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REPORT ON
RESEARCH AND
CREATIVE WORKS
2019-2020
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 1
MESSAGE FROM THE ACADEMIC
VICE-PRESIDENT & PROVOST AND
THE ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT,
RESEARCH & GRADUATE STUDIES
In May 2019, the St. Francis Xavier University Senate approved a new
Strategic Plan for Research and Creative Works (2019-2025), following
a year-long discussion and consultation process. As a result, the 2019-20
StFX Report on Research and Creative Works has been developed to
highlight some key accomplishments in line with the goals and objectives
of this Plan. Our faculty members continue to have tremendous success in
obtaining research grants, winning prestigious research awards, publishing
monographs with leading university presses, and publishing work in
leading peer-reviewed journals.
In 2019-20, we pursued and accomplished several actions that respond
to priorities established in the Strategic Plan for Research and Creative
Works. These include:
Tim Hynes PhD • a reduction in teaching responsibilities (as per the newly signed
Academic Vice-President & Provost Collective Agreement) for all newly appointed faculty members as a
mechanism to help support the launch of faculty research programs;
• implementation of the ROMEO Researcher Portal at StFX in order to
streamline internal administrative processes, enhance faculty control
over their research documentation, and reduce paper processes
associated with research;
• preparation of a revised Canada Research Chairs Equity, Diversity
and Inclusion (EDI) Action Plan, as well as strengthened provisions
for EDI in the new StFX-AUT Collective Agreement;
• expanded number and scope of research grant development workshops
and information sessions for faculty and students;
• revisions to student summer research award process to enhance equity,
diversity and inclusion;
• the launch of new internal research collaborations through Extension
Centre for Employment Innovation grants for faculty;
• launch of X-Scholar – the institutional repository for StFX.
The research and creative work of StFX faculty continues to be highly
cited, referenced, recognized and celebrated by peers throughout the
world. We are also engaging in many knowledge translation activities
that find their way into policy and best practices. Congratulations to
our colleagues who set and aspire to such high research standards and
creative excellence.
Dr. Richard Isnor
Associate Vice-President
Research & Graduate Studies
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 1
StFX CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING OF THE BRIAN MULRONEY INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney returned to StFX, his alma mater, on September 18, 2019 to celebrate the grand opening of Mulroney Hall and the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government, the first Senate-approved research institute at StFX. Led by its inaugural Director, Dr. Don Abelson, who holds the Steven K. Hudson Chair in Canada-U.S. Relations, the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government has outlined a research program that will focus on priority areas aligned with key areas of Mr. Mulroney’s policy and governance legacy such as Canada-US relations, environmental policy, Arctic and maritime security policy, human rights, and Indigenous governance. The Institute will launch new scholarly publications and outreach efforts in public policy and governance, support internal StFX research fellows and welcome distinguished visiting fellows in policy studies and governance. The Institute will also support new scholarships and bursaries, research awards, and experiential awards for StFX students. Over 200 scholarships and bursaries are available annually, including awards specifically designed for marginalized populations such as those from Aboriginal and African Nova Scotian communities. 2 Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20
StFX ENGLISH PROFESSOR DR. MAUREEN MOYNAGH
RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS, INTERNATIONAL HONOUR
FOR HER WORK
StFX English professor Dr. Maureen Moynagh’s scholarly work was recognized in 2019 with a prestigious international
award for an essay published in the African American Review. Her 2018 article, “Speculative Pasts and Afro-Futures: Nalo
Hopkinson’s Trans-American Imaginary,” was singled out as the journal’s best of the year, receiving the Joe Weixlmann
Prize for the Year’s Best Essay in 20th and 21st Century African American Literature. Dr. Moynagh’s essay focused on Nalo
Hopkinson, an African-Canadian writer who works mostly in science fiction and fantasy. It situated Ms. Hopkinson’s fiction
in relation to Afrofuturism—science fiction produced by African-diaspora writers that offer a critique of the present
through counter-factual histories and alternative future worlds. In her essay, Dr. Moynagh argues that Ms. Hopkinson’s
fiction invites readers to see the speculative genres themselves as a means of addressing the social and political injustice
that has conventionally been the province of realist fiction. Dr. Moynagh’s essay appeared in the Fall 2018 issue of African
American Review, a special issue devoted to African-Canadian literature edited by Canadian and Nova Scotian poet,
playwright and literary critic George Elliott Clarke. The Review, published by John Hopkins University Press, is a leading
scholarly aggregation of insightful essays on African American literature, theatre, film, the visual arts, and culture; inter-
views; poetry; fiction; and book reviews and has featured renowned writers and cultural critics and fosters conversation
among writers and scholars in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 3
RESEARCH PAPERS PRODUCED BY STFX FLUXLAB HELP INFORM CANADIAN POLICY AND MONITORING OF GREENHOUSE GAS METHANE SOURCES Two major 2019 studies produced by StFX’s FluxLab, led by Earth Sciences professor Dr. Dave Risk, were published in the prominent international journals, Environmental Research Communications and Elementa Science and are contributing to nation-leading efforts focused on understanding methane gas leaks. Methane is a colorless and odourless greenhouse gas that constituents 95 per cent of natural gas and acts as a powerful greenhouse gas when released into the air. The Canadian government has pledged to cut natural gas waste from oil and gas operations by 45 per cent, and in 2018 released new federal methane regulations. However, one major problem is understanding base levels of methane and where it is coming from. The FluxLab has developed new mobile technologies to measure methane faster and more conveniently, as well as undertaken major studies across different oil and gas producing regions in Canada. Elizabeth O’Connell, lead author of the Elementa Science article, started as a StFX B.Sc. student, worked as a research associate in Fluxlab and is now President of the StFX spinoff company Arolytics. Her article documents characteristics of over 3,000 gas plumes the team tracked down in three oil and gas developments across Alberta, and sourced to specific types of oil and gas infrastructure. The Environmental Research Communications article looks across southeastern Saskatchewan to compare the environmental performance of hydraulic fracturing operations co-located nearby conventional oil operations. Both studies showed that methane emission levels are often higher than official inventories suggest, a finding consistent with 2017 results in another publication from Dr. Risk’s group documenting elevated emissions in British Columbia from shale gas operations. The StFX researchers found evidence that industry does have the expertise required to mitigate methane; for example, in some jurisdictions industry had already taken steps to reduce emissions in areas where odour complaints were frequent. In the weeks following the publication of these two papers from Dr. Risk’s group, all three Canadian western provinces released their own methane regulations, with the intent to override the backstop federal regulations with a more regionally nuanced approach. FluxLab’s data sets can now be used to test the merits of these different approaches, and to project the resultant mitigation success using real field data rather than the estimated values. Currently, the research group is charged with building a national methane measurement archive, based on measurements they have made plus measurements by other research teams and government departments as part of a large ongoing methane research program. The new data sets will serve the needs of industry and policymakers until industry’s own measurements start flowing in 2020 as part of the new regulated approach to replace the old practice of estimation. 4 Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20
StFX PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR DR. CHRISTOPHER
BYRNE’S BOOK ON ARISTOTLE’S PHYSICS A FINALIST
FOR PRESTIGIOUS PROSE AWARD
StFX Philosophy professor Dr. Christopher Byrne ended his final year at StFX with the honour of having his most recent
book, Aristotle’s Science of Matter and Motion (published in 2018 by the University of Toronto Press) being named a
finalist in the philosophy section of the 2019 PROSE (Professional Scholarly Excellence) awards presented by the Associa-
tion of American Publishers. The PROSE awards honour scholarly work of extraordinary merit that make a significant
contribution to a field of study in a given year. The list of nominees in the awards cover 49 categories represented by
publishers from around the world. Dr. Byrne’s book, which deals with Aristotle’s contributions to physics, was one of three
finalists in the philosophy category. While Dr. Byrne’s book did not win, it was a significant accomplishment to be short-
listed in the top three, as hundreds of books on philosophy would have been published over the course of the year. To
help publish this book, Dr. Byrne received a grant of $8,000 for the book from the Social Sciences and Humanities Re-
search Council’s (SSHRC) Aid to Scholarly Publications, awarded by the Federation for Humanities and Social Sciences, a
prestigious award determined through a competitive process. Dr. Byrne was inspired to research and write this book due
to a conundrum. While Aristotle is considered one of the most important figures in the history of philosophy and his
important contributions to biology, ethics, political philosophy, logic, metaphysics, rhetoric, and the theory of tragedy, he
is also held by many philosophers and historians of science to have failed in the area of physics and in his understanding
of the material world. In conducting his research for this book, Dr. Byrne discovered that Aristotle’s views on the material
world are not nearly so bizarre and wrong-headed as people have claimed. On the contrary, he found that Aristotle
offered a systematic account of matter, motion, and the basic causal powers found in all physical objects due to the
matter from which they are made.
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 5
StFX PROFESSOR RECEIVES $100,000 GRANT TO EXPLORE HOW TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY-BASED SEARCH AND RESCUE IN CANADA’S NORTH StFX’s Dr. Peter Kikkert, Irving Shipbuilding Chair in Arctic Policy at the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government, received a $100,000 grant in 2019 to explore how to improve community-based search and rescue (SAR) and emergency response capabilities in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut. Dr. Kikkert received the highly competitive Early Career Faculty Grant from the Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR) – a national Network of Centres of Excellence headquartered at Dalhousie University. With maritime activity increasing throughout the waters of the Canadian Arctic, involving everything from local small craft carrying hunters and fishers, to cruise ships, vessels supporting resource development, and pleasure craft, having effective community-based SAR and emergency response capabilities have never been more essential in Canada’s northern regions. His new research grant will open the door to effective community engagement in this research, providing for travel, the hiring of community research associates and translators, honorarium for participants, and other workshop costs. The project will begin with capacity-mapping workshops held in the northern communities, which will bring organizations together to determine assets and resources available to a community, and identify untapped or unrecognized resources and register collective and individual capacities, ranging from who is involved in SAR and emergency response, to the existence of defined response procedures, first-aid skills, equipment, infrastructure, and completed training. This horizontal capacity-mapping will then be used to facilitate capability- based planning workshops, he says, which will determine whether a community has the assets it requires to respond to the wide array of emergencies it might face. Dr. Kikkert hopes that this project will contribute to these efforts by assessing existing capacity, defining best practices, streamlining and improving training, resources, equipment, and identifying key areas for further capacity-building. Improvements to local capability will heighten the effectiveness and efficiency of SAR and emergency response practices in Arctic communities, and, most importantly, contribute to community resilience, improve response times, and save lives. By extension, he says improvements to SAR and emergency response capabilities will help communities mitigate the impacts of climate change and increasing human activity in the Arctic. 6 Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20
StFX ENGLISH PROFESSOR AND CRC IN DIGITAL
HUMANITIES DR. LAURA ESTILL WINS INTERNATIONAL
AWARD FOR JOURNAL ESSAY
Dr. Laura Estill, StFX English professor and Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities, won the Barbara Palmer Award
for the 2019 best new essay in early drama archival research. The award, presented annually by the Medieval and Renais-
sance Drama Society (MRDS), recognizes an essay published within 18 months of the deadline and “judged by the com-
mittee to be of outstanding quality” on the topic of early drama archival research. The Palmer Award was officially an-
nounced during the annual MRDS meeting in May 2019, at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, at Western
Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. Dr. Estill’s article, “The Urge to Organize Early Modern Miscellanies: Reading Cotgrave’s
The English Treasury of Wit and Language” appeared in the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA),
published by the University of Chicago Press Journals. The article deals with the subject of seventeenth-century readers
and playgoers who copied parts from plays into manuscripts, which tells us what they took, literally and figuratively, from
drama. Dr. Estill painstakingly researched the print version of handwritten documents in John Cotgrave’s English Treasury
of Wit and Language (London, 1655), where he included printed selections from plays, but did not give information on his
sources regarding the marginalia (handwritten notes) that readers had included in the volume. To undertake research for
her article, Dr. Estill reviewed every known copy of the English Treasury – visiting many in person, or by contacting librari-
ans and archivists who consulted copies or took pictures for her. Dr. Estill compared all the marginalia (handwritten notes)
in all known copies of this rare book, which took years of research, multiple archive trips, and the support scholars,
librarians, and archivists in the United Kingdom and across North America.
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 7
RANKIN SCHOOL OF NURSING PROFESSOR DR. DONNA HALPERIN RECEIVES TWO GRANTS FOR VACCINE RESEARCH StFX Rankin School of Nursing professor Dr. Donna Halperin was the successful co-Principal Investigator recipient of two 2019 Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) grants to help fund vaccine research. The first project was funded for $300,481 over two years to research Burden Ethnographic Modeling Evaluation Qaujilisaaqtuq (BEMEQ) RSV. A further $150,010 was awarded to a second project, A Multifaceted Evaluation of Provincial Maternal Tdap Immunization Programs. The RSV study will address the recent accelerated clinical development of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine candidates for pregnant women and children that offers the promise of RSV prevention. RSV is the most common cause of severe lower respiratory tract infection in young children worldwide with very high rates observed in the Canadian Arctic. The study will take place in in Nunavik (northern Quebec) and Nunavut, with the goal of helping inform public health planning by collecting data on RSV morbidity and health care use, careful modelling and economic analysis of the potential benefits of vaccines and an understanding of the acceptability of proposed interventions in target populations. The second study will undertake a multi-faceted evaluation of provincial maternal Tdap vaccine programs taking place in five provinces, with the goal of informing the implementation of maternal Tdap vaccine (tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis) programs being rolled out across the country. The purpose of the Tdap vaccine is to protect newborn infants in Canada from pertussis infection (Whooping Cough), a severe respiratory infection. Unimmunized infants, including those who are too young to have completed their primary infant immunization series, are at the greatest risk of hospitalization and death. Immunization in pregnancy is safe and protects the infant until they are ready to receive the vaccine at two months of age. The focus of this study is to determine support and resources offered to health care providers for maternal Tdap programs and to identify gaps in learning needs according to provider type. The knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors (KABB) of pregnant women regarding the maternal Tdap vaccine will also be determined. Three interventions will be developed; a practice intervention tool for providers; and an information intervention and a social marketing strategy, both directed towards pregnant women for maternal immunization. These three interventions will be evaluated for acceptability. This research is part of a broader study, which brings together 28 investigators across Canada. The focus of Dr. Halperin’s portion of the study will be to describe the key determinants of vaccine acceptance and refusal at the demand side (values, attitudes, beliefs) and the access side (logistical, healthcare system factors impacting access and vaccine services) amongst parents, healthcare providers, educators, and public health practitioners. Sharing circles and key informant interviews will be used to collect this information in Nunavut. CIRN is funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), and is a national network of vaccine researchers who develop and test methodologies related to the evaluation of vaccines as they pertain to safety, immunogenicity and effectiveness, and program implementation and evaluation. CIRN is a network of networks, comprising eight sub-networks, composed of over 100 investigators across 40 Canadian institutions, involving experts in vaccine-related evaluative research. 8 Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20
StFX’S DR. AGNES CALLISTE POSTHUMOUSLY
RECOGNIZED BY CANADIAN SOCIOLOGY ASSOCIATION
FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS
Dr. Agnes Calliste, a celebrated academic and a sociology professor who taught at StFX for over two decades where she
pioneered courses on the sociology of race and gender, has been posthumously recognized for her outstanding contribu-
tions to Canadian sociology by the Canadian Sociology Association (CSA). Dr. Calliste was the recipient of the CSA
Outstanding Contribution Award presented in Vancouver at the association’s 2019 annual meeting. Dr. Calliste taught and
conducted research at StFX from 1984 until her retirement in 2010. Over the course of this time Dr. Calliste distinguished
herself as one the country’s leading experts in the areas of anti-racism, gender and education, and Canada’s immigration
and race-based employment policies during the first half of the 20th Century. Particularly influential was Dr. Calliste’s
research into the experience of African-Canadian sleeping car porters and their struggle for employment equity on
Canada’s national railroads. Equally significant were her publications on anti-racism organizing and resistance by Afri-
can-Canadian women nurses, black families in Canada, and the influence of the civil rights and black power movements in
Canada. Important parts of this work were undertaken collaboratively with Dr. George Dei from the Ontario Institute for
Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Dr. Calliste also participated as a member of the Nova Scotia Human
Rights Commission, as well as starting up for and serving as the first chair for the local chapter of the National Congress
of Black Women. Additionally, the annual African Heritage Month lectures that Dr. Calliste initiated are now designated as
the annual Dr. Agnes Calliste African Heritage Lecture at StFX.
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 9L-r, StFX President Dr. Kevin Wamsley, Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, Central Nova MP Sean Fraser, and Nova Scotia Minister of Health, the Honourable Randy Delorey. GOVERNMENT OF CANADA INVESTS OVER $7.7 MILLION IN THE NATIONAL COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR THE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AT StFX In 2019, the Government of Canada provided $7.7 million over eight years in renewed funding for the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH), hosted on the StFX campus. This renewed funding supports research and evidence-based knowledge exchange to improve health equity for Canadians, and will enable Canada’s public health community to take action on the social determinants of health, helping to close the gap between those who are most and least healthy. While all Canadians should enjoy the benefits of good health, persistent health inequalities exist for many, including those with lower socioeconomic status, Indigenous peoples, sexual and racial/ethnic minorities, immigrants, and people living with physical or mental impairments. The renewed investments in the NCCDH, recognized for its work on improving public health sector knowledge, skills, policy, structures and decision-making, will help advance health equity, and reduce harm from social circumstances that diminish health in Canada. The current work of the NCCDH includes inter-sectoral partnerships on building health equity organizational capacity, interventions to integrate equity targets, opioid surveillance, housing, Indigenous reconciliation, anti-racism initiatives, healthy built environment, mental health, food security, community interventions, and early child development. 10 Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20
StFX HUMAN NUTRITION PROFESSOR RECEIVES
NATIONAL FUNDING FOR FOOD CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
Innovative food chemistry research on the StFX campus received a big boost in 2019 with the news that human nutrition
professor Dr. Marcia English has received nearly $200,000 in research infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation
for Innovation (CFI) and Research Nova Scotia (RNS). Dr. English received $88,626 from each of the CFI John R. Evans
Leaders Fund and RNS for the proposal to create a Food Chemistry Research Platform for Investigating Aroma-active
Compound Interactions in Plant-based Proteins. The combined funding from CFI and Research Nova Scotia will help to
purchase a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer with olfactory detection (GC-MS/O) and a preparative chromatography
system for protein purification to support food chemistry research at StFX. The GC-MS/O will allow Dr. English and her
research group to establish correlations between the chemical nature of specific aroma and off-flavour compounds from
leguminous plant sources with the human perception of smell. In addition, the protein purification system will enable the
team to extract and purify key proteins from these plant sources, and study their biochemical interactions with aroma
compounds. This research equipment is very timely since there has been an increased interest to replace and/or reduce
the levels of animal protein with plant-based proteins in traditional and novel food products. Moreover, this equipment
provides new opportunities to train undergraduate and graduate students at StFX with interdisciplinary research skills
in protein and flavour chemistry, which will be beneficial for various placements in the food industry.
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 11StFX EDUCATION PROFESSOR WINS BEST PAPER OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM INTERNATIONALLY RESPECTED JOURNAL Dr. Dan Robinson, Chair of StFX’s Department of Teacher Education, and an Associate Professor of physical education and sport pedagogy, received a major international honour in 2019 for his research looking into what physical education teachers know about physical literary. A paper he co-authored with Lynn Randall, of the University of New Brunswick, and Joe Barrett, Brock University, won the 2018 Metzler-Freedman Exemplary Paper Award for the best paper published in 2018 in the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education (JTPE)—one of the best journals in their field. The award, named in honour of JTPE co-founding editors, Michael Metzler and Mark Freedman, recognizes excellence in sport pedagogy scholarship. It was presented at the 2019 annual SHAPE America National Convention & Expo held in Tampa, Florida. Their article, “Physical literacy (mis)understandings: What do leading physical education teachers know about physical literacy?” addresses physical literacy, a concept that has been increasing in both popularity and usage, particularly over the last decade and is especially true within physical education, sport, and recreation disciplines. Their research article published the findings from a recent study in which they aimed to understand what some of the nation’s leading physical education teachers knew about the physical literacy construct. The authors found that many were unable to articulate conceptions of physical literacy that are consistent with contemporary perspectives, and that oversimplifications and misunderstandings result in physical education teachers doing “more of the same”—offering old wine in new bottles—rather than genuinely reconsidering the work that they might do. 12 Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20
L-r: Dr. Corrine Cash, Dr. Andrew MacDougall, Dr. Hugo Beltrami, Dr. Patrick Withey. Missing: Dr. Lisa Kellman
STFX LAUNCHES CLIMATE SERVICES AND
RESEARCH CENTRE
2019 saw StFX launch a new research centre on campus that is intended to serve the regional community as it develops
and disseminates advanced climate models and data to provide practical information on the physical, social, and econom-
ic impacts of climate change. The Climate Services & Research Centre (CSRC) will function as a hub that offers services,
including creating regional predictive climate modelling scenarios that will help anticipate potential climate change
consequences and serve as a guide to develop adaptability strategies in response to projected future climate, to organiza-
tions of all types. StFX researchers, led by Dr. Hugo Beltrami, a StFX earth sciences professor and Canada Research Chair
in Climate Dynamics, have capabilities to produce regional climate model simulations that will help produce evi-
dence-based solutions to regional climate change problems, and develop adaptation strategies that are applicable
specifically in the region. The Centre’s researchers have access to a dedicated computer cluster that can be used to
generate climate models at local scales, producing predictive scenarios tailored towards specific questions about how
climate change will affect the Maritime provinces. Members of the Climate Research and Services Centre will work as a
team to produce models, and to provide analysis and potential solutions, depending on what questions they are being
asked to investigate. Faculty researchers comprising the newly created CSRC include Dr. Beltrami, Dr. Corrine Cash, Dr.
Lisa Kellman, Dr. Andrew MacDougall and Dr. Patrick Withey. Their expertise is wide-ranging and spans social, economic,
and scientific dimensions of understanding climate change. Past work included predicting the propagation of Lyme
disease-carrying ticks in different areas of the province and Atlantic Canada, based on potential future temperature
changes. The CSRC has also been called upon to assess the potential for climate change induced flooding in the province.
The CSRC contribution was part of a multi-institutional effort provide the Government of Nova Scotia with vital informa-
tion needed to develop flood lines-related regulations impacting future infrastructure development in the province. With
this type of information and analysis, people can prepare and adapt more readily climate change impacts by developing
solutions based on evidence of future trends.
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 132019 RCA inductees include, l-r, Nick Shinn, graphic designer; tapestry artist and part-time StFX Art Department studio faculty Murray Gibson; and Jinny Yu, painter. Absent is Annie Thibault, installation and inter-disciplinary artist. MURRAY GIBSON, STUDIO FACULTY IN THE StFX ART DEPARTMENT, INDUCTED INTO THE ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS Murray Gibson, tapestry artist and part-time studio faculty member in the StFX Art Department, was inducted in October 2019 into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, which celebrates the achievement of excellence and innovation by Canadian artists and designers across the country. The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts is an honourary organization of over 700 established professional artists and designers from all regions of Canada. With members nominated and elected by their peers, the RCA has, since 1880, come to represent many of Canada’s most distinguished visual artists and designers. Murray’s work epitomizes the art of contemporary tapestry and has been recognized internationally for its impact and influence. Conceptually, his tapestries are the result of extensive research. Mythical and fictitious weavers, mythology, medieval art and textile history are some of the sources that inform his work. In practice, he has mastered the traditional techniques of Gobelins tapestry. He uses this technical language, unique to tapestry, fluently; structuring works in which textile references create an allegory of intimate and nuanced allusions to female characters from myth, religion and history. Though steeped in historical references the narratives woven into his tapestries draw us into conversations about contemporary issues such as gender dynamics, disciplinary knowledge and the importance of historical practice in contemporary art. RCA members represent all parts of Canada: coast-to-coast-to-coast, and include well-known filmmakers, architects, and studio artists working in all artistic media. 14 Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20
Conference committee organizers include, seated, l-r: Noah Tessema, co-chairs Dean Eaton and Bryan Canam, and
Katie Robinson. Back row: Dr. Peter Poole, Thomas Hujon, Mitchell Blacquiere, Catherine Boisvert, Andrew College,
Daniel Winters, Sean Murphy, and Dr. Peter Marzlin. Missing: Claire MacDougall and Duncan Osmond.
StFX STUDENTS ATTRACT NOBEL LAUREATE, NASA
ENGINEER, WOLF PRIZE AND HERZBERG MEDAL WINNER
AS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AT 2020 STUDENT-LED PHYSICS
AND ASTRONOMY CONFERENCE
StFX physics students organizing the 2020 Atlantic Undergraduate Physics and Astronomy Conference (AUPAC) attracted
a roster of distinguished speakers, including: 2018 Nobel Prize winner Donna Strickland; NASA engineer and advocate for
diversity and inclusion in science, Renee Horton; StFX alumnus Allan H. MacDonald, winner of the Wolf Prize and the
Herzberg Medal; and Dalhousie University professor Jesse Maassen, to deliver keynote lectures at the undergraduate
research conference. StFX students and conference co-chairs Dean Eaton and Bryan Canam led the organizing efforts
along with fellow conference committee members Thomas Hujon and Noah Tessema. The conference attracted over 100
participants from universities across Atlantic Canada and elsewhere, with 32 students presenting their research work in
areas as diverse as particle physics and cosmology to atomic and solid state physics. The StFX student organizers say
they started planning the conference in February 2018, and that almost every senior student in the physics department
was involved in its organization. They were also successful in securing sponsors, including their proposal to StFX’s Frank
McKenna Centre for Leadership for help in sponsoring the keynote speakers. Dr. Stirckland won the Nobel Prize in Physics
2018 for developing chirped pulse amplification with Gérard Mourou, her PhD supervisor at the time. They published this
Nobel-winning research in 1985 when Strickland was a PhD student at the University of Rochester in New York state.
Together they paved the way toward the most intense laser pulses ever created. The research has several applications
today in industry and medicine — including the cutting of a patient’s cornea in laser eye surgery, and the machining
of small glass parts for use in cell phones. Dr. K. Renee Horton serves as a NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Quality
Engineer at Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans. Throughout her academic career, she has received numerous
accolades and awards including the Black Engineer of the Year Trailblazer Award in 2011. She is an advocate for diversity
and inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and is a member of the International Union
of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Women in Physics Working Group. Dr. Allan H. MacDonald, a graduate of StFX is a
professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where he holds the Sid W. Richardson Chair in Physics. Professor MacDonald’s
contributions to the theory of condensed matter physics have spanned many topics, including electronic structure theory,
the quantum Hall effect, magnetism, and superconductivity. He was awarded the Herzberg Medal (1987), the Buckley
Prize in Condensed Matter Physics (2007), and the Ernst Mach Honorary Medal (2012) and received the 2020 Wolf Prize
in Physics for his ground-breaking work in a field known as twistronics. Dr. Jesse Maassen is an assistant professor of
physics at Dalhousie University focusing on exploring novel materials and devices, using predictive first-principles
modeling, with an emphasis on electro-thermal transport.
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 15Erin Costelo ’98 Breagh McKinnon ’14 Tom Easley ’92 STFX MUSIC GRADS AND FACULTY SCORE BIG IN MUSIC NOVA SCOTIA AWARDS Alumni and faculty from StFX’s Music Department were among the award winners, earning numerous honours at the 2019 Music Nova Scotia Awards. Among those picking up awards were: Erin Costelo ’98, also former part-time faculty, who picked up awards for Recording of the Year, Americana/Bluegrass Recording of the Year, Solo Recording of the Year, and Producer of the Year; Breagh McKinnon ’14 of Port Cities, who received nods as Digital Artist of the Year and SOCAN Songwriter of the Year; as well as Tom Easley ’92, part-time faculty, Mark Adam, former faculty, Geordie Haley ’82, and Kevin Brunkhorst, StFX Music Department Chair, all of The Easley Quartet, which won Jazz Recording of the Year. 16 Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20
EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS
Note: only external research grants held by a StFX Principal Investigator are listed.
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 17FACULTY OF ARTS Nathan Allen, Political Science Restricting nonresident voting rights: The Effect of British institutional legacy in India and abroad Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Development Grant $64,648 Peter Kikkert, Public Policy & Governance Horizontal capacity-mapping to support capability-based planning and capacity-building for community-based maritime and coastal search and rescue and emergency response in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut Marine Environment Observation Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR), Early Career Research Grant $100,000 Peter Kikkert, Public Policy & Governance Horizontal capacity-mapping to support capability-based planning and capacity-building for community-based maritime and coastal search and rescue and emergency response in the Western Arctic Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Development Grant $63,719 Department of National Defence, Research Grant $10,000 Peter Kikkert, Public Policy & Governance Identifying and assessing search and rescue and emergency response capabilities in the North American Arctic & the Canadian Rangers and COVID-19 Department of National Defence, Mobilizing Insights in Defense & Security (MINDS) Research Grant $27,400 Adam Lajeunesse, Public Policy & Governance The Manhattan Voyage and the creation of the modern Canadian North Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Grant $63,686 Jane L. McMillan, Anthropology Examining police policies and practices in Mi’kma’ki - Pathways to positive policing relationships Public Safety Canada, Policy Development Contribution Program (PDCP) $99,883 Ken Penner, Religious Studies Digital Codex Marchalianus Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Grant $66,759 Kara Thompson, Psychology How sex and gender differences in modes of administration alter the effects of cannabis Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Development Grant $74,996 Patrick Withey, Economics Demonstrating BMPs to enhance soil health, water quality and crop productivity East Prince Agri-Environment Association, Research Contract $90,000 18 Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20
FACULTY OF BUSINESS
Bobbi Morrison, Marketing & Enterprise Systems
Public attitudes toward Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists (NSCP)
Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists, Research Contract
$14,082
Mary Oxner, Accounting & Finance
Indigenous women’s leadership in business and community
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, Research Grant
$90,000
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Christopher Gilham, Education
Grade seven boys group programming
Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Shift Grant
$12,754
Greg Hadley, Education
Evaluative review of the NS Dept of Education and Early Childhood Development’s implementation of the Technology Advantage Program
Nova Scotia Education & Early Childhood Development, Research Contract
$10,000
Lisa Lunney Borden, Education
Improving education for African Nova Scotians: Making community voices count
Nova Scotia Education & Early Childhood Development, Inter-University Research Network Research Grant
$20,600
Jennifer Mitton-Kükner, Education
Exploring the impact of an appreciative inquiry framework on teacher pedagogy: Enhancing understanding of metacognition and career readiness
in a rural Nova Scotia high school
Centre for Employment Innovation, Research Award
$7,500
Adam J. Perry, Adult Education
Learning to stay, learning to go: Understanding youth mobility aspirations in Nova Scotia
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Development Grant
$42,327
Adam J. Perry, Adult Education
Successful stayers: Exploring effective immigrant settlement services in Northeastern Nova Scotia
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Partnership Engage Grant
$14,686
Daniel Robinson, Education
Syrian Children and youth summer EAL learning programming
Centre for Employment Innovation, Research Award
$7,500
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 19Ingrid Robinson, Education Research component for all disciplines in grades 7 and 8 curriculum (except Mathematics) Nova Scotia Education & Early Childhood Development, Research Contract $18,000 Evan Throop-Robinson, Education Moving achievement together holistically: Towards a decolonization of mathematics education in African Nova Scotian schools Nova Scotia Education & Early Childhood Development Inter-University Research Network, Research Grant $25,000 Robert White, Education Critical interdisciplinary scholarship: A digital application Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Grant $89,392 FACULTY OF SCIENCE Donnelly Archibald, Earth Sciences The College Grant Cu-Fe-Au deposit, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Department of Energy & Mines, Mineral Resource Development Fund Research Grant $46,500 Donnelly Archibald, Earth Sciences Mineralization associated with granitoid rocks in the eastern Meguma terrane, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Department of Energy & Mines, Mineral Resource Development Fund Research Grant $20,000 Britney Benoit, Rankin School of Nursing Co-development of implementation interventions to support parent-led infant pain care: A collaborative, theoretically informed planning study Nova Scotia Health Authority, Translating Research into Care (TRIC) Research Grant $3,000 Marcia English, Human Nutrition Food chemistry research platform for investigating aroma-active compound interactions in plant-based proteins Canada Foundation for Innovation, John R. Evans Leaders Fund $88,625 Research Nova Scotia CFI Provincial Funding $88,626 Marcia English, Human Nutrition Characterizing the physio-chemical and morphological properties of bio-based films developed from plant-based sources Springboard Atlantic, Proof of Concept Funding Program $9,750 Marcia English, Human Nutrition Investigating the antioxidant potential of local lowbush blueberry leaves. Bee Cee Farms, Research Grant $1,200 20 Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20
Ann Fox, Human Nutrition
Arts Canopy: Rooted in research
Change Lab Action Research Initiative (CLARI), Community Engagement Assistance Research Grant
$7,350
Ann Fox, Human Nutrition
Developing youth’s food knowledge and skills through an Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing (E/TES) approach
Centre for Employment Innovation, Research Award
$7,500
David Garbary, Biology
Assessment of sea truffle resource for possible commercial harvest
Nova Scotia Business Inc., Productivity and Innovation Voucher - Tier I
$15,000
Geniece Hallett-Tapley, Chemistry
Optimized plastic packaging to prevent or reduce potato greening from various light wavelengths with Farnell Packaging Ltd.
National Research Council of Canada, Industrial Research Assistance Program CTO Research Grant
$5,000
Lisa Kellman, Earth Sciences
Research Technician (Stephanie MacIntyre) for soil carbon monitoring and analysis
Colleges and Institutes Canada, Career-Launcher Internship Program Fellowship Grant
$6,889
Melanie Lam, Human Kinetics
An exploration of the behavioural, electrophysiological, and neural mechanisms underlying joint action
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Discovery Grant
$127,500
Derrick Lee, Mathematics & Statistics
Interactions between environmental factors, low-penetrant genetic susceptibilities, and colorectal cancer risk in Atlantic Canada
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operating Grant
$99,450
Jacob Levman, Computer Science
Methods for reliable machine learning with applications in medical imaging
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Discovery Grant
$127,500
Sasho MacKenzie, Human Kinetics
Incorporating new features to enhance easy golf tour tournament software
Nova Scotia Business Inc., Productivity & Innovation Voucher - Tier I
$15,000
David Pink, Physics
Testing of commercially available natural preservatives for their efficacy against yeast, mold and bacteria
Nova Scotia Business Inc., Productivity & Innovation Voucher - Tier II
$25,000
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 21David Pink, Physics To test, provide data, and evaluate donair products that have been preserved using the T-4N W DV preservative, through the ISO20976 C. botuli- num challenge test Nova Scotia Business Inc., Productivity & Innovation Voucher - Tier II $25,000 Shah M. Razul, Chemistry Optimizing seafood preservation solution for whole-cooked shell-on lobster products Nova Scotia Business Inc., Productivity & Innovation Voucher - Tier I $15,000 David Risk, Earth Sciences Mackenzie Delta thermogenic methane distribution, sources, drivers Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Discovery Grant $36,000 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Northern Research Supplement $15,000 David Risk, Earth Sciences Defining and improving accuracy, precision, and minimum detection levels, of truck-based gas leak surveys Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS), Accelerate Graduate Research Internship Program $93,333 David Risk, Earth Sciences Flux Lab technology assessment with Surface Solutions Inc. National Research Council of Canada, Industrial Research Assistance Program CTO Research Grant $5,000 David Risk, Earth Sciences Developing an airborne sensor - UAV-capable hydrogen sulfide sensor (TSA) ISS Aerospace Group Ltd., Research Contract $29,750 David Risk, Earth Sciences Analysis of Western Canadian vented volumes and infrastructure locations to identify individual and proximal high-density sources of gas DeNova Inc., Research Contract $5,143 David Risk, Earth Sciences Identify and quantify natural gas fugitive and vented emissions at oil and gas sites in Saskatchewan Environment and Climate Change Canada, Research Contract $39,830 Truis Smith-Palmer, Chemistry X-Chem Outreach ACTUA, Research Grant $40,000 22 Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20
Truis Smith-Palmer, Chemistry
Science Literacy Week, and Science Odyssey in Antigonish and STEM and Coding for Girls and Under-served Rural Youth (CAN CODE)
ACTUA, Research Grant
$70,000
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, PromoScience Research Grant
$4,550
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council PromoScience Research Grant
$5,000
James Williams, Biology
Potential of pre-industrial Boat Harbour sediment to support eelgrass and benthic invertebrate growth and survival
Nova Scotia Lands, Research Contract
$50,110
Russell Wyeth, Biology
Development & use of field behavioural assays of lobster responses to different bait types
Department of Fisheries, Atlantic Fisheries Fund
$317,525
Gulf Nova Scotia Fleet Planning Board, Research Grant
$14,999
COADY INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE
Corrine Cash
What climate change means for a small rural community: An Antigonish Movement ‘People’s School’ Event
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Connections Grant
$12,351
Royal Society of Canada, The Open Academy Research Grant
$4,855
Wendy Kraglund-Gauthier
Addressing barriers to employment for Nova Scotia’s post-secondary students with disabilities
Centre for Employment Innovation, Research Grant
$7,500
Wendy Kraglund-Gauthier
Essential skills for atlantic fisheries: Actioning best practices and evaluating outcomes
Centre for Employment Innovation, Research Grant
$7,500
Eric Smith
Share the Earth
Centre for Employment Innovation, Research Grant
$7,500
Student Research Scholarships and Internship Awards
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 23STUDENT RESEARCH
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
24 Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20NOVA SCOTIA GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS - DOCTORAL
Kelly O’Neil, Education
On the Air – a participatory action research project engaging older women in becoming change agents through a community radio initiative
$15,000
ALLY HEAPS GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
($10,000 each)
Sai Ram Kaleru, Computer Science
Deepak Ramegowdra, Computer Science
NSERC ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL CANADA GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP – MASTERS
($17,500 each)
Sean Freeborne, Earth Sciences
Magmatism in the heart of a supercontinent: Implications for our understanding of the evolution of mountain building
Bailey Malay, Earth Sciences
Early Rhuddarian (early Silurian) graptolite biostratigraphy, paleoecology and paleobiogeography, northern Yukon and Nunavut
Dreenan Shea, Chemistry
Photodegradation of dyes by Cu2O/KNbO3 catalysis
SSHRC JOSEPH ARMAND BOMBARDIER CANADA GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP - MASTERS
($17,500 each)
Meghan Campbell, Celtic Studies
The sacred landscape of the Irish Cailleach
NOVA SCOTIA GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS - MASTERS
($10,000 each)
William Burgess, Biology
Comparative microbiome analysis of amphibian egg mass symbionts
Matthew Freeman, Biology
Factors affecting rocky inter-tidal community composition and distribution
Jacques Isaac, Earth Sciences
Assessing Thallium isotope systematics in pegmatites
Rachel Lewis, Earth Sciences
Vehicle tethered, automated soil gas flux system for detection, characterization, quantification and source ID of gas migration issues
Olivia Pushie, Earth Sciences
Syn-collisional magmatism and crust mantle interaction
Alvaro Sanchez Fonseca, Earth Sciences
Regional climate downscaling
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 25Lauren Viana, Biology Investigating the aroma-active compound interactions in select Nova Scotia plant protein isolates Rachel Webber, Biology Lobster behavioural responses to different bait types UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARDS ($6,250 each) ALLY HEAPS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH INTERNSHIP Ge Mingyang, Computer Science A Deep Q-Network Model based on Cpufreq governors for energy-efficient scheduling Prahar Ijner, Computer Science Computational technology for the assessment of white and gray matter integrity in Multiple Sclerosis Alastair May, Computer Science Energy minimization Logan Murphy, Computer Science Extending model-based software verification techniques with non-classical models IRVING SUMMER RESEARCH MENTORSHIP AWARD – MCKENNA CENTRE FOR LEADERSHIP Megan Fraser, Biology Boat Harbour Remediation: Potential of pre-industrial sediment to support primary producers Justin LaForest, Human Kinetics The impact of older age on mu suppression during joint action Chelsey MacPherson, Celtic Studies Mac-Talla: Glengarry County connections Denisse Molin Quiroga, Psychology Cultural comparison of reciprocity in three-year-old children Taliah Powers, Human Kinetics Transcending the Divide: Allusions of movement in Plato’s Sun-Line-Cave series Caleb Scargall, Philosophy “The Will to Power” and perceived powerlessness MacGillivary Smith, Psychology The role of low self esteem in perceptions of teasing Lauren Sobot, Psychology Individual and sociocultural predictors of aggression towards LGBTQ individuals 26 Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20
Adelaide Strickland, Development Studies Program
The Stories We Tell: An exploration of the role of art and narrative in both the public humanities and community development practice
NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
RESEARCH AWARD (USRA)
Alison Barkhouse, Earth Sciences
Acid rock drainage and potential arsenic concentration of natural and disturbed environments in the Meguma Terrane of Nova Scotia: A case study
in the Montague Gold District
Melanie Belong, Mathematics & Statistics
People who Inject Drugs (PWID) Risk Model
Catherine Boisvert, Physics
Simulations of crystallization in water nanodroplets
Bryan Canam
Quantum effects with magnon-polaritons
Dean Eaton
Dynamics versus thermodynamics in two-step nucleation
Elvin Girineza, Chemistry
Photoelectrochemical reduction of CO2 using copper oxide materials
Thomas Hujon, Physics
Radiation reaction
Nikita Kenney, Chemistry
Applications of visible-light photocatalysis for water decontamination
Courtney MacDonald, Mathematics & Statistics
Birds on a wire
Meaghan MacDonald, Biology
Developing novel anti-fouling technologies for Nova Scotia aquaculture
Ellen McCole, Earth Sciences
Alternate input source for position establishing extent instantaneous vehicle speed and bearing measurements improve accuracy of vehicle-top
wind measurement
Madeline McDonald, Physics
An experimental test of symbiont transmission mode in an algal-salamander symbiosis
Grace Moffatt, Human Kinetics
Cryopreservation of mitochondria in brain tissue
Carmen Ucciferri, Biology
Snail behavior responses to predators
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 27NOVA SCOTIA HEALTH RESEARCH FOUNDATION – SCOTIA SCHOLARS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD Samantha Bardwell, Mathematics & Statistics A dynamic individual-based model of a population of people who inject drugs Allison Britten, Psychology Inducing anticipated regret to reduce binge drinking among university students Kelsey Gill, Human Nutrition Gluten free diet food frequency questionnaire Amanda Gormley, Biology Metabolic responses in zebrafish to support adaptations following exposure to low environmental oxygen and elevated ambient ammonia Emma Manning, Psychology EEG biomarkers of Multiple Sclerosis-related cognitive dysfunction Bernadette McCann, Computer Science Investigating neurodevelopmental disorders with morphological analyses of magnetic resonance imaging examinations Therese McCurdy, Rankin School of Nursing Breastfeeding experiences of Indigenous Women in a First Nations community in Nova Scotia Alaa Salih, Psychology The effects of comorbid MDD and MS on attention networks and related brain functioning Kayleigh Trenholm, Psychology Sexual satisfaction in transgender women Yu Hang, Computer Science An efficient deep reinforcement learning model based on canonical polyadic decomposition for lung tumor localization RBC FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH INTERNSHIP – BRIAN MULRONEY INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT Marcus Cuomo, Public Policy & Governance Assessing the ocean protection plan’s impact on the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut David Eliot, Sociology Canadian multiculturalism as a deterrent for radical right wing populism Alistair Hill, Sociology Educational pathways of Syrian refugee youth Brenna Martell, Public Policy & Governance Assessing community-based capabilities for oil spill response in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut 28 Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20
Sara Murrin, Engineering
Fingerprinting industrial sites impacted by gas leakage
Kaitlin Owens, Education
Examining the impacts of strength-based approaches upon enhancing metacognitive awareness of diverse learners in rural Nova Scotia
MacKenzie Thomas, Political Science
The prosecution of sexual crimes under international law
Susanna Wolfe, Women’s & Gender Studies
Addressing Pornography: Developing porn literacy education for a community-based organization
UCR UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH AWARD
Lauren Berrington, Biology
Metabolic changes in zebrafish exposed to multiple stressors
Megan Davies, Biology
Testing the effects of contained sediment from Boat Harbour, NS on the foraging behaviours of lobsters
Charlotte Elliott, Health Program - BA & BS
Investigation of protein factions of HPP processed lobster
Cassandra Fenlon, Human Nutrition
Investigating the physical, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties of bean protein-based films
Daniel Winters, Mathematics & Statistics
Einstein-Aether Scalar Field Models coupled to the shear of the Aether Field
Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20 29BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
PUBLISHED IN 2019
30 Report on Research and Creative Works 2019-20Dr. Doug Brown, Political Science Dr. Mathias Nilges, English
Brown, D., Bakvis, H., & Baier, G. (2019). Nilges, M. (2019). Right-Wing Culture in
Contested Federalism, Certainty and Ambiguity Contemporary Capitalism, Regression and Hope
in the Canadian Federation. Second Edition. in a Time Without Future. Bloomsbury Academ-
Toronto: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978- ic. ISBN: 978-1350074071
0195445909
Dr. Maria Paz, Modern Languages
Dr. Ronald Charles, Religious Studies Paz, M. (2019). Politics of Children in Latin
Charles, R. (2019). The Silencing of Slaves in American Cinema. Lexington Books. ISBN:
Early Jewish and Christian Texts. First Edition. 978-1498597418; 978-1498597425
Routledge. ISBN: 978-0367204341
Dr. Peter Clancy, Political Science Dr. Ken Penner, Religious Studies
Clancy, P., & Lackenbauer, P. W. (Eds.). (2019). Penner, K. (Ed.). (2019). The Lexham English
Shaping Inuit Policy: the Minutes of the Eskimo Septuagint (LES). Second Edition. Lexham Press.
Affairs Committee, 1952-62, Documents on ISBN: 978-1683593447
Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security DCASS
Vol.14. Arctic Institute of North America. 2019.
ISSN: 2368-4569. E-book, available at the Arctic
Institute of North America http://www.arctic. Dr. Paul Phillips, History
ucalgary.ca/dcass-documents-canadian- Phillips, P. T. (2019). Truth, Morality, and
arctic-sovereignty-and-security Meaning in History. Toronto: University of
Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1487523381
Dr. Laura Estill, English
Estill, L., & Atkin, T. (Eds.). (2019). Early British
Drama in Manuscript. Brepols. ISBN: 978-
2503575469 Anne Simpson, Adjunct Professor English
Simpson, A. (2019). Strange Attractor. McClel-
land & Stewart: Penguin Random House. ISBN:
978-0771007125
Dr. Angie Kolen, Human Kinetics
Kolen, A. M. (2019). Personal Health and Fitness.
First Edition. Pearson Canada. ebook.
Dr. William Sweet, Philosophy
Sweet, W. (2019). Idealism, Metaphysics and
Dr. Adam Lajeunesse, Public Policy and Community. First Paperback Edition. London:
Governance Routledge. ISBN 978-1138733664
Lajeunesse, A., & Lackenbauer, P. W. (Eds.).
(2019). In Manhattan’s Wake. Arctic Operational
Histories. Antigonish: Mulroney Institute of
Government. Michelle Sylliboy, Art, Education
and Modern Languages
Sylliboy, M. (2019). Kiskajeyi - I AM READY.
Dr. Edward Langille, Modern Languages Nanoose Bay: Rebel Mountain Press ISBN:
Langille, E. M. (2019). The Story of Lillian Burke. 978-1775301929
Halifax: Boularderie Island Press. ISBN: 978-
1926448404
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