and Community Engaged Learning
▸ Dr. Nancy Garon, Psychology
▸ Dr. Mario Levesque, Politics and International Relations
▸ Dr. Catherine Lovekin, Physics
▸ Dr. Margaret-Ellen Messinger, Mathematics and Computer Science

These awards recognize notable contributions to research, scholarship, and creative activities that have made significant impact within the last three years.

“They are all proven leaders and contribute greatly to their fields, but also to providing an exceptional student experience at Mount Allison. Congratulations to all on this well-deserved recognition.”

Full story: mta.ca/about/news/paul-pare-excellence-award-winners-announced-thu-05072026-0935

04/30/2026

We're excited to announce that Madeleine Léger will be joining our Department for a two year term as the McKenna School of Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) Post-Doctoral Fellow in Philosophy.

This fall, Madeleine Léger will teach a course on “Land and the Enlightenment.” In the winter, she will teach the inaugural PPE capstone seminar, entitled “Philosophy of Place.”

Madeleine Léger is a PhD candidate at Georgetown University. Her primary interests are in the philosophy of place, the philosophy of language, and feminist philosophy. Her dissertation examines the intersection of material cultures, social imaginaries, and history in placemaking processes, with a particular focus on Mi’kma’ki and Wolastokuk/the Maritimes. Some of her other projects concern Acadian language practices and minoritized linguistic futures, a topic that is near to her heart.

Madeleine’s research and teaching engage closely with political science, geography, and the arts. She was the Assistant Managing Editor of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal from 2022–25, and she has held several positions in the public sector. She is delighted to join Mount Allison’s Philosophy Department and PPE program to continue doing interdisciplinary and locally driven work in her community.

Prof. Léger graduated from Mount Allison University with an honours in Philosophy in 2019.

Welcome back to campus!

04/28/2026

The Spring/Summer Term begins next week, May the 4th :)

Check out this unscheduled online offering by Prof. Cupido in History -- Class, Gender, and Capitalism: Britain and the Birth of Modern Society, 1750-1850 (HIST-3251).
Mount Allison University History Department