Atlantic Voices on CBC Radio aired the documentary on the Martin Street Housing Cooperative in Antigonish by Rose Murphy, featuring interviews with Chantal Phee and Jana MacDonald, who wrote her 1978 StFX Sociology thesis on the racist history of Martin Street. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-3-atlantic-voice/clip/15986144-the-martin-street-mystery The People’s Photo Album published in 2018 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of […]
Category Archives: Conditions for Community Health
The 1981 Seven-Million Dollar Cake for StFX
The death of Reverend Doctor Gregory Aloysius MacKinnon in his 98th year and 73rd year of ordained life was announced in August 2022. On August 19, 2022, the St. Francis Xavier University (StFX) community along with family and friends celebrated the life of Reverend Doctor Gregory Aloysius MacKinnon, who served as StFX President from 1978 […]
Danny Graham, CEO, Engage Nova Scotia
Who remembers that Danny Graham as a StFX student, when he was the President of the Students’ Union and Residence Director of MacDonald House on lower campus? Watch the video for a glimpse of his X ring.
Affordable Antigonish on ACALA TV
Affordable Antigonish, directed by Peter Murphy, is the first in a series of videos on housing issues affecting the people of Antigonish. This project, made possible through funding made available through the Catherine Donnelly Foundation, was a collaboration between the Antigonish County Adult Learning Association (ACALA), the Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre and Sexual Assault Services […]
Imagine Antigonish Banners at the 2016 Highland Games
Once again the photographic history of Antigonish will be featured at the Highland Games. Visit the Arts Culture Alive tent on Sunday, Sept. 10th — all 14 banners will be on display. Here are two of the banners from the 2014 tent, with volunteer historian Paula Paul and her family — Melissa, Ardena, and Dustin
Resilience: India’s Multilayered Approach to Medicine
The word “tabiyat,” the common term in many Indian languages to refer to health, shares a similar meaning with the word “resilience.” It has a definition that extends far beyond medical implications. “It encompasses psychological, spiritual health, and wellbeing in the broadest sense. . . . It’s to do with the internal capacity rather than external […]
StFX University and the No. 9 Stationary Hospital 1915
http://thechronicleherald.ca/thenovascotian/1322509-st.-f.x.-and-the-great-war-university%E2%80%99s-hospital-tended-to-wounded-soldiers Story by John Boileau appeared in The Chronicle Herald, Nov. 16, 2015, p. D3. No credits are given for the photos. Other photos of No. 9 Stationary Hospital are available through the Antigonish Heritage Museum, and others have been restored for the Peace Banner of Imagine Antigonish Rev. Dr. Hugh P. MacPherson, […]
Tompkinsville plays Antigonish, April 30, 2015
Lindsay Kyte’s magnificent play Tompkinsville came to Antigonish on April 30, 2015 and played to a receptive audience, clearly proud of our town and university’s role in Tompkinsville as part of the Antigonish Movement. An additional part of the auditorium had to be opened up. Standing ovation! These photos of Fr. Jimmy and Tompkinsville reveal […]
Old Photographs as Window into Another World
This is the letter from the letter of Hyperallergenic blog for April 15, 2015. A certain sadness about photographs that are stripped of their stories. Yesterday, as I was walking through the crooked streets of Beyoğlu in Istanbul, I came across a beaten up suitcase filled with old photographs being sold for 50 kuruş […]
Commemorate the Battle of Culloden Saturday April 18, 2015
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1281155-out-and-about-five-things-to-do-in-nova-scotia-this-weekend Commemorating the Battle of Culloden feature in the top things to do in Nova Scotia this weekend. Antigonish Scots feature in this photo: Peter MacKenzie gave a rousing and inspired address about the Battle of Culloden and the challenges Scottish settlers faced when they arrived in Nova Scotia. (MICHAEL GORMAN / File) Scots […]