2014 - 2015 SCHOLARSHIP REPORT

2014 - 2015 

SCHOLARSHIP REPORT

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY 

Founded in 1853, St. Francis Xavier University (StFX) in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, began as a small 

school of higher studies established by the Catholic Church. Today, StFX is widely recognized as one of 

Canada’s leading undergraduate universities with a longstanding tradition of academic excellence, 

innovation in teaching, research and service to society. It brings together over 4,500 students for 

studies in arts, sciences, business, education and applied professional programs. The University is 

known for its strong traditions of social engagement and service to humanity, as well as for the 

numerous communities with which it engages. These traditions are preserved by the research work of 

StFX faculty with First Nations communities, the Coady International Institute, and Service Learning 

experiences for students, as well the work of initiatives such as the StFX-based National Collaborating 

Centre for Determinants of Health. 

Although known as a primarily undergraduate-focused university, StFX offers several Graduate 

Studies programs at the Master’s level, as well as a joint PhD program in Education Studies delivered 

in partnership with Acadia University and Mount Saint Vincent University. Research is a pervasive 

aspect of StFX and the University’s research activity has grown in the past several decades. Research 

at StFX is generally regarded as an inclusive endeavour embracing the full range of intellectual, 

scholarly and creative activities focused on the discovery, integration, interpretation and application 

of knowledge. StFX has an established tradition of research-intensive scholarship across all areas of 

the University’s academic reach, covering a range of fields in the humanities, social sciences, natural, 

physical, and engineering sciences, management sciences, and health sciences. StFX faculty employ 

a wide variety of approaches to research – from that of the individual scholar, to those who work as 

part of large, collaborative research teams. Research is not a homogeneous activity, and StFX remains 

open and committed to supporting all forms of research that serve the academic teaching, scholarly, 

and service missions of the University. 

STFX STATISTICS FOR 2014-2015 

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS 4,729 

FULL-TIME 3,923 

PART-TIME 806 

GRADUATE STUDENTS 577 

FULL-TIME 91 

PART-TIME 486 

TOTAL STUDENT ENROLMENT 5,306 

FACULTY & ACADEMIC STAFF 

FULL-TIME FACULTY 238 

PART-TIME FACULTY 75 

ACADEMIC STAFF 86 

NON-ACADEMIC STAFF 

FULL-TIME 418

Message from the Academic Vice-President and Provost 

and the Associate Vice-President, Research and 

Graduate Studies 2 

Message from the Director, Research Grants Office 3 

Researcher Profiles 4 

FACULTY OF ARTS 

Anthropology 17 

Art 19 

Celtic Studies 20 

Economics 21 

English 24 

History 26 

Modern Languages (French, German, Spanish) 28 

Philosophy 30 

Political Science 35 

Psychology 39 

Religious Studies 48 

Sociology 49 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

FACULTY OF BUSINESS 

Business Administration 52 

Information Systems 55 

FACULTY OF EDUCATION 

Adult Education 57 

Education 60 

FACULTY OF SCIENCE 

Biology 70 

Chemistry 77 

Earth Sciences 79 

Engineering 91 

Human Kinetics 91 

Human Nutrition 98 

Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science 101 

Nursing 104 

Physics 109 

OTHER ACADEMIC PROGRAMS 

Development Studies 114 

Women’s and Gender Studies 114 

Coady International Institute 116 

National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health 118 

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS 

Research Services Group 120 

Writing Centre 121 

StFX Research Statistics 122 

Acknowledgments 125 

StFX | 2014-2015 SCHOLARSHIP REPORT 1

MESSAGE FROM THE ACADEMIC 

VICE-PRESIDENT AND PROVOST AND 

THE ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT, 

RESEARCH AND GRADUATE STUDIES 

Dr. Kevin Wamsley 

We are delighted to launch the inaugural StFX Scholarship Report which provides a broad summary of 

the research and scholarship achievements of faculty and staff at St. Francis Xavier University. Research is 

one of the cornerstones of our academic efforts. It informs and supports our teaching, provides experiential 

opportunities for our students, contributes new knowledge in a wide range of disciplines, and responds 

to the needs of our community and industry partners. This Report is not simply a catalogue record of 

the annual scholarship activities undertaken by faculty and staff at StFX. It is a vivid descriptor of our 

responsibilities, as scholars, to perform nationally and internationally recognized work in our areas of 

expertise. It is a glimpse into the breadth of our research efforts, the external funding resources secured to 

support these efforts, and the outcomes and impacts they are having locally and globally. 

Dr. Kevin Wamsley 

Academic Vice-President & Provost 

Dr. Richard Isnor 

Associate Vice-President, Research & Graduate Studies 

Dr. Richard Isnor 

December 2016 

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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR, 

RESEARCH GRANTS OFFICE 

This inaugural annual Scholarship Report for St. Francis Xavier University encompasses a wide range of 

scholarly activities in many disciplines. There were two calls inviting all faculty and staff members to submit 

information about their publications, external research funding, knowledge mobilization/translation activities 

(a rapidly expanding area as academe and technology evolve) and other research outcomes between 1 

September 2014 and 31 August 2015. 

The net was cast widely and participation was voluntary. All submissions were edited into a consistent format 

and classified by type of contribution or activity. The Scholarship Report also contains numerous references 

to undergraduate and graduate student research achievements – a primary focus of the learning experience 

at this University. 

Thank you to everyone who generously provided information and responded to follow-up questions. 

John D. Blackwell 

Director, Research Grants Office 

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MICHAEL LIVINGSTONE, DR. MARY OXNER AND KARA PICTOU 

BUILDING CAPACITY FOR GREATER 

FINANCIAL LITERACY AMONG FIRST 

NATIONS YOUTH 

Financial literacy, the ability to discern financial choices, discuss money and financial issues, plan for the future, and respond to life events, is a 

pervasive challenge in society. Policy makers have identified the need for a Canadian financial literacy strategy. Recent programs have been 

developed to improve the financial literacy of high school-aged youth, the economically disadvantaged, investors, new parents, and retirees. 

This research outreach project has extended a community-based, financial literacy program begun by StFX business faculty in 2004 for First 

Nations youth, a growing segment of the population who face significant financial decisions, which have long-term consequences. Led by 

Business professor Dr. Mary Oxner with support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), this research 

project will assist financial decisions of youth in the Paq’tnkek First Nation community in a manner sensitive to community circumstances and 

needs. Co-investigators include Business professors Drs. Tom Mahaffey and Ken MacAulay, and Dr. Joanne Tompkins from StFX’s Faculty 

of Education. Dr. Oxner and her team are developing and delivering a series of financial literacy workshops for youth; disseminating the 

curriculum and workshops through traditional print media and online and interactive content; and disseminating the findings of curriculum 

evaluations to the appropriate community partners as part of a larger discussion of broad-based strategies to improve the financial literacy of 

First Nations youth. 


DR. SHARON GREGORY 

ADDRESSING MISCONCEPTIONS 

IN ART HISTORY 

StFX Art History professor Dr. Sharon Gregory’s book, Vasari and the Renaissance Print, was a finalist and received a special commendation for 

its outstanding scholarship as part of the biennial book award of the Society for Renaissance Studies (SRS). Dr. Gregory’s book was one of only 

three books considered for the SRS book prize and received a special commendation. The SRS is an organization of academics that work on 

aspects of the Renaissance in all humanities disciplines. Professor Gregory’s book was singled out by all three judges because of its comprehensive 

nature and painstaking research in making available for a wide readership all the prints associated with Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), and for 

providing a fascinating commentary that explains why they were so central to his thinking and artistic practices. In Vasari and the Renaissance 

Print, Dr. Gregory challenged the long-held view that the first art historian, Renaissance artist Giorgio Vasari, author of the Lives of the Artists 

(1550 and 1568), downplayed the importance of the then-new graphic print media of engravings and woodcuts. In her study, Dr. Gregory shows 

that, contrary to common opinion, prints thoroughly pervade Vasari’s history of art, just as they pervade his own career as an artist. 


DR. GREG TKACZ 

MINING GOOGLE TRENDS IN ORDER 

TO HELP PREDICT RECESSIONS 

Economists and policy makers may be able to predict recessions sooner by analyzing Google Trends according to the research underway by 

StFX Economics professor Dr. Greg Tkacz. In a pioneering effort to make use of Google data for economic prediction purposes, and the first 

anywhere to look specifically at the issue of recessions, this research has received significant media interest. Dr. Tkacz has discovered a relationship 

between Google searches and economic activity when he looked at the 2008 recession. Knowing that many people are keying in search 

terms, such as “recession” and “jobs”, can give an indication of economic changes as they are happening and the data can also help policy 

makers respond more quickly to these changes. 


L-R, DR. RICHARD ISNOR, ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT RESEARCH & GRADUATE STUDIES, MP SEAN FRASER ’06, DR. DAVID RISK ’02 AND 

DR. KEVIN WAMSLEY, ACADEMIC VICE-PRESIDENT & PROVOST 

ENHANCING THE DETECTION 

AND MEASUREMENT OF FUGITIVE 

GAS EMISSIONS 

StFX Earth Sciences professor Dr. David Risk was named in 2014 as one of The Royal Society of Canada’s inaugural members of The College of 

New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. The 91 scholars named to the College, including Dr. Risk, represent the emerging generation of scholarly, 

scientific and artistic leadership in Canada. Dr. Risk is recognized for making significant contributions to the understanding of how greenhouse 

gases, such as carbon dioxide, are released from soils and how the sequestration of greenhouse gases can be monitored. Applications of his 

research have been used around the world and his research collaborations to date have involved individuals on four continents. 


DR. ANN BIGELOW 

ADVANCING UNDERSTANDING OF 

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT 

StFX researchers, students and local health professionals have continued to advance groundbreaking research on early childhood development. 

A group of researchers who studied babies’ first contact with mothers have been working to determine if those same babies, at the ages of six to 

eight years old, received long-term social cognitive and communication benefits. Dr. Ann Bigelow, a StFX Psychology professor, along with 

Human Nutrition professor Dr. Doris Gillis, Psychology professor Dr. Kim MacLean, and Michelle Ward, the executive director of Kids First, 

have been carrying out this project with the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The initial skin-to-skin 

research work between mothers and their infants conducted by StFX professors, students, and community health professionals, was a 

first-of-its-kind study in Canada. 


DR. JOSEPH ANN BIGELOW 

KHOURY 

DELINEATING SHAKESPEARE’S 

LITERARY SOURCES 

The Times Literary Supplement has featured StFX English professor Dr. Joseph Khoury’s “delightful edition” of Barnabe Riche’s The Adventure of 

Brusanus, Prince of Hungaria, remarking on his excellent introductory discussion of plot. “Khoury’s decision to edit Brusanus was prompted by a sense 

of the work’s lying behind Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure,” writes reviewer Lorna Hutson, who is a recognized authority in Renaissance Studies. 

Through extensive research, Dr. Khoury, a Shakespearean scholar, has prepared a critical edition of The Adventures of Brusanus, Prince of Hungaria 

(1592) by Barnabe Riche, a romance Khoury says Shakespeare used as a source for Measure for Measure along with some of his other plays. 


ALMUDENA GARCIA-GARCIA, LIZETT ILLANES, FRANCISCO CUESTA-VALERO AND DR. HUGO BELTRAMI 

INTERROGATING THE PAST TO BETTER 

UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE 

In the study of past climates, one of the least known energy reservoirs is that of the energy stored in the upper layers of the continents. Research, 

published by StFX’s Earth Sciences professor Dr. Hugo Beltrami in collaboration with several colleagues, has made an important contribution 

to understanding the quantity and nature of the heat absorbed by the continental areas. Their paper was chosen as a journal highlight by the 

European Geosciences Union in 2014, providing the first estimate of the impact of the development of the Laurentide ice sheet on the estimates 

of energy and temperature reconstructions from measurements of terrestrial borehole temperatures in North America. The paper explains that 

reconstructions of past climatic changes from geothermal data are important and independent estimates of temperature histories over the last 

millennium. The research team also points out that multiple uncertainties remain in the interpretation of these data as climatic indicators and as 

estimates of the heat storage of the continental subsurface in response to long-term climatic change. In their article, the authors also presented 

quantitative estimates of the potential effects of temperature changes during the last glacial cycle on the paleoclimatic reconstructions over the 

last millennium for North America. Their results pointed to discrepancies, as much as 50 per cent of previous estimates of the continental heat 

change in North America when the effects of the last glacial cycle are not taken into account. 


LAWRENCE NYIKA 

STFX PHD STUDENT DEMONSTRATES 

GREATEST PROMISE FOR HEALTH 

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE IN PROVINCE 

StFX PhD student, Lawrence Nyika, was honoured with the prestigious Quest award from the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation 

(NSHRF). The Quest award is presented annually to the graduate student researcher who demonstrates the greatest promise and potential for 

excellence in health research in the province. Mr. Nyika is taking his PhD in educational studies at StFX University as part of the program jointly 

administered by StFX, Acadia University and Mount Saint Vincent University. He was a teacher and medical laboratory technologist in Zimbabwe 

before coming to StFX. His doctoral research (under the supervision of Dr. Anne Murray-Orr) examines the multiple perspectives of various 

stakeholders in health-promoting schools, including students, parents, support staff, and health and education professionals; in particular, he is 

exploring the health beliefs and practices of different ethnic groups in health-promoting schools in Nova Scotia. 


DR. DORIS GILLIS 

BLAZING A PATH FOR NUTRITIONAL 

HEALTH LITERACY IN THE ACADEMY AND 

THE WIDER COMMUNITY 

In 2015, the Nova Scotia Dietetic Association awarded StFX Human Nutrition professor and departmental chair Dr. Doris Gillis an honorary life 

membership for her outstanding career achievements. As a nutrition and dietetics health literacy expert, Dr. Gillis has contributed to numerous 

health policy initiatives and to the development of resources supporting evidence-based practice, through such organizations as Health Canada, 

the Public Health Agency of Canada, and Dietitians of Canada. Her work in such areas as health literacy, food security and breastfeeding has 

played a significant role in heightening awareness of, and interest in, nutrition, addressing health disparities, and effecting positive change in 

practice and policy. Through her teaching, publications, presentations, professional and community service, graduate student advising, and 

highly interdisciplinary and collaborative participatory research (funded by CIHR, NSHRF, SSHRC and other leading agencies), she has inspired 

numerous students to pursue careers in this growing health field. Dr. Gillis served as a member of the Canadian Expert Panel on Health Literacy 

(2006-2008), and was a lead grant writer for the successful proposal that led to the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health 

being established at StFX in 2006. 


DR. DANIEL KANE 

DETECTING HOW MUSCLE 

MITOCHONDRIA, THE POWERHOUSES 

OF THE CELL, ARE AFFECTED BY EXERCISE, 

HORMONES AND DRUGS 

A lifelong endurance sport enthusiast, Dr. Daniel Kane in the StFX Department of Human Kinetics is passionate about exploring how exercise 

affects the metabolic physiology of skeletal muscle. With his $120,000 NSERC Discovery Grant, he is researching the effects of increased energy 

demand associated with physical exercise on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function, which has been linked to human health and disease, and the 

aging process. Dr. Kane and his team of student researchers are working to expose key regulators of mitochondrial bioenergetics that have been 

missing from fundamental models of cellular physiology and account for many of the benefits of exercise to human health. 


DR. MONICA DIOCHON 

ADVANCING ENTREPRENEURSHIP 

AMONG FIRST NATIONS WOMEN 

IN THE ATLANTIC REGION 

Dr. Monica Diochon, professor in the Schwartz School of Business, is actively pursuing research to improve the understanding of business 

leadership and entrepreneurial activities undertaken by First Nations women across Atlantic Canada. In 2014-2015, she led a team of researchers 

from StFX, including colleagues Eileen Alma, Sheila Isaac, and Dr. Alison Mathie from the Coady International Institute, which completed a 

major baseline study on entrepreneurial activities of First Nations women in Atlantic Canada. This project was funded by the Atlantic Aboriginal 

Economic Development Integrated Research Program (AAEDIRP), in partnership with the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs, in 

order to better understand entrepreneurship among Aboriginal women and to build Indigenous research capacity. The two-stage research project 

involved gathering baseline data to document the prevalence of entrepreneurship among Indigenous women, determine the level of interest in 

engaging in the entrepreneurial process, and understand the factors enabling and constraining engagement. As a result of this work, Dr. Diochon 

was awarded the Women’s Enterprise Organization of Canada Best Paper Award for her paper, Entrepreneurship among First Nations women in the 

Atlantic region, at the Canadian Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship (CCSBE) annual conference held at StFX in 2014. 


DR. LEONA ENGLISH 

RE-ENVISIONING ADULT EDUCATION 

AND LEARNING IN CANADA FROM 

A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE 

Adult Education professor Dr. Leona English has focused much of her research on furthering an understanding of feminism and learning and 

education. Her primary research interest is in how women have shaped and been shaped by community experiences. In a SSHRC-funded archival 

research project on previously unknown women writers and editors of the Canadian Association for Adult Education in the 1950s, she is exploring 

how several of these women, including Ruth McKenzie, Jean Hunter Morrison, and Isabel Creighton Wilson, were integral to the Association’s ability 

to host regional study clubs across Canada and air corresponding National Radio Farm Forum and Citizens Forum programs weekly on CBC Radio. 

Their efforts contributed to strengthening regional and national capacity in adult education. This ongoing research study highlights the intellectual 

contributions of these women in the Association’s most critical decade, and the factors that contributed to their anonymity. 


L-R, DR. MOIRA GALWAY, LARYSSA HALAT, SARAH VAN DE REEP, AND KIERAN MURPHY. BACK ROW, DRS. CORY BISHOP AND DAVID GARBARY 

STFX BIOLOGY STUDENTS 

SWEEP TOP SPOTS AT SCIENCE 

ATLANTIC CONFERENCE 

Six StFX Biology students presented their research at the 2014 Science Atlantic’s Aquaculture & Fisheries and Biology Conference held in Moncton, 

NB. The StFX delegation brought home four prizes; and three students each won the top prize in their respective categories. Laryssa Halat, a 

biology honours student supervised by Drs. Moira Galway and David Garbary, won both 1 st prize, out of 25 oral presentations in the undergraduate 

oral presentation competition of the Biology Conference, as well as the Science Atlantic Science Communication Award, a “people’s choice” 

balloted competition. Her presentation was titled Skin shedding in a marine plant. Kieran Murphy, a MSc candidate supervised by Drs. Russell 

Wyeth and Cory Bishop, won the 1 st place prize for the best graduate student oral presentation at the Aquaculture and Fisheries Conference for 

the presentation, Keep it fresh and stay cool: Combatting Ciona intestinalis biofouling in aquaculture. Sarah Van de Reep, a biology honours student 

supervised by Dr. David Garbary, won the 1 st place prize for best undergraduate presentation in the Aquaculture and Fisheries Conference for 

her presentation, The “magic” of Ascophyllum nodosum extracts: An endosymbiotic hypothesis. Also presenting their research at the conference were 

Erika Kinach (biology honours; research conducted on exchange at the University of Bangor in Wales); Sara Gitto (biology honours; supervised 

by Dr. David Garbary); and Candace Nickerson (Aquatic Resources program; supervised by Dr. Jim Williams). 


FACULTY OF ARTS 

Anthropology 

DR. CLARE FAWCETT, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[conference paper] Antigonish Local Agricultural Practices Project (ALAPP – Vincent S, Fawcett C et al.). (2014, December). “Then we 

were local”? Tracing the history of food production in Antigonish County, 1945-1975. Paper presented at the American Anthropology 

Association Annual Meetings, Washington, DC. 

[media release] Seven StFX students will gain valuable research experience through McKenna Centre’s Irving Mentorship Awards. St. Francis 

Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 15 April 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/seven-stfx-students-will-gain-valuableresearch-experience-through-mckenna-centre%E2%80%99s 

[media release] Capacity crowd participates in educational forum on sexualized violence. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 2 

February 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/capacity-crowd-participates-educational-forum-sexualized-violence 

DR. CHRISTINA HOLMES, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR 

[book introduction] Eden M, da Costa Marques I & Holmes C. (2014). STS [Science and Technology Studies] in Latin America: Beyond 

imported magic. In E Medina, I da Costa Marques & C Holmes (Eds.), Beyond imported magic: Essays on science, technology, and society 

in Latin America (pp. 1-23). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 

[book chapter] Holmes C. (2014). Biotecnología e investigación pública: el caso de un Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical 

(CIAT) [Biotechnology and public research: The case of the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)]. In G Otero (Ed.), 

La dieta neoliberal: Globalización y biotecnología agrícola en América Latina [The neoliberal diet: Globalization and agricultural 

biotechnology in Latin America] (pp. 81-104). Mexico City, Mexico: MA Porrúa. 

[research grant] Holmes, C. Endeavor Research Fellowship, Australian Government, January-July, 2015 (AUS $24,500). Host institution: 

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. 

[media release] StFX faculty earn internationally competitive Endeavour Research Fellowships to conduct research work in Australia. 

St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 10 December 2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-faculty-earninternationally-competitive-endeavour-research-fellowships-conduct 

DR. L. JANE MCMILLAN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] McMillan LJ. (2015). Colonial impediments to Indigenous rights and food security in Atlantic Canada. Journal of 

International Law and International Relations, 11(2), 131-141. 

[journal article] McMillan LJ. (2014). Still seeking justice: The Marshall Inquiry narratives. University of British Columbia Law Review, 

47(3), 927-990. 

[report] McMillan LJ. (2014). An evaluation of the implementation and efficacy of the Marshall Inquiry recommendations in Nova Scotia. 

Truro, NS: Eastern Woodland. 


[report] McMillan LJ & Glode-Desrochers P. (2014). Urban Aboriginal wellbeing, wellness and justice: A Mi’kmaq friendship centre 

needs assessment study for creating a collaborative Indigenous mental resilience, addictions and justice strategy. Halifax, NS: Urban 

Aboriginal Knowledge Network (UAKN) Atlantic Regional Research Centre. Retrieved from http://uakn.org/wp-content/uploads/ 

2014/08/UAKN-Atlantic_Final-Report_-Urban-Aboriginal-Wellbeing-Wellness-and-Justice-McMillan-and-Glode-Desrochers.pdf 

[research chair] McMillan LJ. Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Communities. Social Sciences and 

Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2011-2016 ($500,000). 

[research grant] Paqtnkek Lukwaqn (work/labour) project. Workplace opportunities: Removing Barriers to Equity Program. Human 

Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2015 ($269,000). [Community partner.] 

[research grant] McMillan LJ. (principal investigator); Gilham C, Moseley J [replaced by MacDonald C], Reeves A, Wilcox AC (co-applicants); 

Desrochers G (principal knowledge user); & Lekas S (knowledge user). Reintegrating well-being, Indigenous knowledge in action and 

building alliances for healthy communities and boys and men. Letter of Intent, Team Grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 

2014-2015 ($9,315). 

[external examiner] Healey G. (2015). Inuit family perspective and stories about sexual health and relationships in Nunavut (Unpublished 

PhD dissertation). School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. 

[stakeholder] Donald Marshall Symposium, Membertou, NS, 2015. Major stakeholder event on the 25 th anniversary of the Marshall 

Report to mobilize McMillan’s report, An evaluation of the implementation and efficacy of the Marshall Inquiry recommendations in 

Nova Scotia (2014). 

[invited lecture] McMillan, LJ. (2015, February). Tongues, terms and eels. Paper presented in the Faculty of Arts Lecture series, 

St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[invited lecture] McMillan LJ. (2014, November). Moving forward together: Lessons from the Marshall Inquiry past, present and future. 

Key note address to the Annual General Assembly, Nova Scotia Legal Aid, Pictou, NS. 

[public lecture] McMillan LJ. (2015, May). Indigenous spirituality. Paper presented in the Continuing Education Program, People’s Place 

Library, Antigonish, NS. 

[presentation] McMillan LJ. (2015, May). Outcomes of the Marshall Inquiry review. Paper presented at the RCMP Aboriginal Perceptions 

Training Course, Debert, NS. 

[presentation] Pecha Kucka Night, Department of Anthropology, St. Francis Xavier University. Faculty research presentations (knowledge 

translation to University and community), 2014. 

[panelist] 20 th anniversary of the Indigenous, Black and Mi’kmaq law program, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University. Member of 

plenary panel, March 2015. 

[organizer and presenter] Contextualizing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Indigenous Women’s Symposium, St. Francis 

Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, December 2014. 

[documentary film screening] McMillan LJ. (Executive producer), Martha S (Director) & Prosper K (Director). (2013). Seeking 

Netukulimk [Motion picture]. Antigonish International Film Festival, 2014. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Canadian Journal of Law and Society. 


DR. SUSAN VINCENT, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Vincent S. (2014). Why beautify the plaza? Reproducing community in decentralized neoliberal Peru. Journal of 

Agrarian Change, 14(4), 522-540. 

[conference paper] Vincent S. (2015, May). Peasants, pensioners and the precariat in Peru: Intergenerational relations in a neoliberal 

resource extraction economy. Paper presented at the Canadian Anthropology Society / Société Canadienne d’Anthropologie conference, 

Quebec City, QC. 

[conference paper] Vincent S. (2015, May). Pensions, peasants and the informal economy: Family and livelihood in neoliberal Peru. Paper 

presented at the Latin American Studies Association conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

[conference paper] Antigonish Local Agricultural Practices Project (ALAPP – Vincent S, Fawcett C et al.). (2014, December). “Then we 

were local”? Tracing the history of food production in Antigonish County, 1945-1975. Paper presented at the American Anthropology 

Association Annual Meetings, Washington, DC. 

[organizer] Presentation series of the Hive for Feminist Research, 2015-2016. 

[editor] Consulting editor, Agua y Territorio, an electronic journal based in Jaén, Spain (http://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es). 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for the journal, focal. 





Art 

DR. SHARON GREGORY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[invited lecture] Gregory S. (2014, November 26). Art and architecture on the pilgrimage road. Paper presented in the Humanities 

Colloquium Capstone Lecture series, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[public lecture] Gregory S. (2015, July 8). Princes and power in Renaissance art. Paper presented at Classics for Classics, St. Francis Xavier 

University. 

[conference paper] Gregory S. (2015, March). “Come si vede nel nostro Libro de’ disegni” [“As can be seen in our Book of Drawings”]: On 

the possibility of a projected collaboration between Vasari and print engravers. Paper presented at the Renaissance Society of America 

Annual Conference, Berlin, Germany. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for the journal, Renaissance and Reformation, 2015. 


Celtic Studies 

DR. RANKE DE VRIES, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND BEN ALDER CHAIR IN CELTIC STUDIES 

[journal article] de Vries R. (2015). The Ulster Cycle in the Netherlands. Emania, 22, 5-11 

[conference paper] de Vries R. (2015, July). Narrative openers in early Irish literature. Paper presented at the 15 th International Congress 

of Celtic Studies, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. 

[public lecture] de Vries R. (2014, November 21). Different kinds of Irish music. Paper presented at Gaelic Day, Department of Celtic 

Studies, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[book launch] de Vries R. (2013). A student’s companion to Old Irish grammar. San Francisco, CA: Forgotten Scholar Press. St. Francis 

Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 25 November 2014. 

[radio interview] Celtic Studies with Dr. Ranke de Vries. Bitesize Irish Gaelic, Episode 49, 20 August 2015. Retrieved from 

http://www.bitesize.irish/blog/podcast049/ 

[radio interview] Canadian book on learning Old Irish Gaelic. Radio Canada International, 11 January 2015. 

[media release] StFX well represented at Celtic Studies Congress in Scotland. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 20 August 2015. 

Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-well-represented-celtic-studies-congress-scotland 

[media release] Celtic Studies celebrates the launch of three important works. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 27 November 

2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/celtic-studies-celebrates-launch-three-important-works 

DR. MICHAEL LINKLETTER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND SISTER SAINT VERONICA CHAIR IN 

CELTIC STUDIES 

[journal article] Linkletter M. (2014). “Unless I publish them, they are likely to perish”: The publishing activities of Alexander Maclean 

Sinclair, 1880-1904. Aiste: Rannsachadh air Litreachas Gàidhlig / Studies in Gaelic Literature, 4, 177-207. 

[supervisor] Ferguson M. (2015). Celtic sources and analogues for Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings (Unpublished BA honours thesis). Department 

of Celtic Studies, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Cameron C. (2015). Gaelic language renewal in Nova Scotia: Learners’ motives at StFX (unpublished advanced major senior 

paper). Department of Celtic Studies, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[research grant] Stanley-Blackwell L (principal investigator) & Linkletter M (co-applicant). Centring death: Scottish immigrant identity. 

Insight Development Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2015-2017 ($60,899). 

[presentation] Linkletter M. (2015, March). Mac-Talla: The Gaelic newspaper. Paper presented at the Second Dalhousie Gaelic Colloquium, 

hosted by the Centre for European Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. 

[conference paper] Linkletter M. (2015, July). Three men and a paper: Mac-Talla and the Ridge Satires. Paper presented at 15 th International 

Congress of Celtic Studies, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. 


[public lecture] Linkletter M. (2014, December). Niagara Falls, the sublime, and the travelogues of a minister from Gaelic Scotland in 

the 19 th Century. Paper presented in the Epistles Lecture Series, St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Antigonish, NS. 

[public lecture] Linkletter, M. (2014, November). Niagara Falls, the Maritimes, and the travels of a minister from Gaelic Scotland in 

the 19 th Century. Paper presented in the Benevolent Irish Society Heritage Lecture Series, Charlottetown, PE. 

[public lecture] Linkletter M. (2014, October). The writings of D. B. Blair in Mac-Talla. Paper presented in the Annual Joe Neil MacNeil 

Memorial Lecture Series, Nova Scotia Highland Village Museum, Iona, Cape Breton, NS. 

[book launch] Blair DB (2013). Fògradh, fàisneachd, filidheachd an t-urr: Donnchadh Blàrach (1815-1893) ann am Mac-talla / Parting, 

Prophecy, Poetry. JA MacPherson & M Linkletter (Eds. & Trans.). Sydney, NS: Cape Breton University Press. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 25 November 2014. 

[newspaper interview] (2014, October 17). Graham M. Stones that speak for the dead. The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved from 

http://thechronicleherald.ca/thenovascotian/1244242-stones-that-speak-for-the-dead 



[media release] StFX Celtic graduate joins faculty at Harvard University. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 29 June 2015. 

Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-celtic-graduate-joins-faculty-harvard-university 

[media release] Celtic Studies celebrates the launch of three important works. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 27 November 

2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/celtic-studies-celebrates-launch-three-important-works 

Economics 

DR. TENG WAH LEO, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[conference paper] Leo TW. (2015, May). Ranking alternative non-combinable prospects: A stochastic dominance based second best 

solution. Paper presented at the Canadian Economic Association Annual Meeting, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON. 

[invited lecture] Leo TW. (2015, January). Dealing with increasing dimensionality in wellbeing and poverty measurement: Some problems 

and solutions. Paper presented at Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB. 

[supervisor] Forsey W. (2015). Measuring for statistically significant systemic risk in North and Latin American financial institutions 

(Unpublished BBA honours thesis in finance). St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Wickson M. (2015). Food prices and health outcomes (Unpublished BBA joint honours thesis in Business and Economics). 


[media release] StFX students look forward to summer of research thanks to ACEnet Research Fellowships. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 20 April 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-students-look-forward-summer-research-thanksacenet-research-fellowships 


DR. ZEYNEP ÖZKÖK, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Özkök Z. (2015). Financial openness and financial development: An analysis using indices. International Review of 

Applied Economics, 29(5), 620-649. 

[conference paper] Özkök Z. (2015, July). Financing education in Europe: The globalization perspective. Paper presented at the Public 

Economic Theory 2015 Conference, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 

[supervisor] Randy J. (2015). The survival of the Euro during the financial crisis: A southern European analysis (Unpublished BBA honours 

thesis in Finance). St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[fellowship] Fellow, European Union Centre of Excellence, Halifax, NS. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for the International Review for Applied Economics. 

DR. GREG TKACZ, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[report] Galbraith JW & Tkacz G. (2015). Nowcasting GDP with electronic payments data. In Statistics Paper Series: No. 10. Frankfurt, 

Germany: European Central Bank. (19 pp.) Retrieved from https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpsps/ecbsp10.en.pdf 

[discussant] Canadian Economics Association conference, Toronto, May, 2015. 

[presentation] Tkacz G. (2014, October). Big data applications in macroeconomics. Paper presented in the Research Seminar Series, 

Department of Economics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Del Bel Belluz M. (2015). The past, present, and future of international reserve currencies: On the sustainability of the U.S. 

dollar (Unpublished BBA joint honours thesis in Business & Economics). St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. [Matthew Del Bel 

Belluz won a Gold Award at the StFX Student Research Day for his poster.] 

[supervisor] Ballve J. (2015). The rise and fall of the Spanish electricity sector: Do investment opportunities exist in renewable energy? 

(Unpublished BBA honours thesis in Business). St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] ) Gibbons C. (2015). On the profitability of microfinance institutions: Does legal status matter? (Unpublished BBA honours 

thesis in Business). St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for International Journal of Forecasting; & Econometrics. 

[TV interview] Skype interview for a CBC documentary on bank lending practices, 17 July 2015. 

[radio interview] Live radio interview on the Rick Howe Show, News 95.7 FM, Halifax, NS, on financial market volatility, 25 August 2015. 

[radio interview] Live radio interview on the Rick Howe Show, News 95.7 FM, Halifax, NS, on the impact of a lower exchange rate, 31 July 

2015. 

[radio interview] Radio interview on 98.9 XFM, Antigonish, NS, on the financial crisis in Greece, 16 July 2015. 

[radio interview] Radio interview on 98.9 XFM, Antigonish, NS, regarding the 2017 CEA conference at StFX, 5 June 2015. 


[radio interview] Live radio interview on the Rick Howe Show, News 95.7 FM, Halifax, NS, on the impact of a lower exchange rate, 30 

January 2015. 

[radio interview] Live radio interview on the Sheldon MacLeod Show, News 95.7 FM, Halifax, NS, on the impact of lower oil prices, 22 

January 2015. 

[radio interview] Radio interview on 98.9 XFM, Antigonish, NS, on the impact of lower interest rates, 22 January 2015. 

[radio interview] Radio interview on 101.5 FM The Hawk, Port Hawkesbury, NS, on the impact of lower interest rates, 22 January 2015. 

[radio interview] Live radio interview on the Rick Howe Show, News 95.7 FM, Halifax, NS, on the impact of lower oil prices, 22 January 


[radio interview] Radio interview on 98.9 XFM, Antigonish, NS, on the impact of lower oil prices, 7 January 2015. 

[newspaper interview] Conference to have big impact on local economy. The Casket [Antigonish, NS] 9 July 2015. 

[newspaper interview] Megaprojects: Huge plants may not mean huge paycheques. The Chronicle Herald [Halifax, NS], 6 June 2015. 

[newspaper interview] Lower oil prices. The Casket [Antigonish, NS], 14 January 2015. 

[media interview] Interview with Leah Schnurr of Reuters on economic models used at the Bank of Canada, 18 September 2014. 


Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 15 April 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/seven-stfx-students-will-gainvaluable-research-experience-through-mckenna-centre%E2%80%99s 

DR. PATRICK WITHEY, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[supervisor] Corbett L. (2015). The economic impact of Mountain Pine Beetle in British Columbia (Unpublished BA honours thesis in 

Economics with subsidiary in History). St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Goucher S. (2015). The economic cost of climate change in the Chignecto region (Unpublished BA honours thesis). Department 

of Economics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Lynch R. (2015). The impact of free trade on rhino populations in South Africa (Unpublished BA honours thesis). Department 

of Economics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[co-supervisor with Dr. Ryan Lukeman] Vasey G. (2015). A mathematical model of the Nova Scotia lobster industry (Unpublished BSc 

Honours thesis). Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[research grant] Withey P, Rosborough J & Lantz V. Economic and environmental impact of the 2014-2015 oil price shock in NL and AB, 

Canada. Collaborative Applied Research in Economics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, 2015 ($25,500). 

[research grant] Withey P. Estimating the market and non-market economic impacts of climate change induced sea-level rise in Canada. 


[contribution agreement] Fenech A (co-investigator), Withey P (co-investigator) & Rosborough J (co-investigator). Adaptation Platform 


Economics Working Group - Large economics study: Atlantic coastal infrastructure and property in the Atlantic Provinces. Natural Resources 

Canada, 2014-2015 ($473,160). 

[award] Outstanding Thesis Award, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, 2014. 

[board member] Member, Editorial Board, Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, 2014- . 

[media release] Recent StFX graduates receive top graduate awards, among the highest offered in their discipline. St. Francis Xavier 

University, Antigonish, NS, 5 May 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/recent-stfx-graduates-receive-top-graduate 

-awards-among-highest-offered-their-discipline 

[media release] StFX economics professors receive over $130,000 to study the economic impact of climate change on coastal areas. St. Francis 

Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 7 January 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-economics-professors-receiveover-130000-study-economic-impact-climate-change 

English 

DR. MICHAEL D’ARCY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[conference paper] D’Arcy M. (2015, May). “Going naked”: Reading Yeats after Beckett. Paper presented at the Spanish Association for 

Irish Studies International Conference, Granada, Spain. 

[conference paper] D’Arcy M. (2015, February). Autobiographical naïveté and the progress of modernism. Paper presented at the Inaugural 

Conference of the Samuel Beckett Society, Phoenix, AZ. 

[conference paper] D’Arcy M. (2014, November). Enumerating literary history: Modernist narrative at midcentury. Paper presented at the 

Modernist Studies Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. 

[fellowship] Research Fellowship in the Humanities, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX, January-March, 2015 (US 

$3,000). 

DR. KATHERINE EDWARDS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] Edwards K. (2014). Privileged access: Constructed memories and the autobiographical impulse. In CC Russell (Ed.), The 

paradox of authenticity in a globalized world (pp. 205-218). London, UK: Palgrave MacMillan. 

[conference paper] Edwards K. (2015, June). Women in coaching: A generational and situational comparison. Paper presented at the 

Conversation on Woman and Sport Conference, Quebec City, QC. 

[conference paper] Edwards K. (2015, January). The Lochaber Project: A multifaceted approach to community economic development. 

Paper presented at the Rowing Canada Aviron Conference, Vancouver, BC. 


DR. JOSEPH KHOURY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[supervisor] Burton, R. (2015). Gender and marriage in Shakespeare’s Macbeth (Unpublished BA honours thesis). Department of English, 


[adjudicator] One of three jurors on the Governor-General’s Literary Prize (English Non-Fiction) Committee, Canada Council for the 

Arts. Read 198 books between mid-April and the end of August, 2015. 

[board member] Member, Executive Board, Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies / Société canadienne d’études de la Renaissance. 

DR. MAUREEN MOYNAGH, PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Moynagh M. (2014). Political futurity and the child soldier figure: A romance of globalization. Interventions: International 

Journal of Postcolonial Studies 16(5), 655-674. 

[book chapter] Moynagh M. (2015). Afropolitan travels: “Discovering home” and the world in Africa. In P Smethurst & J Kuehn (Eds.), 

New critical approaches to travel writing (pp. 281-296). New York, NY: Palgrave. 

[consultant] Review consultant for the journal, ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies; Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures; & 

Research in African Literatures. 

DR. MATHIAS NILGES, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[edited book] Larsen N, Nilges M, Robinson J & Brown N (Eds.). (2014). Marxism and the critique of value. Chicago, IL / Edmonton, AB: 

MCM Publishers. [Including a co-authored introduction, “Wertkritik,” ix-li.] 

[journal article] Nilges M. (2015). Neoliberalism and the time of the novel. Textual Practice 29(2), 357-377. 

[journal article] Nilges M. (2014). The presence of postmodernism in contemporary American literature. American Literary History, 

27(1), 186-197. 

[journal article] Nilges M. (2014). Concerning the ongoing world economic crisis: Questions and answers. [Translation of “Fragen und 

Antworten zur aktuellen Weltwirtschaftskrise” by Robert Kurz (German to English).] Mediations 27(1-2), 331-356. 

[journal article] Nilges M. (2014). The ontological break: Prelude to another world history. [Translation of “Der Ontologische Bruch” by 

Robert Kurz (German to English).] Mediations 27(1-2), 357-373. 

[journal article & book chapter] Nilges M. (2014). Patriarchy and commodity society: Gender without the body. [Translation of “Das 

Warenproduzierende Patriarchat,” by Roswitha Scholz (German to English).] Mediations 27(1-2), 123-142. Reprinted in Pendakis A, 

Diamanti J, Brown N, Robinson J & Szeman I (Eds.). (2014). Contemporary Marxist theory: A reader. New York, NY / London, UK: 

Bloomsbury. 


DR. JASON POTTS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[edited book] Potts J & Stout D (Eds.). (2014). Theory aside. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 

[editor’s note] Potts J. (2015). The proxemics of reading. Mediations, 28(2), 1-3. 

[conference paper] Potts J. (2014, November). Narrative middles. Paper presented at the Modernist Studies Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. 

DR. EARLA WILPUTTE, PROFESSOR 

[book] Wilputte E. (2014). Passion and language in eighteenth-century literature: The aesthetic sublime in the work of Eliza Haywood, 

Aaron Hill, and Martha Fowke. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. 

[book launch] Wilputte E. (2014). Passion and language in eighteenth-century literature: The aesthetic sublime in the work of Eliza 

Haywood, Aaron Hill, and Martha Fowke. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. St. Francis Xavier University, 24 October 2014. 

History 

DR. SAMUEL KALMAN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[edited book] (2015). Kalman S & Kennedy S (Eds.). The French right between the wars: Political movements and intellectual trends from 

conservatism to fascism. New York, NY / Oxford, UK: Berghahn Books. 

[book chapter] Kalman S (2015). Avec une brutalité toute particulière: Fascist sympathies, racial violence, and the municipal police and 

gendarmerie in Oran, 1936-37. In S Kalman & S Kennedy (Eds.), The French right between the wars: Political movements and intellectual 

trends from conservatism to fascism (pp. 48-64). New York, NY / Oxford, UK: Berghahn Books. 

[supervisor] Baird J. (2015). The economics of French imperialism: Algeria, Indochina, and West Africa (Unpublished BA honours thesis) 

Department of History, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] MacLeod R. (2015). Selling conflict: Propaganda and the Spanish Civil War (Unpublished BA honours thesis). Department of 

History, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[research grant] Kalman, S. Law, order, and empire: Policing and criminal justice in French Algeria, 1870-1962. Insight Grant, Social 

Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2015-2019 ($49,584). 

[conference paper] Kalman, S. (2015, June). The criminalization of anti-colonial resistance: Arab/Berber violence and police/government 

responses in interwar Constantine. Paper presented at the Violence, Colonialism, and Empire in the Modern and Contemporary World 

conference, British Academy, London, UK. 

[board member] Member, Editorial Board, Historical Reflections / Réflexions historiques. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for the journal, Historical Reflections / Réflexions historiques. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Berghahn Books. 


DR. LAURIE STANLEY-BLACKWELL, PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] Stanley-Blackwell L. (2015). A story of Old Pictou, 1923. In G Davies (Ed.), Fiction treasures by Maritime writers: 

Best-selling novelists of Canada’s Maritime provinces, 1860-1950 (pp. 271-294). Halifax, NS: Formac Publishing Co. 

[book review] Stanley-Blackwell L. (2015). [Review of the book Celtic threads: A journey in Cape Breton crafts, by E MacLeod & DW 

MacInnes]. Journal of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society, 18, 114-117. 

[research grant] Stanley-Blackwell L (principal investigator) & Linkletter, M (co-applicant). Centring death: Scottish immigrant identity. 


[research grant] Stanley-Blackwell L. The rotary quern and Nova Scotia’s Scots. The Strathmartine Trust, St. Andrews, UK, 2015 (£250). 

[organizer] Lead organizer of symposium, Stones, bones and smart phones: Investigating Nova Scotia’s cemeteries, Antigonish, NS, 5-7 June 


[co-organizer with Antigonish Culture Alive] Beneath the stones [art exhibit], People’s Place Library, Antigonish, NS, 5 June 2015. 

[conference paper] Stanley-Blackwell L. (2015, July). Grist for the historian: The quern and Nova Scotia’s Scots. Paper presented at the 15 th 

International Congress of Celtic Studies, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. 

[public lecture] Stanley-Blackwell L. “She hath done what she could”: Scottish immigrant women and death in 19 th -century Antigonish and 

Pictou Counties. Paper presented to the Nova Scotia Genealogical Society, Dartmouth, NS, 25 April 2015. 

[invited lecture] Stanley-Blackwell L. (2015, May 15). Telling tales: The Rev. Francis Baird and Pictou. Paper presented at the Pictou 

Academy, Pictou, NS. 

[referee] Wilson A. (2015). Highland shepherd: James MacGregor, father of the Scottish Enlightenment in Nova Scotia. Toronto: ON: 

University of Toronto Press. [Manuscript review report quoted on cover of book.] 

[referee] Member of the Canadian Historical Association’s Clio Prize Committee (for best book on Atlantic Canadian History) in 2014- 


[newspaper interview] Staseson H. (2015, February 15). Creator of Canada’s maple leaf flag was proud of his Calgary roots. Calgary 

Herald [Calgary, AB]. Retrieved from http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/creator-of-canadas-maple-leaf-flag-was-proud-of-hiscalgary-roots 

[newspaper interview] Hunter P. (2015, February 14). Canada’s maple leaf flag born amid bitter debate. Toronto Star [Toronto, ON]. 

Retrieved from https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2015/02/14/canadas-maple-leaf-flag-born-amid-bitter-debate.html 

[newspaper interview] MacKenzie A. (2015, February 13). Canadian flag has X connection. The Xaverian [Antigonish, NS]. Retrieved 

from https://issuu.com/thexav/docs/volume_123_issue10 

[newspaper interview] Graham M. (2014, October 17). Stones that speak for the dead. The Chronicle Herald [Halifax, NS]. Retrieved from 

http://thechronicleherald.ca/thenovascotian/1244242-stones-that-speak-for-the-dead 




[media release] Stones, bones and smartphones: Cemetery research, art exhibit and lecture highlight successful Broch Research Collective 

conference. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 15 June 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stones-bonesand-smartphones-cemetery-research-art-exhibit-and-lecture-highlight 

[media release] Beneath the stones: StFX’s Broch Research Collective hosting art exhibition, lecture focused on culture and cemeteries. St. 

Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 22 May 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/beneath-stones-stfxs-brochresearch-collective-hosting-art-exhibition-lecture-focused 

DR. DONNA TREMBINSKI, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[pedagogical resource] Clark G & Trembinski D. (2015). Test bank for Western Civilizations, brief edition. J Cole, C Symes et al. (Eds.). 

New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Co. 

[pedagogical resource] Clark G & Trembinski D. (2015). Student study quizzes for Western Civilizations. J Cole, C Symes et al. (Eds.). 

New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Co. 

[conference paper] Trembinski D. (2015, July). Where have all the doctors gone?: Illness and care in the lives of St. Francis from Thomas 

of Celano to Bonaventure. Paper presented at the The World of St. Francis of Assisi [conference], Siena, Italy. 

[conference paper] Trembinski D. (2015, May-June). Trauma as a tool for historical analysis. Paper presented at the Conference of the 

Canadian Society of Medievalists, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference paper] Trembinski D. (2014, October). “Okay, Okay, we’ll go to the doctor”: On seeing doctors and perfect obedience in the 

thought of Francis of Assisi. Paper presented at the Atlantic Medieval Association [conference], Charlottetown, PE. 

[board member] Member, Advisory Board, Canadian Society of Medievalists. 

[media release] Students launch open access digital undergraduate history journal. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 27 April 

2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/students-launch-open-access-digital-undergraduate-history-journal 

Modern Languages (French, German, Spanish) 

DR. EDWARD LANGILLE, PROFESSOR 

[book] Monbron F (2015). Margot la ravaudeuse. E Langille (trans. and annot.). Cambridge, UK: Modern Humanities Research Association. 

[book chapter] Langille E. (2014). La Place, Monbron et la genèse de Candide. In N Cronk et N Ferrand (Eds.), Les 250 ans de Candide: 

lectures et relectures (pp. 337-346). In République des lettres: Vol. 55. Louvain, Belgium: Peeters. 

[journal article] Langille, E. (2015). Fame and fancy; or, Voltaire improved par Lord Hail-Fair. Cahiers Voltaire, 14, 260-266. 

[journal article] Langille E. (2014/2015). M. Lillian Burke (1880-1952): Three lost Chéticamp carpets. Material Culture Review / Revue de 

la Culture Matérielle, 80-81, 1-16. 

[magazine article] Langille E (2014). Lillian Burke and the story of the Chéticamp hooked rug. Rug-Hooking Magazine, Autumn, 35-39. 


[public lecture]. Langille E. (2014, September 25). La vie et la carrière de Lillian Burke. Paper presented to the Société St-Pierre, 

Chéticamp, NS. 

[media release] Chance discovery leads StFX professor to fascinating research on Lillian Burke and the Cheticamp hooked rug industry. St. 

Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 16 October 2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/chance-discovery-leadsstfx-professor-fascinating-research-lillian-burke-and-cheticamp 

MARIA SOLEDAD PAZ-MACKAY, LECTURER 

[book chapter] Paz-Mackay MS (2015). Escenarios provincianos en el cine argentino: Nuevas miradas hacia el interior en Nordeste 

(2005) de Juan Solanas y Días de pesca (2012) de Carlos Sorín [Provincial landscapes in Argentine cinema: A new gaze to the interior in 

Nordeste (2005) by Juan Solanas and Dias de pesca (2012) by Carlos Sorin]. In G Lillo (Ed), Sujetos, espacios y temporalidades del cine 

argentino actual: A veinte años del Nuevo Cine Argentino [Subjects, spaces and temporality in Argentine cinema: 20 years since the New 

Argentine Cinema Movement] (pp. 77-88). Ottawa, ON: Legas. 

[conference paper] Paz-Mackay MS. (2015, August). ¿Lazos familiares?: Exilio, insilio e identidad en Lengua madre y Los manchados de 

María Teresa Andruetto [Family ties? Exile, insile and identity in Lengua madre and Los manchados by María Teresa Andruetto ]. Paper 

presented at the Conference of Latin American Studies Association, Section Southern Zone, Santiago de Chile, Chile. 

[conference paper] Paz-Mackay MS. (2014, May). De madres e hijas: La voz femenina en la construcción de la memoria de la última 

dictadura militar argentina en tres ejemplos [Of mothers and daughters: The feminine voice in the construction of the memory of the last 

dictatorship in Argentina through three examples]. Paper presented at the Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences, Conference of the 

Canadian Association of Hispanists, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON. 

[conference paper] Paz-Mackay MS (2015, April-May). El legado del desorden familiar: Identidad y fotografía en Papá Iván, Encontrando 

a Víctor y M [The legacy of the “incomplete” family: Identity and photography in Papá Iván, Encontrando a Víctor and M]. Paper presented 

at Annual Convention Northeast Modern Language Association, Toronto, ON. [Note: Attended the conference and participated in all the 

sessions; however, unable to read this paper due to a concussion from a fall.] 

[media release] Research work takes StFX Spanish professor to Argentina. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 4 March 2015. 

Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/research-work-takes-stfx-spanish-professor-argentina 

[media release] Symposium brings Maritime scholars to StFX. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 20 October 2014. Retrieved 

from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/symposium-brings-maritime-scholars-stfx 

[media release] Student research, keynote speaker, among highlights of upcoming Symposium of Hispanists of Atlantic Provinces at StFX. St. 

Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 14 October 2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/student-research-keynotespeaker-among-highlights-upcoming-symposium-hispanists-atlantic 

DR. WOJCIECH TOKARZ, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[book review] Tokarz W. (2015). [Review of the book La novela histórica: (re)definición, caracterización, tipología [The historical novel: 

(Re)definition, characteristics, types], by R Lefere. Madrid: Visor Libros]. Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos, 39(2), 528-531. 

[translation] Jackson R. (2015). Od tłumaczenia do naśladowania [From translation to imitation]. (W Tokarz, Trans). Przekłady Literatur 

Słowiańskich, 6(1), 20-27. 


[conference paper] Tokarz W. (2015, April-May). Dark desires: The Indigenous people in Brizuela and Saccomanno. Paper presented at 

the Northeast Modern Language Association 2014 Annual Convention, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON. 

[conference paper] Tokarz W. (2015, April). Pampa erótica: la redefinición del desierto en El placer de la cautiva de Leopoldo Brizuela 

[The erotic pampa: Reformulations of the desert in El placer de la cautiva by Leopoldo Brizuela]. Paper presented at the XV Congreso del 

Instituto Internacional de Sociocrítica Literatura, comunidad, memoria: Transición de discursos/discursos de la transición, Uniwersytet 

Warszawski, Warszawa, Poland. 

[conference paper] Tokarz W. (2014, October). Representación y auto-representación: Reflexiones dislocadas de Timoteo Francia y 

Florencia Tola [Representation and self-representation: Reflexiones dislocadas by Timoteo Francia and Florencia Tola]. Paper presented at 

the V Congreso Internacional de Lenguas y Literaturas Indoamericanas y XVI Jornadas deLengua y Literatura Mapuche, Universidad de 

la Frontera, Temuco, Chile. 

[co-organizer and panel chair] Simposio de la Asociación de los Hispanistas de las Provincias del Atlántico, St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, October 2014. 

[organizer and participant] Research Writing Day (Fridays), March-April 2015. 

[organizer and participant] 3rd Annual StFX Writing Retreat, 23-27 February 2015. 

[media release] StFX Spanish students share language and culture with local children. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 26 

March 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-spanish-students-share-language-and-culture-local-children 

[media release] Annual StFX Writing Retreat provides professional development, collegial space for scholarship. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 27 February 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/annual-stfx-writing-retreat-provides-professionaldevelopment-collegial-space-scholarship 

[media release] Symposium brings Maritime scholars to StFX. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 20 October 2014. Retrieved 

from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/symposium-brings-maritime-scholars-stfx 

[media release] Student research, keynote speaker, among highlights of upcoming Symposium of Hispanists of Atlantic Provinces at StFX. St. 

Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 14 October 2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/student-researchkeynote-speaker-among-highlights-upcoming-symposium-hispanists-atlantic 

Philosophy 

DR. STEVE BALDNER, PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Balder S. (2014). Albertus Magnus on creation: Why philosophy is inadequate. The American Catholic Philosophical 

Quarterly, 88, 63-79. 

[journal article] Balder S. (2014). Albertus Magnus: Matter, motion, and the heavens. The Thomist 78(3), 327-350. 

[media release] Philosophers’ supper carries on Xaverian tradition. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 24 September 2014. 

Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/philosophers%E2%80%99-supper-carries-xaverian-tradition 


DR. CHRISTOPHER BYRNE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[conference paper] Byrne C. (2014, October). Socratic irony. Paper presented at the Atlantic Region Philosophical Association, St. John’s, 

NL. 

[invited lecture] Byrne C. (2015, February 13). Aristotle, the law of inertia, and Newton’s physics. Paper presented at the Physics Department 

Colloquium, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. [The first time a philosopher had ever given a Physics Department colloquium 

talk at StFX.] 

[invited lecture] Byrne C. (2014, October 16). Socrates: Sceptic, mountebank, or martyr? Paper presented in the Humanities Colloquium 

Capstone Lecture series, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[commentary] Presented a formal commentary on C Thorpe’s paper concerning Aristotle’s views on natural law. Annual meeting of the 

Canadian Philosophical Association, Ottawa, ON, May 2015. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for the journal, Synthese. 

DR. JAMES MENSCH, SENIOR RESEARCH PROFESSOR 

[book] Mensch J. (2015). Levinas’ existential analytic: A commentary on totality and infinity. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 


[book chapter] Mensch J. (2015). The hermeneutics of the incarnation. In A Wiercinski (Ed.), Hermeneutics-ethics-education-media 

(pp. 39-48). Vienna, Austria: LIT Verlag. 

[book chapter] Mensch J. (2015). The hermeneutics of fundamentalism. In A Wiercinski (Ed.), Hermeneutics-ethics-education-media 

(pp. 241-246). Vienna, Austria: LIT Verlag. 

[book chapter] Mensch J. (2015). Europa und Leiblichkeit: “Eine Levinas’sche Perspektiv” [Europe and embodiment: A Levinasian 

perspective]. In T Bedorf & T Klass (Eds), Leiblichkeit und Politik [Embodiment and politics] (pp. 177-191). Weilerswist, Germany: 

Velbrück Wissenschaft, Reihe Kulturen der Leiblichkeit. 

[book chapter] Mensch J. (2015). Self-touch and the perception of the other. In A Cimino & P Kontos (Eds.), Metaphysics of sight and 

phenomenology (pp. 224-237). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. 

[book chapter] Mensch J. (2015). Formalization and responsibility. In L Učník, I Chvatík & A Williams (Eds.), The phenomenological 

critique of mathematisation and the question of responsibility: Formalisation and the life-world (pp. 187-196). In Contributions to Phenomenology: 

Vol. 76. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Verlag. 

[book chapter] Mensch J. (2014). A brief account of Husserl’s conception of our consciousness of time. In V Arstila & D Lloyd (Eds.), 

Subjective time: The philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience of temporality (pp. 43-59). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 

[book chapter] Husserl E. (2014). The structure of lived time. (J Mensch, Trans.) In V Arstila & D Lloyd (Eds.), Subjective time: 

The philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience of temporality (pp. 61-73). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press 

[journal article] Mensch J. (2015). Desire and selfhood. The European Legacy, 20(7), 689–698. 


[journal article] Mensch J. (2014). Erós a spravedlnost [Eros and justice]. In J Bierhanzl & K Novotný (Eds.), Za hranicemi tváře Levinas a 

socialitata [Beyond the face: Levinas and sociality]. Filosofický časopis, 2, 21-40. 

[journal article] Mensch J. (2014). The erotic origin of society. Levinas Studies, 9, 97-121. 

[journal article] Mensch J. (2014). Temporality and the alterity of space. Idealistic Studies, 43(3), 121-131. 

DR. WILLIAM SWEET, PROFESSOR 

[edited book] Sweet W & Huang C (Eds.). (2015). 当代哲学咨询 : 基督教哲学和人性理论 [Christianity, humanity and the meaning 

of life]; thematic issue of 哲學與文化月刊 [Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture], No. 493. Taipei: Fu Jen University. / 

English version: Sweet W & Huang C (Eds.). (2015). Care of self and meaning of life: Asian and Christian reflections. Washington, DC: 

Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. 

[edited book] Sweet W (Ed.). (2014). What is intercultural philosophy? In Cultural heritage and contemporary change. Series I, Culture and 

values: Vol. 44. Washington, DC: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. 

[book chapter] Sweet W. (2015). 在基督性與人文性共融下哲學的生命意義 [Christian philosophy and the meaning of life]. In W 

Sweet & C Huang (Eds.), 当代哲学咨询 : 基督教哲学和人性理论 [Christianity, humanity and the meaning of life]; thematic issue of 

哲學與文化月刊 [Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture], No. 493 (pp. 19-36). Taipei: Fu Jen University. / English 

version: Sweet W. (2015). Christian philosophy and the meaning of life. In W Sweet & C Huang (Eds.), Care of self and meaning of life: 

Asian and Christian reflections (pp. 15-36). Washington, DC: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. 

[book chapter] Sweet W. (2015). Cultural difference and philosophical dialogue. In D Adat (Ed.), Sanskrit poetics in the postmodern 

scenario [Festschrift presented to Dr CM Neelakandhan] (pp. 27-31). Delhi, India: New Bharatiya Book Corp. 

[book chapter] Sweet W. (2014). British idealist philosophy of religion. In W.J. Mander (Ed.), Oxford handbook of British philosophy in the 

nineteenth century (pp. 560-584). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 

[introduction] Sweet W. (2015). Philosophy, religion, and care of self. In W Sweet & C Huang (Eds.), Care of self and meaning of life: Asian 

and Christian perspectives (pp. 1-13). Washington, DC: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. 

[journal article & book chapter] Sweet W. (2014). La philosophie de l’art chez Jacques Maritain. 哲學與文化月刊 [Universitas: Monthly 

Review of Philosophy and Culture], 479, 95-102. / Italian version : Sweet W. (2014). La filosofia dell’arte di Jacques Maritain [Jacques 

Maritain’s philosophy of art]. In C De Carli & G Botta (Eds.), Per qualle bellezza: l’estetica di Jacques Maritain e le arti della contemporaneità 

[About beauty: The aesthetics of Jacques Maritain and contemporary art] (pp. 17-22). Rome, Italy: Edizioni Studium. 

[journal article & book chapter] Sweet W. (2013). What is beauty? Études maritainiennes / Maritain Studies, 29, 15-25. Reprinted, with 

minor revisions, in: Sweet W. (2014). What is beauty? In T Duma, A Maryniarczyk & P Sulenta (Eds.), Sztuka i realism - Art and Reality 

- Ars et Res: Księga pamiątkowa z okazji Jubileuszu urodzin i pracy naukowej na KUL Profesora Henryka Kieresia [A Festschrift for Catholic 

University of Lublin Professor Henry Kieresia] (pp. 253-263). Lublin, Poland: Polskie Towarzystwo Tomasza z Akwinu i Wydział Filozofii 

KUL. 

[journal article] Sweet W & Trott E. (2015). Leslie Armour: Metaphysician, philosopher of community, idealist. Collingwood and British 

Idealism Studies, 21, 1-23. 

[journal article] Sweet W. (2015). Anti-politics, Maritain, and change of culture. Notes et documents: pour une recherche personnaliste, ns 

No. 32/33, 36-46. 


[journal article] Sweet W. (2015). Transhumanism and the metaphysics of the human person. Science et esprit, 67(3), 359-372. / Revised 

Chinese version: Sweet W. (2015). 转化人类主义与人格的形而上学 [Transhumanism and the metaphysics of the human person]. 

哲学分析 [Philosophical Analysis, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences], 6(4), 99-108. 

[journal article] Sweet W. (2014). The return to realism. Notes et documents: pour une recherche personnaliste, ns No. 30, 29-34. 

[encyclopedia entry] Sweet W. (2014). John Grote. In MT Gibbons (Ed.), Encyclopedia of political thought (pp. 1543-1545). Oxford, UK: 

Wiley-Blackwell. 

[encyclopedia entry] Sweet W. (2014). Bernard Bosanquet. In M Kelley (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of aesthetics (2nd ed.; pp. 420-421). 

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 

[keynote address] Sweet W. (2015, July). Catholic philosophies of education: Problems, principles, and prospects. Paper presented at the 

Conference on Civil Society and Human Formation: Philosophy’s Role in a Renewed Understanding of the Meaning of Education, 

Melbourne, Australia. 

[conference paper] Sweet W. (2015, July). Individualist and communitarian principles of justice. Paper presented at the conference on 

Justice and Responsibility in Multiple Cultures, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. 

[conference paper] Sweet W. (2015, July). The project of intercultural philosophy and intercultural communication. Paper presented at the 

conference on The Methods of Mateo Ricci and Communication between Western and Chinese Cultures, Department of Religion, School 

of Philosophy, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. 

[invited plenary address] Sweet W. (2015, February 27). Anti-politics, Maritain, and change of culture. Paper presented at the American 

Maritain Association, San Francisco, CA. 

[invited paper] Sweet W. (2014, December). Personhood and property: Eastern and Western perspectives. Paper presented at the international 

conference on Philosophy and Life World, Shanghai Academy of the Social Sciences, Shanghai, China. 

[inaugural address] Sweet W. (2014, December 13). Transhumanism and the metaphysics of the human person. Paper presented at the 

international conference on Metaphysics: Past, Present, and Future, International Society for Metaphysics (ISM) / Shanghai Academy of 

the Social Sciences (SASS) / East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai, China. 

[invited speaker] Sweet W. (2014, December 8). British idealism and its place in recent Anglo-American philosophy. Paper presented at the 

Graduate Institute of Philosophy, National Central University, Zhongli City, Taoyuan County, Taiwan. 

[invited speaker] Sweet W. (2014, December 8). Problems of embodiment and the body. Paper presented at the Department of Philosophy, 

National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. 

[conference paper] Sweet W. (2014, October 27). Maritain, Aquinas, and the role of history in moral philosophy. Paper presented at the 

Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, Dominican University College, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference paper] Sweet W. (2014, May 26). Transhumanism and persons. Paper presented at the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, 

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON. 

[conference paper] Sweet W. (2014, March 27). The human, transhumanism, and embodiment. Paper presented at the conference on 

Learning to be Human, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Peking University, 

China. 


[presidential address] Sweet W. (2014, February 25). Swami Vivekananda and the relevance of Indian spirituality in the 21 st Century. 

Paper presented at the national seminar on Indian Spirituality and Its Relevance in 21 st Century, University of Madras, Chennai, India. 

[distinguished speaker] Sweet W. (2014, February 28). Dharma/Dhamma traditions and their significance for universal human rights. 

Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Dharma-Dhamma, Centre for Study of Religion and Society (CSRS) of India 

Foundation / Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies, Sanchi / Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. 

[invited talk] Sweet W. (2014, July). Jacques Maritain, human rights, and human nature. Paper presented at the Classics for Classics series, 


[invited lecture] Sweet W. (2014, April 4). Liberal or conservative? Jacques Maritain and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Paper 

presented in the Humanities Colloquium Capstone Lecture series, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[invited lecture] Sweet W. (2014, March 30). Diversity in philosophies and the prospect of an intercultural philosophy. Paper presented at 

the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Peking University, China. 

[invited lecture] Sweet W. (2014, February 24). Body, embodiment, and the person (2 lectures) [LD Swamikannu Pillai Endowment lectures]. 

Paper presented at the national seminar on Indian Spirituality and Its Relevance in 21 st Century, University of Madras, Chennai, India. 

[invited speaker] Sweet W. (2014, February 26). Religious tolerance in the global context. Paper presented at the Anna Centre for Public 

Affairs, University of Madras, Chennai, India. 

[invited speaker] Sweet W. (2014, February 26). Feminism: A philosophical perspective. Paper presented at the Department of Women’s 

Studies, University of Madras, Chennai, India. 

[public lecture] Sweet W. (2015, November). What Christianity adds to science. Paper presented at the Atlantic Regional Conference of 

the Canadian Catholic Students’ Association, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[public lecture] Sweet W. (2015, October 22). Whose death is it anyway?: Law, ethics, and the end of life. Paper presented at the Theology 

on Tap lecture series, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[public lecture] Sweet W. (2015, September 30). The Supreme Court and the end of life: The issues for Christians today. Round Table 

participant, St. Ninian’s Cathedral, Antigonish, NS. 

[public lecture] Sweet W. (2015, January 13). Transhumanism and the theology of the body. Paper presented in the Epistles Lecture Series, 

St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Antigonish, NS. 

[award] Visiting (Overseas) Professor, Indian Council for Philosophical Research, 2015-2016. 

[honour] Named Presidente d’onore, Istituto Internazionale Jacques Maritain (Rome), 2014. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Broadview Press; McGill-Queen’s University Press; & Catholic University of America Press. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Studies in Religion / Sciences religieuses; Toronto Journal of Theology; Science et Esprit; Journal of the 

Philosophy of History; Political Studies; & Laval théologique et philosophique. 

[referee] Reviewed research proposal for Insight Grants competition, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2015. 

[adjudicator] Member, Selection Committee, Partnership Grants, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2014. 


[commissioner] Chair, Provincially-appointed [Post-Secondary Education Quality Assessment Board] Review Panel to review proposed 

BA (Christian Humanities) program, Province of Ontario, September 2015. 

[ethics chair] Chair, Ethics Committee, District 7 Health Authority [Nova Scotia], Guysborough Antigonish Strait District, 2010-2015. 

[organizer] Member of the Comitato Scientifico, VI World Congress of Metaphysics, Salamanca, Spain, 12-14 November 2015 

(http://www.romemetaphysics.org/). 

[organizer] Principal Organizer, International conference on Realism and Antirealism in Ethics and Religion, Ottawa, ON, 30-31 May 


[media release] StFX philosophy professor publishes new books, invited to present lectures at international conferences. St. Francis Xavier 

University, Antigonish, NS, 24 June 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-philosophy-professor-publishesnew-books-invited-present-lectures-international 

[media release] Research activity takes StFX philosophy professor to China and Taiwan. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 18 

February 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/research-activity-takes-stfx-philosophy-professor-china-and-taiwan 

Political Science 

DR. DOUGLAS BROWN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] Brown D. (2015). The politics of regions and resources in Australia. In L Berdahl, A Juneau and CH Tuohy (Eds.), Canada: 

The state of the federation, 2012: Regions, resources and resiliency (pp. 165-185). Montreal, QC / Kingston, ON: McGill-Queen’s University 

Press / Institute of Intergovernmental Relations. 

[presentation] Brown D. (2015, February). Climate change and the virtues of competitive federalism. Paper presented at the Climate 

Change Symposium, Centre for Public Policy and Governance, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for McGill-Queen’s University Press. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Newfoundland and Labrador Studies; & Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 

DR. YOUNGWON CHO, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Cho Y. (2014). Making the poor pay for the rich: Capital account liberalization and reserve accumulation in the developing 

world. Globalizations 11(6), 809-25. 

[supervisor] Steele H. (2015). Soldiers of fortune: The rise of private military companies and its implications (Unpublished BA honours 

thesis). Department of Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Smith C. (2015). NATO: Relevancy and power in the Twenty-First Century (Unpublished BA honours thesis). Department of 

Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[conference paper]. Cho Y. (2015, August). Korea’s Sovereign Wealth Fund as a coping device in the age of global finance. Paper presented 

at the World Congress for Korean Politics and Society, Gyeongju, South Korea. 


[conference paper]. Cho Y. (2015, February). The social construction of the reserve currency: Explaining the stickiness of US monetary 

hegemony. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA. 

[conference paper]. Cho Y. (2015, January 10). Financial globalization, emerging markets, and the stickiness of US monetary hegemony. 

Paper presented at the International Studies Association Global South Caucus Conference, Singapore. 

[award] Recipient of the 2015 SAGE Prize for International Scholarship, awarded to the author of the best article on international affairs 

in the 2014 volume of International Journal. [The award was given for: Cho Y. (2014). Method to the madness of Chairman Kim: The 

instrumental rationality of North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. International Journal, 69(1), 5–25.] 

[media release] StFX political science professor wins SAGE Prize for best article on international affairs. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 10 March 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-political-science-professor-wins-sage-prize-bestarticle-international-affairs 

[media release] StFX students impress, win two individual awards at Harvard Model United Nations. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 17 February 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-students-impress-win-two-individual-awardsharvard-model-united-nations 

DR. PETER CLANCY, PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] Clancy P. (2015). Nova Scotia: Fiscal crisis and party system transition. In B Evans and C Smith (Eds.), Transforming 

provincial politics: The political economy of Canada’s provinces and territories in the neoliberal era (pp. 77-109). Toronto, ON: University of 

Toronto Press. 

[supervisor] Graham B. (2015). Challenges to Canadian dairy farmers in an age of free trade harmonization (Unpublished BA honours 

thesis). Department of Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Haynes G. (2015). The Twin imperatives of stability and competition in Canadian banking policy (Unpublished BBA honours 

thesis, Department of Business Administration). St. Francis Xavier University. Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Grant L. (2015). The impact of striped bass on Atlantic salmon in Atlantic Canada: Some policy implications (Unpublished 

Senior research project, Aquatic Resources). St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Vician L. (2015). An analysis of community based water quality monitoring programs in the Northwest Territories 

(Unpublished Senior research project, Aquatic Resources Program). St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[external examiner] Dueck N. (2014). The ethical oil hypothesis: A critique (Unpublished MA thesis). Department of Political Science, 

Acadia University, Wolfville, NS. 

[research grant] Clancy P (principal investigator) & Levesque MR (co-applicant). Environmental governance in the Gulf of St. Lawrence: 

Contested political relations in a Canadian inland sea. Insight Grant, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 

2015-2019 ($224,042). 

[invited participant] Shale Gas and Watersheds National Workshop. Sponsored by the Canadian Water Network, University of Victoria, 

Victoria, BC, October 2014. 

[guest lecture] Clancy P. (2014, October). Five turning points in Canadian climate politics. Paper presented at the CREATE Seminar, 

Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 


[guest lecture] Clancy P. (2015, February). The politics of pollution at Boat Harbour, Nova Scotia. Paper presented at the Department of 

Political Studies, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB. 

[panelist] Clancy P. (2015, March). Forest sustainability and local wood supplies. Paper presented at a workshop sponsored by Antigonish 

Sustainable Energy. 

[presentation] Clancy P. (2015, March). Climate diplomacy and the road to Paris. Paper presented at the Climate Research Seminar, 

Centre for Public Policy and Governance, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[referee] Reviewed research proposal for Insight Grant competition, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2015. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Canadian Studies: Policy Science; & International Journal of Water Governance. 

[book launch] Clancy P. (2015). Freshwater Politics in Canada. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. Department of Political Science, 

St. Francis Xavier University, January 2015. 

[media release] StFX student in Korea as participant in international youth event for water. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 

28 April 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-student-korea-participant-international-youth-event-water 


Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 15 April 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/seven-stfx-students-will-gainvaluable-research-experience-through-mckenna-centre%E2%80%99s 

DR. SHIRAZ DOSSA, PROFESSOR 

[supervisor] Pierce K. (2015). Sexuality and imperialism: Gay rights and racial difference (Unpublished BA honours thesis). Department 

of Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

DR. LAVINIA STAN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[edited book] Stan L & Vancea D (Eds.). (2015). Post-communist Romania at 25: Linking past, present and future. Lanham, MD: Rowman 

& Littlefield. 

[edited book] Stan L & Nedelsky N (Eds.). (2015). Post-communist transitional justice: Lessons from twenty-five years of experience. New 

York: Cambridge University Press. 

[book introduction] Nedelsky N & Stan L. (2015). Post-communist transitional justice at 25. In L Stan & N Nedelsky (Eds.), Post-communist 

transitional justice: Lessons from 25 years of experience (pp. 1-4). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 

[book chapter] Stan L. (2015). Vigilante justice and unofficial truth projects. In L Stan & N Nedelsky (Eds.), Post-communist transitional 

justice: Lessons from 25 years of experience (pp. 276-295). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 

[book chapter] Stan L. (2015). Political science in Romania after 2000. In B Krauz-Mozer & M Kulakowska (Eds.), Political science in 

Europe at the beginning of the 21 st Century (pp. 401-424). Cracow, Poland: Jagiellonian University Press. 

[book chapter/conclusion] Stan L. (2015). Memory, courts and justice in transition. In R Grosescu & A Fijalkowsky (Eds.), Transitional 

justice in post-dictatorial and post-conflict societies (pp. 273-285). London, UK: Intersentia. 


[book chapter] Stan L. (2014). Women as anticommunist dissidents and secret police collaborators. In F Andreescu & M Shapiro (Eds.), Genre and 

the (post)communist woman: Analyzing transformations of the Central and Eastern European female ideal (pp. 80-97). London, UK: Routledge. 

[book chapter] Stan L & Turcescu L. (2014). The Orthodox churches and democratization in Romania and Bulgaria. In S Ramet (Ed.), 

Religion and politics in post-Socialist Central and Southeastern Europe: Challenges since 1989 (pp. 263-295). London, UK: Palgrave 

Macmillan. 

[book chapter] Stan L & Turcescu L. (2014). The Romanian Orthodox Church. In L Leustean (Ed.), Eastern Christianity and politics in the 

twenty-first century (pp. 94-113). London, UK: Routledge. 

[journal article] Stan L & Vancea DP. (2014). Much contest, little censure: Motions in the Romanian parliament (1989-2008). Europe-Asia 

Studies, 66(10), 1629-1648. 

[journal article] Stan L & Zaharia R. (2014). Romania. European Journal of Political Research, 53(1), 265–272. 

[encyclopedia entry] Stan L & Turcescu L. (2014). Romania. In T Riggs (Ed.), Worldmark encyclopedia of religious practices (2 nd ed.; Vol. 

4, pp. 33-42). Detroit, MI: Thomas Gale. 

[encyclopedia entry] Stan L & Turcescu L. (2014). Eastern Orthodoxy. In T Riggs (Ed.), Worldmark encyclopedia of religious practices 

(2 nd ed.; Vol. 1, pp. 223-237). Detroit, MI: Thomas Gale. 

[research grant] Tuescescu L & Stan L. Between devil’s confessors and god’s martyrs: Collaboration and resistance of religious groups in 

communist Romania. Insight Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2014-2019 ($203,832). 

[conference paper] Stan L. (2015, June). Transitional justice and the politics of memory: A theoretical overview. Paper presented at the 

International congress of the Society for Romanian Studies, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania. 

[conference paper] Stan L. (2015, February 27). Thinking about resistance through culture, eating, writing. Paper presented at the 

Resistance and Collaboration of Religious Groups under Communism workshop, Le Centre canadien d’études allemandes et européennes, 

Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC. 

[conference paper] Stan L. (2014, November 22). Neglected topics in transitional justice: Perceptions of women as Securitate agents and 

victims. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, San Antonio, TX. 

[conference paper] Stan L. (2014, July). The good and the bad: The differential input of civil society actors. Paper presented at the 

International Political Science Association congress, Montreal, QC. 

[online article] Stan L & Canache R. (2015). Romanian politics at the crossroads. E-International Relations, 9 February. Retrieved from 

http://www.e-ir.info/2015/02/09/romanian-democracy-at-the-crossroads/. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Aspasia: The International Yearbook of Central, Eastern and Southeastern European Women’s and Gender 

History; Cambridge Review of International Affairs; East European Politics & Societies and Cultures; Cooperation and Conflict; Journal of 

the Nordic International Studies Association; European Politics & Society; International Journal of Communication; International Journal of 

Transitional Justice; Journal of Cold War Studies; Culture, Health and Sexuality; East European Politics & Societies and Cultures; Memory 

Studies; Nationalities Papers; Open Political Science Journal; Problems of Post-Communism; Review of European and Russian Affairs; 

Macquarie Law Journal; Southeastern Europe; & Tourist Studies. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Berghahn Books; Freedom House / Nations in Transit; Oxford University Press; Stanford University 

Press; University of Toronto Press; Anthem Press; & Cambridge University Press. 


[referee] Ethics advisor for project, European Research Council, 2015. 

[referee] Reviewed proposal for research funding competition, Estonian Research Council, 2015. 

[referee] Reviewed proposals for PN-II-RU-TE-2014 competition for young researchers, The Executive Agency for Higher Education, 

Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI), Romanian Ministry of Education, 2015. 

[referee] Reviewed proposal for British Academy BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants competition, 2014. 

[newspaper interview] Sewell Chan, International News Editor, The New York Times, London, UK, 4 November 2015. 

[newspaper interview] R Chiruta, Suplimentul Cultural, Polirom, October 2015. Retrieved from http://www.suplimentuldecultura.ro/ 

index.php/continutArticolNrIdent/Interviu/10769 

[TV interview] DIGI24 Constanta, interview with D Vancea and M Crisan, 21 June 2015. 

[TV interview] R Petrisor, TVR [Romanian Television], 17 June 2015. 

[radio interview] E S Bajdechi, Radio Romania Constanta, 23 June 2015. Retrieved from http://radioconstanta.ro/2015/06/23/efectelepost-traumatice-ale-comunismului-in-romania/ 

[radio interview] E lui H Ignatescu, Radio Romania International, 17 June 2015. 

[radio interview] “Cultura si civilizatie,” moderated by M Helmis, Radio Romania Actualitati, 17 June 2015. 

[radio interview] “Zebra,” moderated by M Dedeoglu, Radio France Internationale, 16 June 2015. 

[radio interview] “Ora de cultura,” moderated by A Greceanu and M Martin, Radio Romania Cultural, 16 June 2015. 

Psychology 

DR. ERIN AUSTEN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[supervisor] Beadle J. (2015). Is discomfort viewing breastfeeding detectable? (Unpublished BA honours thesis). Department of Psychology, 


[supervisor] Hollinger A. (2015). Induction of the Fake Hand Effect and its impact on distance perception (Unpublished BA honours 

thesis). Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] LeGay W. (2015). Is the spatial-compression effect memory based? (Unpublished BA honours thesis). Department of Psychology, 


[conference paper] Austen E. (2015, March). Addressing public discomfort with seeing breastfeeding. Paper presented at the 10 th annual 

Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference, Chapel Hill, NC. [Unable to attend conference due to province-wide snow storm 

and flight cancellation.] 

[YouTube video] Austen E and BaBE (Building a Breastfeeding Environment). (2015, October 3). Up to us. Retrieved from 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XunImPZud4 


[YouTube video] Austen E and BaBE (Building a Breastfeeding Environment) (2014, October 1). Building a Breastfeeding Environment 

[online video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhDmLRdZNko 

[TV interview] StFX students parody “Call Me Maybe” to raise breastfeeding awareness. CTV News Atlantic, 14 October 2014. 

[newspaper interview] BaBE wants to “normalize” breastfeeding. The Casket [Antigonish, NS], 4 December 2014. 

[media report] The “Call Me Maybe” breastfeeding parody you need to watch. POPSUGAR, 28 May 2015. Retrieved from 

http://www.popsugar.com/moms/Call-Me-Maybe-Breastfeeding-Parody-Music-Video-37586236 

[media report] Students give “Call Me Maybe” the breastfeeding twist you didn’t know it needed. Huffington Post, 27 May 2015. Retrieved 

from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/27/breastfeeding-call-me-maybe-parody_n_7452096.html 

[media release] High quality health research under way as StFX students receive NSHRF Scotia Scholars Awards. St. Francis Xavier 

University, Antigonish, NS, 16 April 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/high-quality-health-research-under-waystfx-students-receive-nshrf-scotia-scholars-awards 

[media release] StFX psychology students receive prestigious undergraduate research awards, major opportunity. St. Francis Xavier 

University, Antigonish, NS, 30 March 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-psychology-students-receiveprestigious-undergraduate-research-awards-major 

[media release] Discomfort seeing breastfeeding target of student video. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 8 October 2014. 

Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/discomfort-seeing-breastfeeding-target-student-video 

DR. LINDSAY BERRIGAN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Fiest KM, Fisk JD, Patten SB, Tremlett H, Wolfson C, Warren S, McKay K, Berrigan L & Marrie RA for the CIHR Team 

in the Epidemiology and Impact of Comorbidity on Multiple Sclerosis. (2015). Comorbidity is associated with pain-related activity 

limitations in multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 4, 470-476. 

[journal article] Marshall S, Bayley M, McCullagh S, Velikonja D, Berrigan L, Ouchterlony D & Weegar K. (2015). Updated clinical 

practice guidelines for concussion/mild traumatic brain injury and persistent symptoms. Brain Injury, 29, 688-700. 

[conference poster] Fiest KM, Fisk J, Patten SB, Tremlett H, Wolfson C, Warren S, McKay K, Berrigan L & Marrie RA for the CIHR Team 

in the Epidemiology and Impact of Comorbidity on Multiple Sclerosis. (2015, May). Comorbidity is associated with pain in multiple 

sclerosis. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, Indianapolis, IN. 

[conference poster] McKay KA, Tremlett H, Fisk JD, Patten SB, Fiest K, Berrigan L & Marrie RA for the CIHR Team in the Epidemiology 

and Impact of Comorbidity on Multiple Sclerosis. (2015, April). Adverse health behaviours are associated with depression and anxiety in 

multiple sclerosis: A prospective multi-site study. Poster presented at the Neuroinflammation Symposium, Toronto, ON. 

[conference poster] Fiest KM, Fisk J, Patten SB, Tremlett H, Wolfson C, Warren S, McKay K, Berrigan L & Marrie RA for the CIHR Team 

in the Epidemiology and Impact of Comorbidity on Multiple Sclerosis. (2015, April). Comorbidity is associated with pain and fatigue in 

multiple sclerosis. Poster presented at the 67 th American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. 


[conference poster] Fisk J, Berrigan L & Marrie RA on behalf of the CIHR Team on the Epidemiology and Impact of Comorbidity on 

Multiple Sclerosis. (2014, September). Predictors of quality of life in multiple sclerosis: Relations with disability status, mental health, 

fatigue, and comorbid illnesses. Poster presented at the 30 th congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple 

Sclerosis, Boston, MA. 

[conference poster] Hebert M, Berrigan L, Marrie RA, Bhan V, Patten S, McKay K & Fisk JD for the CIHR Team in Epidemiology and 

Impact of Comorbidity on Multiple Sclerosis. (2014, September). Changes in subjective cognitive difficulties, mental health and information 

processing speed at one year follow-up in MS patients. Poster presented at the 30 th congress of the European Committee for Treatment and 

Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS), Boston, MA. 

[conference poster] Walker LAS, Berard JA, Berrigan L, Rees LM & Freedman MS. (2014, September). CTIP performance in early 

relapsing-remitting MS: Group differences and potential confounds. Poster presented at the 30 th congress of the European Committee for 

Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, Boston, MA. 

[conference poster] Howell GT, LeFevre JA, Rees LM, Berrigan L & Walker LAS. (2014, September). Reaction time distributions in 

early-phase relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis differ from controls. Poster presented at the 30 th congress of the European Committee for 

Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, Boston, MA. 





DR. ANN BIGELOW, PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Bigelow AE, Power M, Bulmer M & Gerrior K. (2015). The relation between mothers’ mirroring of infants’ behaviour 

and maternal mind-mindedness. Infancy, 20, 263-282. 

[journal article & book chapter] Bigelow AE. (2003). The development of joint attention in blind infants. Development and Psychopathology, 

15, 259-275. Reprinted in: Bremner JG & Slater AM (Eds.). (2014). Psychology of infancy. In SAGE Library of Developmental Psychology. 

Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications Ltd. 

[research grant] Bigelow AE (principal investigator), Gillis DE (co-investigator), MacLean K (co-investigator) & Ward M (collaborator). 

Young children’s social-cognitive development, attachment security, and their maternal supports: Effects of previous mother-infant skin-toskin 

contact. Insight Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2013-2017 ($269,101). 

[research grant] Bigelow AE. Development of infants’ contingency detection: Influences of maternal behavior and effects on cognitive 

abilities. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2010-2015 ($135,000). 

[conference paper] Bigelow AE, Power M, Bulmer M, Gerrior K, MacLean K & Gillis R. (2015, March). Maternal mind-mindedness and 

children’s understanding of mental states in self and other. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference, 

Philadelphia, PA. 

[conference paper] Bigelow AE & Power M. (2015, March). The effect of maternal contingency in two modalities on infants’ emerging self 

efficacy. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference, Philadelphia, PA. 


[keynote address] Bigelow AE. (2015, June). Effects of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact on mothers, infants, and their developing 

relationship. Paper presented at European Babywearing Conference, Bristol, UK. 

[invited speaker] Bigelow AE. (2015, May). The emergence of self understanding. Paper presented at Modeling Self on Other Workshop, 

MOSEO / Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. 

[presentation] Bigelow AE. (2014, November). Developing an understanding of self and other. Paper presented at Psychology Department 

Colloquium, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[award] 3M National Teaching Fellowship, 2015. 

[media release] National teaching award for StFX professor Dr. Ann Bigelow, 3M National Teaching Fellowship recipient. St. Francis Xavier 

University, Antigonish, NS, 24 February 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/national-teaching-award-stfx-professordr-ann-bigelow-3m-national-teaching-fellowship 

DR. KAREN BLAIR, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Blair KL, Pukall CF, Smith, KB & Cappell, J. (2015). Differential associations of communication and love in heterosexual, 

lesbian, and bisexual women’s perceptions of experiences of chronic vulvar pain. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 41(5), 498-524. 

[journal article] Blair KL & Hoskin RA. (2015). Experiences of femme identity: coming out, invisibility, and femmephobia. Psychology 

& Sexuality, 6(3), 229-244. 

[journal article] Blair KL & Hoskin RA. (2015). Contemporary understandings of femme identities and related experiences of 

discrimination. Psychology & Sexuality, 7(2), 101-115. 

[journal article] Dargie E, Blair KL, Goldfinger C & Pukall CF. (2015). Go Long! Predictors of positive relationship outcomes in longdistance 

dating relationships. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 41(2), 181-202. 

[research grant] Blair KL. Psychophysiological correlates of prejudice and internalized homonegativity in response to same-sex public 

displays of affection in a sample of sexually fluid men. American Institute of Bisexuality Research Grant (held at the University of Utah, 

Salt Lake City, UT), 2014 ($14,500 USD). 

[invited talk] Blair KL. (2015, July). Alternative funding sources: The pros and cons of crowd-sourced funding for academics. Paper 

presented at the Puzzle of Sexual Orientation: What Is It and How Does It Work? conference [by invitation only] at the University of 

Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB. [Withdrawn due to illness]. 

[invited talk] Blair KL. (2015, July). Hating the man in the mirror: Sexual prejudice among sexually fluid men – The role of narcissistic 

entitlement and personalization of sexual prejudice. Paper presented at the Puzzle of Sexual Orientation: What Is It and How Does It 

Work? conference [by invitation only] at the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB. [Withdrawn due to illness]. 

[invited talk] Blair KL. (2014, November 21). Are we asking the right questions to find the answers we seek in relationships and sexuality 

research? Paper presented at Interdisciplinary Sexuality Seminar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Masdison, WI. 

[session moderator] Experiences of gender diversity: Well-being in the face of ongoing challenges. Annual Convention of the Canadian 

Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON, 6 June 2015. 


[conference paper] Blair KL. (2015, June). Genderism, transphobia and femmephobia as the driving forces behind persisting homonegativity 

in a North American sample. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference paper] Blair KL. (2014, October). Going from seeing gay, to seeing red: Physiological responses to witnessing same-sex public 

displays of affection. Paper presented at the Canadian Sex Research Forum Annual Meeting, Kingston, ON. 

[conference poster] Hoskin RA & Blair KL, Chung R* & Chevesich M*. (2015, June). Barriers to health: Men and women’s greatest 

concerns about sexual health exams. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association’s 76 th Annual Convention, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference poster] Blair, KL & Pukall CF. (2014, October). Family matters, but sometimes chosen family matters more: Decision making in 

same-sex and mixed-sex relationships in the face of social network disapproval. Paper presented at the Canadian Sex Research Forum 

Annual Meeting, Kingston, ON. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Sex Research; Journal of Sexual Medicine; Journal of Social and Personal Relationships; & 

Journal of Family Issues. 

[referee] Abstract reviewer for the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Annual Meeting. 

[newspaper interview] Hampson S. (2015, April 22). Society at the transgender tipping point. The Globe and Mail [Toronto, ON]. 

[newspaper interview] Orwig J. (2015, February 18). How to have a thriving long distance relationship. Business Insider. 

[newspaper interview] Meagher K. (2015, February 12). Say that you love me. Queen’s Journal [Kingston, ON]. 

[newspaper interview] Roar T. (2014, September 13). Så meget knalder lesbiske. Ekstra Bladet [Copenhagen, Denmark]. [This study looks 

at different rates of sexual frequency and duration across sexual orientation.] 

DR. TARA CALLAGHAN, PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] Callaghan T & Corbit J. (2015). The development of symbolic representation. In LS Liben & U. Mueller (Eds.), Cognitive 

processes (pp. 250-294). In RM Lerner (Series Ed.), Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science: Vol. 2 (7 th ed.). Hoboken, 

NJ: John Wiley & Sons. 

[journal article] Blake P, McAuliffe K, Corbit J, Callaghan T, Barry O, Bowie A, Kleutsch L, Kramer AL, Ross E, Vongsachang H, Wrangham 

R & Warneken F. (2015). The ontogeny of fairness in seven societies. Nature, 528, 258-261. 

[conference paper] Callaghan T & Corbit J. (2015). Instrumental and altruistic helping across three cultural contexts. Paper presented in 

the symposium, Cross-Cultural Approaches to Prosocial Development, at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child 

Development, Philadelphia, PA. 

[conference paper] Belyea A, Corbit J & Callaghan T. (2014). The development of inequity aversion in Canadian children. Paper presented 

at Development 2014: A Canadian Conference on Developmental Psychology, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference paper] Hofrichter R, Ross R, Stokal T & Callaghan T. (2014). The development of empathic and altruistic helping in Indian, 

Peruvian and Canadian children. Paper presented at Development 2014: A Canadian Conference on Developmental Psychology, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference poster] Callaghan T, Ross R, Stokal T & Hofrichter R. (2014). The development of empathic and altruistic helping in Peruvian, 

Indian, and Canadian infants. Poster presented at the biennial International Conference for Infant Studies, Berlin, Germany. 






DR. ERIKA KOCH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Koch EJ & Totton SFM. (2015). “What’ve I done to deserve this?”: The role of deservingness in reactions to being 

an upward comparison target. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Retrieved from http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/ 

abs/10.1177/0265407515619043 

[journal article] Koch EJ. (2014). How does anticipated regret influence health and safety decisions?: A literature review. Basic and 

Applied Social Psychology, 36(5), 397-412. 

[external examiner] Crebert B. 2015. Personal and collective self-complexity have far reaching consequences but valence matters 

(Unpublished MA thesis). School of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of Newcastle, Australia. 

[conference paper] Koch EJ. (2015, August). The role of self-compassion in response to rejection. Paper presented at the SELF Biennial 

International Conference, Kiel, Germany. 

[conference poster] Koch EJ & Totton SFM*. (2015, February). Getting what they deserve?: The effects of perceived deservingness of an 

outperformed person on an outperformer. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long 

Beach, CA. 

[presentation] Koch EJ. (2015, January). The downside of being up: Perceiving oneself as an upward comparison target. Paper presented 

at the Psychology Department Colloquium Series, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Basic and Applied Social Psychology; Emotion; & Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 

DR. KIM MACLEAN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] McNeill BA*, Watt MC, MacLean K & Gallagher CE*. (2015). Adult attachment and achievement motivation in a sample 

of women rugby players. Athletic Insight, 7(2), 161-176. 

[journal article] Macaulay CB*, Watt MC, MacLean K & Weaver AD. (2015). Mindfulness mediates associations between attachment and 

anxiety sensitivity. Mindfulness, 6(6), 1263-1270. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12671-015-0390-y. 

[journal article] Graham SA, Nilsen E, Mah JWT*, Morison S, MacLean K, Fisher L*, Brooks BL* & Ames EW. (2014). Communicative 

interactions of children from Romanian orphanages and their mothers. Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, 46(1), 9-19. 

[research grant] Bigelow AE (principal investigator), Gillis DE (co-investigator), MacLean K (co-investigator) & Ward M (collaborator). 

Young children’s social-cognitive development, attachment security, and their maternal supports: Effects of previous mother-infant skin-toskin 

contact. Insight Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2013-2017 ($269,101). 


[co-supervisor with Dr. Margo Watt] Boyle BM. (2015). Anxiety sensitivity and mindfulness as predictors of health in undergraduates 

(Unpublished BA honours thesis). Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. [Craig MacDonald Mooney 

Prize recipient; CACBT Best Research Poster Award; NSHRF Scotia Scholar Award recipient; Jules Leger Scholarship; currently in Clinical 

PhD program, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB.] 

[co-supervisor with Dr. Margo Watt] Cheyne B. (2015). “Blurred lines”: What do we share, with whom, online. (Unpublished BA honours 


[co-supervisor with Dr. Margo Watt] Lucas J. (2015). An Investigation of pictorial representations of attachment (Unpublished BA honours 

thesis). Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. [Currently in law school.] 

[co-supervisor with Dr. Margo Watt] MacLellan AS. (2015). Exploring perceptions of the homeless in a sample of undergraduates 

(Unpublished BA honours thesis). Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. [Currently in Counselling 

Program, Western University.] 

[conference paper] Bigelow AE, Power M, Bulmer M, Gerrior K*, MacLean K & Gillis R*. (2015, March). Maternal mind-mindedness and 

children’s understanding of mental states in self and others. Paper presented at the Biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child 

Development, Philadelphia, PA. 

[conference poster] Macaulay CB, Watt, MC, MacLean K & Weaver AD. (2015). Dispositional mindfulness mediates relations between 

adult attachment and anxiety sensitivity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, NS. 

[Winner of the Ken Bowers Award, Clinical Section CPA.] 

DR. MARGO WATT, PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Olthuis J, Watt MC, Mackinnon S, Potter S, & Stewart S. (2015). The nature of the association between anxiety sensitivity 

and pain-related anxiety: Evidence from correlational and intervention studies. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 44(5), 423-440. 

[journal article] Sabourin BC, Stewart SH, Watt MC & Krigolson OE. (2015). Running as interoceptive exposure for decreasing anxiety 

sensitivity: Replication and extension. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 44(4), 264-274. 

[journal article] Ennis A, McLeod PJ, Watt MC & Campbell MA. (2015). The role of gender in mental health court admission and 

completion. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Retrieved from http://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/ 

cjccj.2015.E08 

[journal article] Olthuis JV, Watt MC, MacKinnon S & Stewart SH. (2015). CBT for high anxiety sensitivity: Alcohol outcomes. Addictive 

Behaviors, 46, 19-24. 

[journal article] Gerrior KG, Watt MC, Weaver AD & Gallagher CE. (2015). The role of anxiety sensitivity in the sexual functioning 

of young women. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 30(3), 351-363. 

[journal article] McNeill BA, Watt MC, MacLean K & Gallagher CE. (2015). Adult attachment and achievement motivation in a sample 

of women rugby players. Athletic Insight, 7(2), 161-176. 

[journal article] Macaulay CB, Watt MC, MacLean KC & Weaver AD. (2015). Mindfulness mediates relations between adult attachment 

and anxiety sensitivity. Mindfulness, 6(6), 1263-1270. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12671-015-0390-y. 


[journal article] Olthuis JV, Stewart SH, MacKinnon S & Watt MC. (2014). Telephone-delivered CBT for high anxiety sensitivity: 

A randomized control trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82(6), 1005-1022. 

[encyclopedia article] Watt MC & Macaulay CB. (2015). Agliophobia. In I Milosevic & RE McCabe (Eds.), Phobias: The psychology of 

irrational fear (p. 5). Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood. 

[encyclopedia article] Macaulay CB & Watt MC. (2015). Anxiety sensitivity. In I Milosevic & RE McCabe (Eds.), Phobias: The psychology 

of irrational fear (p. 24). Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood. 

[encyclopedia article] Watt MC. (2015). Astraphobia. In I Milosevic & RE McCabe (Eds.), Phobias: The psychology of irrational fear 

(p. 36). Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood. 

[encyclopedia article] Gallagher CE & Watt MC. (2015). Gender differences. In I Milosevic & RE McCabe (Eds.), Phobias: The psychology 

of irrational fear (p. 190). Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood. 

[encyclopedia article] Macaulay CB & Watt MC. (2015). Hypochondriasis. In I Milosevic & RE McCabe (Eds.), Phobias: The psychology of 


[encyclopedia article] Watt MC. (2015). Nosophobia. In I Milosevic & RE McCabe (Eds.), Phobias: The psychology of irrational fear (p. 

239). Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood. 

[encyclopedia article] Macaulay CB & Watt MC. (2015). Panic attacks. In I Milosevic & RE McCabe (Eds.), Phobias: The psychology of 


[encyclopedia article] Gallagher CE & Watt MC. (2015). Panic disorder. In I Milosevic & RE McCabe (Eds.), Phobias: The psychology of 


[newsletter article] Lively CJ & Watt MC. (2014). If you build it, they will come: New Special Concentration in Forensic Psychology 

offered at StFX. MindPad, 3(2), 22-26. 

[newsletter article] Lively CJ & Watt MC. (2014). Music for the soul: Teaching guitar to women offenders. MindPad, 3(2), 27-32. 

[newsletter article] Ennis AR, McLeod P & Watt MC. (2014). Criminalization of the mentally ill: A Canadian, gender-based perspective. 

Psynopsis [Special Issue: Criminal Justice and Mental Health], 36(1), 11-13. 

[newsletter article] Stewart MJ & Watt MC. (2014). Substance use and mental health problems among Canadian women offenders. 

Psynopsis [Special Issue: Criminal Justice and Mental Health], 36(1), 14-16. 

[newsletter article] Watt MC & Stewart SH. (2014). Overcoming the fear of fear: How to reduce anxiety sensitivity. CRHSPP Newsletter, 

1(1), pp. 2-3. 

[co-supervisor with Dr. Kim MacLean] Boyle BM. (2015). Anxiety sensitivity and mindfulness as predictors of health in undergraduates 

(Unpublished BA honours thesis). Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. [Craig MacDonald Mooney 

Prize recipient; CACBT Best Research Poster Award; NSHRF Scotia Scholar Award recipient; Jules Leger Scholarship; currently in Clinical 

PhD program, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB.] 


[co-supervisor with Dr. Kim MacLean] Cheyne B. (2015). “Blurred lines”: What do we share, with whom, online (Unpublished BA honours 


[co-supervisor with Dr. Kim MacLean] Lucas J. (2015). An Investigation of pictorial representations of attachment (Unpublished BA 

honours thesis). Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. [Currently in law school.] 

[co-supervisor with Dr. Kim MacLean] MacLellan AS. (2015). Exploring perceptions of the homeless in a sample of undergraduates 

(Unpublished BA honours thesis). Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. [Currently in Counselling 

program, Western University, London, ON.] 

[external examiner] Iorio C. (2015). Examining the efficacy of a cognitive behavioural intervention in reducing anxiety sensitivity and 

functional impairment in chronic pain patients (Unpublished Clinical PhD dissertation). Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, 

Thunder Bay, ON. 

[external examiner] LeBouthillier D. (2014). Can a single bout of aerobic exercise reduce anxiety sensitivity? A randomized controlled trial 

(Unpublished Clinical MSc thesis). Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, SK. 

[external examiner] Albiani J. (2014). Examining health anxiety among Lynch syndrome carriers (Unpublished PhD dissertation). 

Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON. 

[conference paper] Gallagher CE, Watt MC, LeFort L & Ennis A. (2015, June). Anxiety sensitivity and preferred substances of abuse in 

federally incarcerated women. Paper presented at the 3rd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, 

Ottawa, ON 

[conference poster] MacLellan AS, Watt MC & MacLean K. (2015, June). Exploring perceptions of the homeless in a sample of undergraduates. 

Poster presented at the 76 th Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference poster] Gallagher CE & Watt MC. (2015, June). Cultural idioms of distress in a sample of young Atlantic Canadian adults. 

Poster presented at the 76 th Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference poster] Boyle BM, Watt MC, Gallagher CE & MacLean K. (2015, June). Anxiety sensitivity and mindfulness as predictors of 

health in undergraduates. Poster presented at the 76 th Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference poster] Hilchey CA, Watt MC & Gallagher CE. (2015, June). Self-reported fears: Relation to prevalence of DSM-5 phobia and 

anxiety sensitivity. Poster presented at the 76 th Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON. [Winner of 

the Ken Bowers Award for Best Student Paper.] 

[conference poster] Gallagher CE & Watt MC. (2015, June). The chronicle of a murder trial, 140 characters at a time: Twitter in the 

courtroom. Poster presented at the 3 rd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference poster] Gallagher CE, Watt MC, Ennis A & LeFort L. (2015, March). Adult attachment and aggression in Canadian women 

offenders: The mediating role of anxiety sensitivity. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, 

San Diego, CA. 


Religious Studies 

DR. BURTON MACDONALD, SENIOR RESEARCH PROFESSOR 

[book] MacDonald B. (2015). The Southern Transjordan Edomite Plateau and the Dead Sea Rift Valley: The Bronze Age to the Islamic 

Period (3800/3700 BC-AD 1917). Oxford, UK: Oxbow Books. 

[contribution in book] MacDonald B. (2015). Personal reflections. In J. Gillis (Ed.), St. Peter’s Parish, Port Hood: Celebrating 150 years, 

July 24-26, 2015 (pp. 40-41). Port Hood, NS: St. Peter’s Sesquicentennial Committee. 

[conference paper] MacDonald B. (2015, May 8). What happened to the Natabaeans? Paper presented at The Second International 

Conference on Nabataean Culture, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. 

[invited lecture] MacDonald B. (2015, October 20). The Bible and “Beyond the Jordan toward the East”: The people and the events in 

their historical and geographical contexts. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 

[board member] Member of the Editorial Board for the publication of the Papers of the Second International Conference on Nabataean 

Culture. 

[media release] Colleagues pay tribute to StFX professor Dr. Burton MacDonald’s archaeological contributions in new book, as he publishes 

his 10 th book. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 5 January 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/colleaguespay-tribute-stfx-professor-dr-burton-macdonald%E2%80%99s-archaeological-contributions 

DR. KEN PENNER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[book] Penner K. (2015). The verbal system of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Tense, aspect, and modality in Qumran Hebrew texts. In Studia 

Semitica Neerlandica: Vol. 64. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. 

[book chapter] Penner K. (2014). Did the Midrash of Shemihazai and Azael use the Book of Giants? In JH Charlesworth and LM 

McDonald (Eds.), Sacra Scriptura: How “non-canonical” texts functioned in early Judaism and early Christianity (pp. 15-45). London, UK / 

New York, NY: T&T Clark. 

[contributor] Assisted with English and Hebrew text alignment in: (2015). Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition Old Testament. 

Bellingham, WA: Faithlife. 

[encyclopedia entry] Penner K. (2015). Hebrew Language: III. Christianity: B. Modern Europe and America. Encyclopedia of the Bible 

and its Reception (Vol. 11, cols. 663-664). Berlin, Germany: de Gruyter. 

[book review] Penner K. (2015). [Review of the book Das hebräische Partizip in den Texten aus der judäischen Wüste [The Hebrew 

participle in the texts from the Judean desert], by G. Geiger]. Journal of Semitic Studies, 60, 256-260. 

[book review] Penner K. (2014). [Review of Johann Cook and Hermann-Josef Stipp (Eds.), Text-Critical and Hermeneutical Studies in the 

Septuagint, J Cook and H-J Stipp (Eds.)]. Review of Biblical Literature. Retrieved from http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp? 

TitleId=9137 


[research grant] Penner K. Commentary on the Septuagint of Isaiah. Insight Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 

of Canada, 2014-2017 ($39,413). 

[adjudicator] Member, Selection Committee 1B (Philosophy, Medieval Studies, Classics, Religious Studies), Insight Grants, Social 

Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 

[board member] Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Biblical Literature [responsibilities include reviewing a journal article every 8 

weeks]. 

Sociology 

DR. CATHERINE AUBRECHT, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] Aubrecht C. (2014). Re-Imagining success: Ordinary orders and university student “mental life”. In M Lynch (Ed.), 

Reimagining education reform and innovation (pp. 55-76). New York, NY: Peter Lang. 

[journal article] Titchkosky T & Aubrecht C. (2015). WHO’S MIND, whose future?: Mental health policies as colonial logics. Social 

Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture [Special Issue: Disability & Colonialism: (Dis)encounters and Anxious 

Intersectionalities], 21(1), 1-16. 

[book review] Aubrecht C. (2015). Illuminating times: Age and disability. [Review of the book The silvering screen: Old age and disability 

in cinema, by S Chivers]. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 4(1). Retrieved from http://cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cjds/article/ 

view/193 

[conference paper] Aubrecht C. (2015, June). Dementia and the “Infantile Citizen”: A critical Disability Studies sociological analysis. Paper 

presented at the Canadian Sociological Association 2015 Conference, Capital Ideas, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference paper] Aubrecht C, Dahlgren J, Gavel B, Hayne T, Hepworth J, Murphy M, Smith D, Snow G, Wood D & Zumwalt K. (2015, 

June). Disability Studies and mentorship: Oppositional traditions. Paper presented at the Canadian Disability Studies Association 2015 

Conference, Capital Ideas, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference paper] Keefe J, Ward-Griffin C, Guberman N, Fancey P & Aubrecht C. (2015, May). Not on the exam: Nurse trainees’ 

experiences of assessment with older spousal caregivers. Paper presented at the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association, 

Charlottetown, PE. 

[conference paper] Aubrecht C, Keefe J, Ploeg J, Fraser K, Kaasalainen S & McAiney C. (2015, April). “There’s no magic pill”: What 

comfort means to family caregivers of older adults managing multiple chronic conditions that include dementia. Paper presented at the 

International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress 2015, Dublin, Ireland. 

[conference paper] Aubrecht C, Keefe J & Stadnyk R. (2014, October). Personhood at work: An institutional ethnography of nursing home 

life in Nova Scotia. A paper presented at the Canadian Association on Gerontology 43 Annual Educational and Scientific Meeting, 

Sheraton Falls Hotel, Niagara Falls, ON. 

[research grant] Aubrecht C. Master Class Bursary & Travel Grant, Worldwide Universities Network Global Social Initiative on Ageing, 

2015 ($800). 


[research grant] Aubrecht C. Research Travel Grant, Institute of Health Services & Policy, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2015 

($1,500). 

[research grant] Keefe J (nominated principal applicant); Eastabrooks C (co-principal applicant); McGregor M (clinical lead); Fifield H 

(patient/family representative); Stadjudar K, Armstrong P, Armstrong H, Bourgeault I, Aubrecht C, Hoben M, Sawatzky R, Berta W, 

Moorhouse P, Mallery L, Sims-Gould J, Daly T, Norton P, Ginsburg L & Cummings G (co-applicants); Taylor D, Cook H, Stevens S, Janz T, 

Nicol J & Kjorven M (knowledge users). Seniors – Adding Life to Years (SALTY). Letter of Intent, Team Grant, Late Life Issues, Canadian 

Institutes of Health Research, 2015 ($45,465). 

[research grant] Rice C & Chandler E (nominated principal applicants); Fancey D, Treviranus J, Church K, Fels D, Frazee C, Ignagni E, 

Aubrecht C, Panitch M, Thomas J, Bulmer A, Changfoot N, Chivers S, MacLeod A, Wilson K, Rinaldi J, Kelly C, Orsini M, Springgay S, 

Yoshida K, Dolmage J, Rossiter K, Crosby A, Halifax ND, Dion S, Gorman R, Hudson A, Mitchell A & Mykitiuk R (co-applicants); 

Brockest L, Odette F, Brown J, Derbyshire J, Sachse J, Story K, Stanley S, Hawkins L, Heble A, Liddiard K & Bobier D (collaborators). 

Bodies in translation: Activist art, technology and access to life. Letter of Intent, Partnerships Development Grant, Social Sciences and 

Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2015 ($20,000). 

[invited plenary panelist] National Disability Studies Program Co-ordinators/Directors/Field Leaders Plenary Panel (Halifax N, Church K, 

Titchkosky T, McGuire A, Owen M, Aubrecht C, Hansen N, Hardie S, Hernandez Jozefowicz D & Houghson A). (2015, June). Realizing a 

sustained presence of Disability Studies in academe, the community, and the broader society. A presentation at the Canadian Disability 

Studies Association 2015 Conference, Capital Ideas, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. 

[organizer] Program Chair, Capital Ideas, Canadian Disability Studies Association annual meeting, Congress of the Humanities and 

Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, 2-4 June 2015. 

DR. PATRICIA CORMACK, PROFESSOR 

[supervisor] Dechief T. (2015). The contemporary production of death: The emotional exchange of consumption (Unpublished BA honours 

thesis). Department of Sociology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[media release] StFX sociology professor receives academic recognition in classic text. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 18 

December 2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-sociology-professor-receives-academic-recognition-classic-text 

DR. LYNDA HARLING STALKER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Harling Stalker L & Phyne J. 2014. The social impact of out-migration: A case study from rural and small town Nova 

Scotia, Canada. The Journal of Rural and Community Development, 9(3), 203–226. 

[conference presentation] Harling Stalker L & Burnett KA. (2015, July). Good work?: Scottish island cultural workers’ narratives. Paper 

presented at the RETI Annual meeting, Kirkwall, Orkney, UK. 

[co-supervisor with Dr. Irene Novazcek] Franco Vazquet A. (2015). From Maine to Chiloé: The effects of social enterprises on marginalized 

experiences: A comparative study of Penobscot Bay Islands, Maine, USA and Chiloé Islands, Chile (Unpublished MA in Island Studies). 

University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE. 


DR. DAVID LYNES, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[co-organizer] Analytic Social Theory, 2 nd Annual Conference, Tragedy, Comedy, and Everyday Life, Syros, Greece, 29 June - 1 July 2015. 

[conference paper] Lynes D. (2015, June-July). On the offer that can’t be refused: The tragedy and comedy of Max Weber’s “Politics as a 

Vocation”. Paper presented at the Analytic Social Theory, 2 nd Annual Conference: Tragedy, Comedy, and Everyday Life, Syros, Greece. 

DR. DANIEL MACINNES, RETIRED PROFESSOR 

[book] MacLeod E with MacInnes D. (2014). Celtic threads: An illustrated companion to crafts in Cape Breton. Sydney, NS: Cape Breton 

University Press. 

[book chapter] MacInnes D. (2015). Halifax Irish: Identities interred at Holy Cross Cemetery. In M McGowan & M Vance (Eds.), Irish 

Catholic Halifax: From the Napoleonic Wars to the Great War (pp. 294-306). In Historical Studies: Occasional Paper: Vol. 81. Toronto, ON: 

The Canadian Catholic Historical Association / Montreal, QC: Historica Ecclesiae Catholicae. 

[book chapter] MacInnes D. (2014). The legacy of Highland “heather” priests in Eastern Canada. In S Macdonald and D MacLeod (Eds.), 

Keeping the Scottish religion at home and in the diaspora (pp. 85-118). Guelph, ON: Centre for Scottish Studies, University of Guelph. 

[public lecture] MacInnes D. (2014, December 10). Scottish Highland “heather priests”: A legacy in Eastern Canada. Lecture Series, 

People’s Place Library, Antigonish, NS. 

[invited web blog] MacInnes D. (2015, February 25). Great work gets done by good people. Transformation’s series on Religion and Social 

Development. Retrieved from https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/dan-macinnes 

[panelist] MacInnes D. (2015, September 25). Where we come from: Coal, literacy and the rise of the middle class. Presentation in panel 

discussion, “Who or What Does Higher Education Serve?”, Royal Society of Canada (Atlantic Region), Cape Breton University, Sydney, NS. 

Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/146338778 

DR. PETER MALLORY, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Mallory P & Carlson J. 2014. Rethinking personal and political friendship with Durkheim. Distinktion: Scandinavian 

Journal of Social Theory, 15(3), 327–342. 

[conference paper] Mallory P. (2015, June). What is a social bond? Durkheim on ways of connecting and disconnecting. Paper presented at 

the Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting. University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON. 

[adjudicator] Manuscript reviewer for Distinktion: Scandinavian Journal of Social Theory, 2014. 


DR. STEPHEN MARMURA, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[article summary] Marmura SME. (2014, September 22). Online summary of: Marmura S. (2014). Likely and unlikely stories: Conspiracy 

theories in an age of propaganda. International Journal of Communication, 8, 2377-2395. London, UK: Democratic Audit (an affiliate of 

the London School of Economics). Retrieved from http://www.democraticaudit.com/?p=7861 

[conference paper] Marmura SME. (2015, June). The WikiLeaks paradox. Paper presented at Conference of the Canadian Association of 

Hispanists, Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. 

[adjudicator] Manuscript reviewer for the journal, Surveillance & Society. 

[invited speaker] Marmura SME. (2015, February 10). Paper presented at Contextualizing Charlie Hebdo, Contextualizing Speakers 

Series, Department of History, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

DR. JOHN PHYNE, PROFESSSOR 

[journal article] Harling Stalker L & Phyne J. 2014. The social impact of out-migration: A case study from rural and small town Nova 

Scotia, Canada. The Journal of Rural and Community Development, 9(3), 203–226. 

[research grant] Phyne J. Contesting urban space: Changes to the centre of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, 1950 to 1966. Insight 

Development Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2014-2016 ($64,752). 

[conference paper] Phyne J & Knot C. (2015, June). Outside of the planners’ gaze: Community and space in the centre of St. John’s, 1950 to 

1966. Paper presented at the Canadian Sociology Association Conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. 

[media release] Sociology professor awarded SSHRC funding to study urban social change. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 8 

January 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/sociology-professor-awarded-sshrc-funding-study-urban-social-change 

FACULTY OF BUSINESS 

Business Administration 

DR. MONICA DIOCHON, PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Diochon M. A baseline study of entrepreneurship among First Nations women in the Atlantic region. Journal of Small 

Business and Entrepreneurship, 27(1), 89-112. 

[plenary conference panelist] Diochon M. (2014, September). Entrepreneurship among First Nations women in the Atlantic region. 

Presentation as member of Plenary Women in Business Panel at the 21 st Annual National CANDO [Council for the Advancement of 

Native Development Officers] Conference, Nanaimo, BC. 

[referee] Reviewed research proposal for Vici Grant competition, Innovational Research Incentives Scheme, Netherlands Organisation for 

Scientific Research. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for the journal, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development. 

[board member] Member, Editorial Review Board, Social Enterprise Journal. 


[board member] Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 

[media release] University Council for Research undergraduate awards provide terrific opportunity for StFX students. St. Francis Xavier 

University, Antigonish, NS, 17 April 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/university-council-research-undergraduateawards-provide-terrific-opportunity-stfx 

DR. MARK FULLER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Fuller MA. (2015). The strategist’s scorekeeper: A quantitative approach to the assessment of business strategies. Journal 

of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability, 10(2), 33-47. 

[conference paper] Fuller MA & Bart, CK. (2015, September). Politically-connected directors: A Canadian perspective on ex-politicians 

and former government officials joining corporate boards of directors. Paper presented at the Atlantic Schools of Business Conference. 

Fredericton, NB. 

[conference paper] Fuller MA & Bart, CK. (2015, June). The politician duality: On the advantages and disadvantages of ex-politicians and 

former government officials serving on boards of directors. Paper presented at the Administration Sciences Association of Canada annual 

meeting. Halifax, NS. [Honourable Mention, Strategy Division.] 

[supervisor] Liu D. (2015). The effectiveness of lobbying activities to capital market performance (Unpublished BBA honours thesis). 

Department of Business Administration, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

DR. OPAL LEUNG, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[doctoral dissertation] Leung, O M-C. (2014). Wearing different hats: Micro role transitions in two contexts (Unpublished PhD dissertation). 

Department of Management, Bentley University, Waltham, MA. [Supervisor: Dr. Susan Adams.] 

[abstract] Leung O & Adams SM. (2014, January). Role boundary permeability theory. Academy of Management Proceedings [Academy 

of Management, Meeting Abstract Supplement.], 2014(1), 14630. http://doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2014.14630abstract. Retreived from: 

http://proceedings.aom.org/content/2014/1/14630.short 

[conference paper] Larson B, Leung O, Maynard MT & Junaid NS. (2015, August). Large scale virtual team simulations: A roadmap 

for implementation. Paper presented at the Teaching & Learning Conference (at the The Academy of Management Conference), 

Vancouver, BC. 

[conference paper] Leung O. (2014). Virtual integration & segmentation. Paper presented at the Atlantic Schools of Business Conference, 

Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS. 

DR. BRAD LONG, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[conference paper] Long B. (2015, May). Not “getting to yes”: Crisis narratives in collective bargaining. Paper presented at the annual 

meeting of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association, Montreal, QC. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences; Journal of Business Ethics; & Journal of Management, 

Spirituality and Religion. 


DR. BOBBI MORRISON, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Bishop AC, Boyle TA, Morrison B, Barker JR, Zwicker, B, Mahaffey T & Murphy A. (2015). Public perceptions of 

pharmacist expanded scope of practice services. Canadian Pharmacists Journal, 148(5), 274-283. 

[supervisor] Clarke A. (2015). A comparison of public perceptions of expanded pharmacy services in Nova Scotia over time (Unpublished 

BBA honours thesis). Department of Business Administration, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[research grant] Morrison B (principal investigator); Mahaffey T, Boyle T, Barker J, Murphy A (co-investigators); Bishop A (associate) & 

Zwicker B (partner). Patient trust in community pharmacy: An exploration of the influence of patient trust on willingness to use expanded 

scope of practice services. Development/Innovative Grant, Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation, 2015-2016 ($14,146). 

[research grant] Barker J, Boyle T (co-principal investigators); MacDonald M, Bishop A, Mahaffey T, Murphy A, MacKinnon N, Morrison B, 

Ho C (co-investigators); Hyland S & Zwicker B (partners). A framework for communicating medication incidents in Nova Scotia community 

pharmacies. Establishment Grant, Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation, 2014-2017 ($113,829). 

[research grant] Morrison B (principal investigator); Mahaffey T, Boyle T, Barker J, Murphy A (co-investigators); & Bishop A (associate). 

Optimizing expanded scope of practice: Patient insights phase two. Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists, 2014 ($4,850). 

[technical report] Bishop AC, Boyle TA, Morrison B, Barker J, Mahaffey T & Murphy A. (2015). Quality related event reporting and 

learning in Saskatchewan community pharmacies. Report prepared for the Saskatchewan College of Pharmacists. 

[technical report] Bishop AC, Boyle TA, Morrison B, Barker J & Mahaffey T. (2014). Optimizing expanded scope of pharmacy practice 

within Nova Scotia: Pharmacist-patient uptake issues and benchmarks: Phase 1 Public attitudes towards expanded scope of pharmacy 

practice in Nova Scotia. Report prepared for the Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists. 

[conference presentation] Bishop A, Boyle TA, Morrison B, Barker J, Murphy A, Mahaffey T & MacKinnon N. (2015, June). Getting 

the balance right: Effort, reward and commitment in community pharmacy, health care management division. Paper presented to the 

Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Halifax, NS. 

[industry presentation] Morrison B, Mahaffey T, Zwicker B, Boyle T, Bishop A, Murphy A & Barker J. (2015, June). Recommendations for 

NSCP Strategic Plan from public and pharmacist perspectives of expanded scope of practice in Nova Scotia. Research presentation to Nova 

Scotia College of Pharmacists Strategic Planning Session, Halifax, NS. 

[industry presentation] Mahaffey T, Morrison B, Zwicker B, Boyle T, Bishop A, Murphy A & Barker J. (2015, April). Attitudes towards 

expanded scope of pharmacy practice in Nova Scotia: Public and pharmacist perspectives. Presentation to Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists 

Council Meeting, Halifax, NS. 

[industry presentation] Morrison B, Mahaffey T, Zwicker B, Boyle T, Bishop A, Murphy A & Barker J. (2014, November). Public and 

pharmacists perceptions of expanded scope in Nova Scotia pharmacies. Presentation to the 50 th Annual Dalhousie Pharmacy Refresher and 

Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia Annual Conference, Halifax, NS. 


DR. MARY OXNER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[textbook chapter] Oxner M. (2014). Fudge Delights Inc. – A process costing case. In L Carty & S Wick (Eds.), Canadian Managerial 

Accounting Cases (pp. 15-17). Toronto, ON: Wiley. 

[textbook chapter] Oxner M. (2014). Soap Makers International – An activity based costing case. In L Carty & S Wick (Eds.), Canadian 

Managerial Accounting Cases (pp. 22-23). Toronto, ON: Wiley. 

[textbook chapter] Oxner M. (2014). Change Purse Inc. – A budgeting and cash management case. In L Carty & S Wick (Eds.), Canadian 

Managerial Accounting Cases (pp. 48-49). Toronto, ON: Wiley. 

[textbook chapter] Oxner M. (2014). Silk Screen Inc. – A job order costing case. In L Carty & S Wick (Eds.), Canadian Managerial 

Accounting Cases (pp. 10-11). Toronto, ON: Wiley. 

[award] Howard Teall Innovation in Accounting Education Award (1 st place) [for Costs and cost management in the fresh egg industry – 

“The cost of an egg”], Canadian Academic Accounting Association, 2014. 

[invited course presentation] Oxner M. (2015). Participatory budgeting. Presentation to Theory of Change Course, Coady International 

Institute, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[workshop presentations] Oxner M. (2015). 1) Basic financial tools & 2) Budgeting. Presentations at Financial Literacy Workshops for 

Paq’tnkek First Nation University and Community College Students, Paq’tnkek First Nation, Afton Station, NS. 

[workshop presentations] Oxner M. (2015). 1) Basic financial tools, 2) Credit, credit cards & credit rating, & 3) Online banking and 

identity theft. Presentations at Financial Literacy Workshop Series for Paq’tnkek First Nation Adults, Paq’tnkek First Nation, Afton 

Station, NS. 

DR. BHAVIK PARIKH, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[conference paper] Parikh B, Kemme D & Steigner T. (2015, April). The role of tax havens in Foreign Portfolio Investments: International 

evidence. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Finance Association, New Orleans, LA. 

Information Systems 

NEIL FOSHAY, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Foshay N, Yeoh W, Boo Y L, Ong K L & Mattie D. (2015). A comprehensive diagnostic framework for evaluating business 

intelligence and analytics effectiveness. The Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 19, S37-S54. 

[media release] Schwartz School business analytics class project has impact for small farmers in Kenya. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 1 June 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/schwartz-school-business-analytics-class-project-hasimpact-small-farmers-kenya 

[media release] Schwartz School business analytics students score big with J.D. Irving Ltd. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 8 

April 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/schwartz-school-business-analytics-students-score-big-jd-irving-ltd 


DR. HOSEIN MARZI, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[conference paper in proceedings] Marzi A & Marzi H. (2015). Effects of data complexity on the intelligent diagnostic reasoning. In 

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2015 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC 2015) 

[Proceedings of a meeting held 31 May - 4 June 2015, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada] (pp. 1-4). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. 

[conference paper in proceedings] Marzi H. (2015). Intelligent real-time fault diagnosis: Methodology and application. In Institute of 

Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE 28 th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2015 3-6 May 

2015, Halifax, NS, Canada [Proceeding of the IEEE 28 th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering] (pp. 948-952). 

Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. 

[conference paper in proceedings] Marzi H. (2014). Use of evolutionary algorithm in radiation therapy. In Institute of Electrical and 

Electronics Engineers, 2014 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC 2014) [Proceedings of a meeting 

held 1-4 June 2014, Montreal, Quebec, Canada] (pp. 1-5). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. 

[conference paper in proceedings] Marzi H & Marzi A. (2014). A security model for wireless sensor network. In Institute of Electrical 

and Electronics Engineers, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement 

Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA 2014) [Proceedings of a meeting held 5-7 May 2014, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada] (pp. 64-69). 

Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. 

[supervisor] Zhuang X. (2015). Big data (Unpublished BIS honours thesis). Department of Information Systems, St. Francis Xavier 

University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] MacKenzie K. (2015). Memory management for a real-time embedded operating system (Unpublished BIS honours thesis). 

Department of Information Systems, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Zhu C. (2015). Protocols analysis of wireless sensor network for pervasive healthcare monitoring systems (Unpublished BIS 

honours thesis). Department of Information Systems, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Xi Y. (2015). Data Mining and Performance Comparison between various software tools (Unpublished BIS honours thesis). 

Department of Information Systems, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Huang K. (2015) Manufacturing layout optimization (Unpublished BIS honours thesis). Department of Information Systems, 


[conference paper] Marzi H. (2015, June). Use of evolutionary algorithm in radiation therapy. Paper presented at the 2014 IEEE Canada 

International Humanitarian Advancement through Technology (IHTC 2014), Montreal, QC. 

[conference paper] Marzi H. (2015, May). Intelligent real-time fault diagnosis: Methodology and application. Paper presented at the 28 th 

Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, CCECE 2015, Halifax NS. 

[conference paper] Marzi H & Marzi A. (2014, May). A security model for wireless sensor network. Paper presented at the 2014 IEEE 

International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environment for Measurement Systems and Applications 

(CIVEMSA 2014), Ottawa, ON. 

[referee] Paper reviewer for the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2015), Killarney, Ireland, 12-17 July 2015. 

[referee] Paper reviewer for the 28 th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2015), Halifax, NS, 3-6 May 2015. 


[referee] Paper reviewer for the 2014 IEEE Symposium on Intelligent Embedded Systems (IES’14@SSCI2014), Orlando, FL, 9-12 

December 2014. 

[referee] Paper reviewer for the IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI 2014), Orlando, FL, 9-12 December 2014. 

[referee] Member, Technical Program Committee - Reviewers, 2014 8 th IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon2014), Fairmont 

Château Laurier, Ottawa, ON, 2014. 

[committee member] Member, Advisory Committee, International Conference on Global Innovations in Computing Technology 

(ICGICT’14), Tirupur, Tamilnadu, India, 2014. 

[editor] Associate Editor, Journal of Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing (Autosoft Journal). 

FACULTY OF EDUCATION 

Adult Education 

DR. LEONA ENGLISH, PROFESSOR 

[book] English LE & Irving CJ. (2015). Feminism in the community: Adult education for transformation. In P Mayo (Series Ed.), 

International issues in adult education: Vol. 16. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publications. 

[book chapter] English LM. (2015). Adult health learning: A critical approach to informal learning about health. In O Mejiuni, P Cranton 

& O Taiwo (Eds.), Measuring and analyzing informal learning in the digital age (pp. 170-180). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. 

[book chapter] English LM. (2015). Harriet Rouillard: “The Stamp of its Editor” on the CAAE’s Food for Thought. In S Imel & G Bersch 

(Eds.), No small lives: Handbook of North American early women adult educators, 1925-1950. (pp. 211-218). Charlotte: NC: Information 

Age Publishers. 

[book chapter] English LM. (2014). Financial literacy: A critical adult education appraisal. In K Sprow Forté, E Taylor & EJ Tisdell (Eds.), 

Financial literacy and adult education (pp. 47-55). In New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education: Vol. 141. San Francisco, CA: 

Jossey-Bass. 

[journal article] English LM & Irving C. (2015). Feminism and adult education: The nexus of policy, practice, and payment. Canadian 

Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 27(2), 16-30. 

[journal article] English LM & Roy C. (2015). Teaching the truth: Difficulties with social justice and social class in graduate school. 

Educational Considerations, 42(3), 22-28. 

[encyclopedia entry] English LM. (2015). Curriculum planning, Jane Vella and. In GT Kurian & MA Lamport (Eds.), Encyclopedia of 

Christian education (Vol. 1, pp. 366-367). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. 

[encyclopedia entry] English LM. (2015). Experiential learning. In GT Kurian & MA Lamport (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Christian education 

(Vol. 1, pp. 494-495). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. 

[conference paper in proceedings] Irving CJ & English LM. (2015). Feminism and adult education: The nexus of policy, practice, and 

payment. In Proceedings of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) [CASAE/ICAE, Montreal. 9 th World 

Assembly on Adult Education and Lifelong Learning June 12-14]. 


[conference paper in proceedings] English LM. (2015). Jean Hunter Morrison: CASAE creator, writer, broadcaster. In Proceedings of the 

Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education [CASAE/ICAE, Montreal. 9 th World Assembly on Adult Education and Lifelong 

Learning June 12-14]. 

[conference paper in proceedings] Irving CJ & English LM. (2015). International policies in adult education: A critical feminist analysis. 

In Proceedings of the 34 th annual conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (pp. 160-164), Université de 

Montréal, Montréal, QC, June 3-5. 

[supervisor] Wright C. (2015). Solidarity, allies, and social movement learning: Exploring the learning of Christian Peacemaker Team 

delegations to Northwestern Ontario (Unpublished MAdEd thesis). Department of Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS. [Winner of the John Dobson Award for International Research. Winner of the Outstanding Graduate Student Research 

Award.] 

[supervisor] Greenman A. (2014). Eva Perón: Facilitator of learning (Unpublished MAdEd thesis). Department of Adult Education, 


[conference paper] Martin D, White M, English LM, Guo S, Sork T & Jubas K. (2015, June). Going international: How Canadian adult 

educators are researching trends and issues. Paper presented at the 9 th World Assembly on Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, 

University of Montreal, Montreal, QC. 

[conference paper] Tisdell EJ, Rose A, English L, Kasworm C, Ross-Gordon J, Parrish M & Merriweather-Hunn L. (2014). Introducing 

North American early women adult educators. Paper presented at the Women’s Research Special Interest Group, Commission of Professors 

of Adult Education, Charleston, SC. 

[conference paper] English LM. (2014). Creating a field and a practice: Jean Hunter Morrison and adult education (1940-1960). 

Paper presented at the American Association of Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), Charleston, SC. 

[editor] Co-editor, Adult Education Quarterly, 2014-2017. 

[board member] Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Religious Education (Australia), 2011- . 

[board member] Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Transformative Education (US), 2011- . 

[board member] Member, Editorial Board, Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2007- . 

[board member] Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Adult Theological Education (UK), 2007- . 

[board member] Member, Editorial Board, Religious Education (US), 2004- . 

[board member] Member, Editorial Board, Australian Journal for Adult Learning, 2000- . 

[adjudicator] Member, Lifetime Achievement Award Committee, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education, 2012-2014. 

[adjudicator] Member, Selection Committee, Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education, American Association 

of Adult and Continuing Education, 2014. 

[ethics chair] Chair, Research Ethics Board, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 2012-2015. 

[board member] Board member, Antigonish County Adult Learning Association. 


DR. CAROLE ROY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[supervisor] Harrison D. (2015). Transforming white racial consciousness: Learning from anti-racist narratives in rural Canada 

(Unpublished MAdEd thesis). Department of Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Joun P. (2015). Caught in the crossfire: Working in South Korea as an English teacher (Unpublished MAdEd thesis). 

Department of Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[advisor] Letourneau S. (2015). Defining safety for women learners impacted by abuse: Healing trauma through literacy and the arts 

(Unpublished research project). Department of Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[advisor] MacNeil, C. (2014). Examining the learning needs of rehabilitation professionals in the Qikiqtani Region of Nunavut considering 

community development as a practice model (Unpublished research project). Department of Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS. 

[advisor] MacPhail G. (2014). Understanding authenticity: A self-study of emerging and learner-centered teaching in a police education 

context (Unpublished research project). Department of Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[second reader] Wright C. (2015). Solidarity, allies, and social movement learning: Exploring the learning of delegates to Northwestern 

Ontario (Unpublished MAdEd thesis). Department of Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[second examiner] Acheson L. (2015). Reciprocal risk: A case study of community-university partnership (Unpublished research project). 

Department of Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[second examiner] Milne C. (2014). Transforming critical thought: A qualitative study of adult educators’ approaches to supporting students 

in becoming critical thinkers (Unpublished research project). Department of Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[second examiner] Carty L. (2014). Understanding authenticity: A self-study of teaching in higher education (Unpublished research 

project). Department of Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[second examiner] Shoemaker C. (2014). Authenticity at work: An autoethnographic study (Unpublished research project). Department of 

Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[second examiner] Boyd P. (2014). Mapping the pillars of sustainability: Building capacity for integrated coastal and marine planning on 

Cape Breton Island’s Gulf Coast (Unpublished research project). Department of Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, 


[second examiner] Hartwell S. (2014). Discovering how college faculty help students to mature: An appreciative inquiry (Unpublished 

research project). Department of Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[second examiner] Azpiroz F. (2014). An inquiry on collective knowledge: A participatory action inquiry of a Chinese faith-based network of 

social service communities (Unpublished research project). Department of Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[conference paper in proceedings] Roy C. (2015, June). Prisons the new frontier of human rights?: Informal learning through the arts. In 

Proceedings of the 34 th Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education Conference, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC. 

[conference paper] Butterwick S & Roy C. (2015, June). The power of arts-making in finding voice and creating conditions for seeing/ 

listening. Paper presented at the International Council of Adult Education World Congress, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC. 


[co-ordinator] First president/co-ordinator, Antigonish International Film Festival, 2007- . 

[nominator] Nominated Palagummi Sainath, an internationally renowned photojournalist from India, for the 2015 Coady Chair of Social 

Justice, Coady International Institute, St. Francis Xavier University. (He was selected and accepted to be the Chair.) 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education; Journal of Transformative Education; & Adult 

Education Quarterly. 

Education 

DR. LAURA-LEE KEARNS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] Kearns L, Mitton-Kükner J & Tompkins J. (2014). Building LGBTQ awareness and allies in our teacher education 

community and beyond. In Swanson CC, McMaster EA, Aspenlieder E, Raffoul J & Teeter C (Eds.), Learning to live, learning for life (pp. 

62-67). In Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching [CELT]: Vol. 7. Ottawa, ON: Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. 

Retrieved from http://celt.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/CELT/article/view/3980/3259 

[journal article] Mitton- Kükner J, Kearns L-L & Tompkins J. (2015). Pre-service educators and anti-oppressive pedagogy: Interrupting 

and challenging LGBTQ oppression in schools. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 

Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1359866X.2015.1020047 

[journal article] Kearns L. (2015). Subjects of wonder: Towards an aesthetics, ethics and pedagogy of wonder. The Journal of Aesthetic 

Education, 49(1), 98-119. 

[journal article] Kearns L & Anuik J. (2015). Métis curricular challenges and possibilities: A discussion initiated by First Nations, Métis, 

and Inuit education policy in Ontario. Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, 12(2), 6-36. 

[journal article] Kearns L, Mitton-Kükner J & Tompkins J. (2014). LGBTQ awareness and allies: Building capacity in a teacher education 

program. Canadian Journal of Education, 37(4). (26 pp.) Retrieved from http://journals.sfu.ca/cje/index.php/cje-rce/article/view- 

File/1628/1714 

[conference paper] Mitton-Kükner J, Tompkins J & Kearns L-L. (2015 May). The journey of pre-service teachers becoming more visible 

about their social justice advocacy for the LGBTQ community in schools. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, 

Ottawa, ON. 

[conference paper] Anuik J & Kearns L. (2015, April). Métis education in Ontario’s schools: Finding policy and curriculum that lives. 

Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. 

[conference paper] Kearns L, Mitton-Kükner J & Tompkins J. (2015, April). Building capacity: Preservice teachers as LGBTQ allies and 

social justice advocates. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. 

WENDY KRAGLUND-GAUTHIER, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] Kraglund-Gauthier WL. (2015). Learning to teach with mobile technologies: Pedagogical implications in and outside the 

classroom. In A. Zhang (Ed.), Handbook of mobile teaching and learning (Vols. 1-2, pp. 1-12). Sydney, AU: Springer-Verlag Berlin 

Heidelberg Reference. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-41981-2_68-1. Retreived from http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/ 

10.1007/978-3-642-41981-2_68-1 


[book chapter] Young DC & Kraglund-Gauthier WL. (2015). Canadian postsecondary education associations: A vital piece of the 

postsecondary governance structure. In M Nilson Levisohn M, L-J Broshko & T Shanahan (Eds.), Handbook of Canadian higher education 

law (pp. 113-122). Montreal, QC / Kingston, ON: McGill-Queen’s University Press. 

[book chapter] Kraglund-Gauthier WL. (2014). An instructional designer’s tale: The ghost in the machine, supporting the virtual 

post-secondary educator. In TG Ryan & DC Young (Eds.), Teaching online: Stories from within (pp. 75-88). Champaign, IL: Common 

Ground. 

[book chapter] Kraglund-Gauthier WL. (2014). Using inquiry-based learning to identify issues and develop pedagogical awareness of 

teaching with technology: A self-study from a pre-service teacher education class. In JM Carfora & P Blessinger (Eds.), Inquiry-based 

learning for arts, humanities, and social sciences programs: A conceptual and practical resource for educators (pp. 197-217). In Innovations 

in Higher Education Teaching and Learning: Vol. 2. Bingley, UK: Emerald. 

[journal article] MacLeod KA & Kraglund-Gauthier WL. (2015). A case study of infusing technology into pre-service secondary science 

teacher learning: Conceptions and attitudes while navigating changing digital landscapes. Journal of European Education, 5(2), 1-15. 

[journal article] Young DC & Kraglund-Gauthier WL & Foran A. (2015). Legal literacy in teacher education programs: Conceptualizing 

relevance and constructing pedagogy. Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, 24(1), 7-19. 

[journal article] Kraglund-Gauthier WL, Young DC & Kell E. (2014). Teaching students with disabilities in post-secondary landscapes: 

Navigating elements of inclusion, differentiation, universal design for learning, and technology. Transformative Dialogues, 7(3), 1-9. 

[book review] Kraglund-Gauthier WL. (2015). [Review of the book The new digital shoreline: How Web 2.0 and Millennials are 

revolutionizing higher education by R McHaney]. Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology, 4(1), 80-82. http://doi:10.14434/jotlt. 

v4n1.13497. Retrieved from http://jotlt.indiana.edu/article/viewFile/13497/25453 

[conference paper] Power M, Costello J, Kraglund-Gauthier WL, Rose E & Blanchette C. (2015, October). The quest for the finest blend of 

text and voice in graduate online learning: An eastern Canadian perspective. Paper presented at Canada’s Collaboration for Online Higher 

Education and Research (COHERE) Annual Conference, Halifax, NS. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/COHERE2012/the-questfor-the-finest-blend-of-text-and-voice-in-graduate-online-learning-an-eastern-canadian-perspective?ref=http://cohere.ca/2015- 

dalhousie-presentations/ 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology; & Canadian Journal for the Study of Teaching and 

Learning. 

DR. LISA LUNNEY BORDEN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] Wagner D & Lunney Borden L. (2015). Common sense and necessity in (ethno)mathematics. In Sullenger K & Turner S 

(Eds.), New ground: The story of a research collaboration studying informal learning in science, mathematics, and technology (pp.113-128). 

Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers. 

[magazine article] Lunney Borden L. (2015). 3 good ideas: Know your kids, know their communities, believe they can learn. Principal 

Connections, 19(2), 24-26. 

[magazine article] Lunney Borden L. (2015). (2015). Language, worldview, and teaching mathematics. Principal Connections, 18(3), 

26-29. 


[magazine article] Lunney Borden L. (2014). More than a quick fix: A model for Aboriginal mathematics education. Principal 

Connections, 18(1), 13-15. 

[supervisor] MacKinnon N. (2015). Integrating technology in the classroom (Unpublished MEd thesis). Faculty of Education, St. Francis 

Xavier University, Antiognish, NS. 

[second reader] Berzowski K. (2015). Students’ experiences of Yoga 11 in Nova Scotia public schools (Unpublished MEd thesis). Faculty of 

Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[second reader] Chisholm M. (2014). A case study: Evaluating the implementation of response to instruction (RTI) in grade 6 mathematics 

(Unpublished research project). Faculty of Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[third reader] Costello M. (2014). An inquiry into teacher professionalism: How elementary language arts teachers experience the 

implementation of literacy initiatives (Unpublished MEd thesis). Faculty of Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[research grant] Lunney Borden L, Taylor T & van den Hoogen R. Secondary Math Outreach – Connecting Math to Our Lives and 

Communities. Mi’kmaq Nova Scotia Tripartite Forum Fund Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey / African Canadian Services Division, Nova Scotia 

Education and Early Childhood Department, 2015-2016 ($34,818). 

[research grant] Lunney Borden L. Show Me Your Math Expansion Project. Canadian Mathematics Society / Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey / 

Tripartite Forum Fund for Social & Economic Change / Aboriginal Health and Human Resources Initiative / Nova Scotia Department of 

Education, 2014-2017 ($140,780). 

[research grant] Reid DA (principal investigator); Barnwell R, Knipping C, Maston RT, Savard A, Simmt ESM, Suurtamm CA & Lunney 

Borden L (co-applicants). Observing teachers: Mathematics pedagogy in regions of Canada. Standard Research Grant, Social Sciences and 

Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2011-2017 ($204,360). 

[outreach grant] Developed and organized March Break Math Camp in Eskasoni, Membertou and Paqtnkek. Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey, 

2015-2016 ($50,000). 

[conference paper] Lunney Borden L. (2015, June). Learning mathematics through birch bark biting: Affirming Indigenous identity. Paper 

presented at Mathematics Education and Society conference, Portland, OR. 

[conference paper] Wiseman D & Lunney Borden L. (2015, June). STEM [Science Technology, Engineering and Mathemics]: Framework 

for or artifact of teaching and learning? Paper presented at the 43 rd Conference of Canadian Society for Studies in Education Conference, 

Ottawa, ON. 

[working group leader with Florence Glanfield] (2015, June). Indigenous ways of knowing in mathematics. Presentation at the Canadian 

Mathematics Education Study Group Conference, Moncton, NB. 

[invited workshops] Lunney Borden L. (2015, May 8). Honouring Indigenous knowledges in mathematics education. Four workshops 

presented for Treaty 4 Education Alliance, Moose Jaw, SK. 

[invited keynote address] Lunney Borden L. (2015, May 1). Honouring Indigenous knowledges in mathematics education. Paper presented 

at Math and technology Conference of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association, Toronto, ON. 

[invited presentation] Lunney Borden L. (2015, April 28). Honouring Indigenous knowledges in mathematics education. Presentation at 

K-12 System Implementation and Monitoring Session, Sudbury Region, Toronto, ON. 


[invited presentation] Lunney Borden L. (2015, April 17). Honouring Indigenous knowledges in mathematics education. Presentation to 

race relations, cross cultural understanding & human rights advisors, Annapolis Valley Regional School Board. 

[invited presentation] Lunney Borden L. (2015, April 13). Considering culturally based mathematics: Learning from stories of learning. 

Presentation to mathematics coaches and mentors, Halifax Regional School Board. 


K-12 Student Work Study Team, Thunder Bay Region, Thunder Bay, ON. 


K-12 System Implementation and Monitoring Session Team, Thunder Bay Region, Thunder Bay, ON. 

[invited presentation] Lunney Borden L. (2015, January 16). A framework for Aboriginal mathematics education: Decolonization and 

cultural affirmation. Presentation to Race Relations, Cross Cultural Understanding & Human Rights Lead Team, Annapolis Valley 

Regional School Board. 

[invited presentations] Lunney Borden L. (2015, October). Culturally responsive mathematics curriculum and pedagogy: Making a 

difference with/in Indigenous communities. Presentation to Collaborative Inquiry Teams of the Ontario Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat, 

Ontario Ministry of Education, via Skype, and in Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Toronto. Retrieved from http://learnteachlead.ca/projects/ 

leaders-educational-thought-ways-change-video/?video=2&active=0 

[presenter] Lunney Borden L. (2015, May). Mathematics and Indigenous Knowledge. Presented a workshop at the first annual StFX Math 

Camp, Antigonish, NS. 

[featured speaker] Lunney Borden L. (2014). The power of Indigenous knowledge. Presentation at Leaders in educational thought: Ways 

of change, Student Achievement Division, Ministry of Education, Toronto, ON. Retrieved from http://learnteachlead.ca/projects/ 

leaders-educational-thought-ways-change-video/?pcat=999&sess=2 

[radio interview] Interview on CBC Radio “Information Morning” – discussing Disrupting the status quo: Nova Scotians demand a 

better future for every student [Panel report on K to 12 education in Nova Scotia], Halifax, NS, 3 November 2014. 

DR. KATARIN MACLEOD, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] MacLeod KA. (2014). Hello, are you out there, …anybody? In TG Ryan & DC Young (Eds.), Teaching online: Stories from 

within (pp. 53-63). Champaign, IL: Common Ground. 

[journal article] MacLeod KA, Razul MSG & Powell J. (2015) A non-traditional undergraduate astronomy course: Changing pedagogy to 

better meet students’ needs. Canadian Journal of Physics, 93(5), 526-531. 

[journal article] MacLeod KA & Kraglund-Gauthier WL. (2015). A case study of infusing technology into pre-service secondary science 

teacher learning: Conceptions and attitudes while navigating changing digital landscapes. Journal of European Education, 5(2), 1-15. 

[conference paper in proceedings] MacLeod KA, Razul MSG & Powell J. (2015). Pedagogical changes in an astronomy course for 

non-physics majors: Student and professor perspectives. In Cunningham BA, O’Riordan C & Ghose S (Eds.), Women in physics: 5 th IUPAP 

International conference on women in physics, Waterloo, Canada, 5-8 August 2014. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics. Retrieved 

from http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4937711 


[conference paper in proceedings] MacLeod KA. (2015, August). Science, Technology, Society and Environment (STSE) and pre-service 

physics teacher education: Lessons for physics and education faculty. In Cunningham BA, O’Riordan C & Ghose S (Eds.), Women in 

physics: 5 th IUPAP International conference on women in physics, Waterloo, Canada, 5-8 August 2014. Melville, NY: American Institute of 

Physics. Retrieved from 

[supervisor] Stiles-Clarke L. (2015). “I just love it”: A qualitative expiration of why first year physics students at a mid-size Atlantic 

Canadian university choose to major in physics, or not (Unpublished MEd thesis). Faculty of Education, St. Francis Xavier University, 


[conference paper] Laronde G, MacLeod KA, Frost L & Waller K. (2015, March). Case study of an ubiquitous computing school in an 

Aboriginal community. A paper presented at the Clute Institute Education Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

[conference poster] MacLeod KA, Razul MSG & Powell J. (2014). A non-traditional undergraduate astronomy course: Changing pedagogy 

to better meet students’ needs. Poster of article highlights presented at the 5 th Annual IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied 

Physics) Conference on Women in Physics, Waterloo, ON. 

[conference poster] MacLeod KA. (2014). Pre-service physics teachers’ perceptions of teaching high school physics through a Science, 

Technology, Society and Environment (STSE) lens: Implications for physics and educational studies. Poster of article highlights presented 

at the 5 th Annual IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics) Conference on Women in Physics, Waterloo, ON. 

DR. JENNIFER MITTON-KÜKNER, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 





[journal article] Mitton-Kükner J. (2015). Time constraints experienced by female teacher researchers in Canada and Turkey: Challenges to 

developing an autonomous professional learning mindset. Professional Development in Education. 

Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19415257.2015.1073607 

[journal article] Mitton-Kükner J. (2015). Problematizing the benefits and challenges of teacher research: Burrowing into female 

teachers temporal constraints experienced in the midst of the research process. LEARNing Landscapes, 8(2), 261-283. 

[journal article] Mitton-Kükner J, Munroe E & Graham D. (2015). The challenge of differing perspectives surrounding grades in the 

assessment education of pre service teachers. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 45(4), 322-342. 

[journal article] Munroe E, Mitton-Kükner J & Graham D. (2015). Inquiring into the assessment education of preservice teachers: 

A collaborative self-study of teacher educators’ classroom assessment practices. in education, 21(2), 110-126. 

[journal article] Mitton-Kükner J & Murray-Orr A. (2015). Inquiring into pre-service content area teachers’ development of literacy 

practices and pedagogical content knowledge. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 40(5), 41-60. 

Retrieved from http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol40/iss5/3 

[journal article] Murray-Orr A & Mitton-Kükner J. (2015). Fostering a creativity mindset in content area pre-service teachers through 

their use of literacy strategies. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 16, 69-79. doi:10.1016/j.tsc.2015.02.003 

Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273790381_Fostering_a_Creativity_Mindset_in_Content_Area_Pre-service_ 

Teachers_through_their_use_of_Literacy_Strategies 


[journal article] Mitton-Kükner J, Kearns L & Tompkins J. (2015). Pre-Service educators and anti-oppressive pedagogy: Interrupting and 

challenging LGBTQ oppression in schools. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/ 

10.1080/1359866X.2015.1020047 

[journal article] Mitton-Kükner J & Murray-Orr A. (2014, delayed release 2015). Making the invisible of learning visible: Pre-service 

teachers identify connections between the use of literacy strategies and their content area assessment practices. Alberta Journal of 

Educational Research, 60(2), 403-419. 

[journal article] Mitton-Kükner J. (2014). Seeking time within time: Exploring the temporal constraints of women teachers’ experiences 

as graduate students and novice researchers. McGill Journal of Education, 49(2), 459-478. 

[supervisor] McDougall C. (2015). A qualitative case study of grade nine teachers’ perceptions of and beliefs about literacy and learning in 

the content areas of social studies, science, mathematics, and art (Unpublished MEd thesis). Faculty of Education, St. Francis Xavier 


[supervisor] Michael H. (2015). Between the bells and after school: Exploring the leadership experiences of high school females involved in 

service learning (Unpublished MEd thesis). Faculty of Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[conference paper] Mitton-Kükner J & Michael H. (2015, July). Project Worldview: Using the IB Core to cultivate young researchers. Paper 

presented at the IB Conference of the Americas, Chicago, IL. 

[conference paper] Ciuffetelli Parker D, Fleet C, Griffin S, Mitton-Kükner J, Murray-Orr A & Pushor D. (2015, June). Narrative inquiry 

teacher education discourse community: Enacting knowledge and pedagogy. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for Teacher 

Education (CATE) at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference paper] Mitton-Kükner J. (2015, June). Problematizing the temporal constraints of female teachers’ experiences as novice 

researchers. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education (CASWE) at the Canadian Society for 

the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference paper] Mitton-Kükner J & Murray-Orr A. (2015, June). A multi-year study of pre-service teachers’ literacy practices in high 

school content area courses. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE) at the Canadian Society for the 

Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference paper] Murray-Orr A & Mitton-Kükner J. (2015, May). A case study of early career teachers’ evolving content area literacy 

practices. Paper presented at the Language & Literacy Pre-Conference (LLRC) at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) 

Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference paper] Mitton-Kükner J, Tompkins J & Kearns L-L. (2015, May). The journey of pre-service teachers becoming more visible 

about their social justice advocacy for the LGBTQ community in schools. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for Teacher Education 

(CATE) at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference paper] Kearns L-L, Mitton-Kükner J & Tompkins J. (2015, April). Building capacity: Pre-service teachers as LGBTQ allies and 

social justice advocates. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 

[invited presentation] Mitton-Kükner J. (2015, April 10). Burrowing into the temporal constraints informing female teachers’ research 

engagement in Canada and Turkey. Paper presented to the Feminist Research Hive, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[workshop leader] Mitton-Kükner J & Tompkins J. (2014, October 24). Positive Space Levels I and II Training Workshop. Presentation to 

Nova Scotia In-Service Teachers, Association of Teachers of English of Nova Scotia (ATENS), Dartmouth, NS. 


[workshop leader] Mitton-Kükner J, Kearns L-L & Tompkins J. (2014, October 17). Positive Space III Training Workshop. Presentation 

to Year 2 pre-service teachers at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[workshop leader] Mitton-Kükner J. (2014, October 17). Assessment Professional Development Workshop. Presentation to Year 1 

pre-service teachers (middle school stream), St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[workshop leader] Mitton-Kükner J, Tompkins J & Harrison R*. (2014, April 14). Creating positive spaces for LGBTQ students [Hosted by 

the Gay Straight Alliance]. Presentation at CP Allen High School, Bedford, NS. 

[media release] Forum to showcase research conducted by StFX education graduate students. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 

13 July 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/forum-showcase-research-conducted-stfx-education-graduate-students 

DR. ELIZABETH MUNROE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Munroe E & Driskil E. (2014). Preparing for change: Instructional coach to classroom teacher. International Journal of 

Teacher Leadership, 5(1). (16 pp.) Retrieved from https://www.cpp.edu/~ceis/education/international-journal-teacher-leadership/ 

documents/Munroe%20-%20FINAL%20-%2012-11-14.pdf 

[workshop leader] Munroe E. (2015, May). Workshop for teachers: Continued thinking about the curriculum framework for K4 programs. 

Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey, Waycobah, NS. 

[workshop leader] Munroe E. (2015, April). Workshop for teachers: Introduction to the curriculum. Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey, Waycobah, 

NS. 

[policy advisor] Member, Early Years Advisory Council, Department of Education, Nova Scotia. [Appointed by the Premier of Nova Scotia 

to advise the Minister of Education.] 

[committee member] Member, Sub-Committee on Assessment, Nova Scotia Educational Leaders Consortium. 

[consultant] Meetings and support for P-2 teachers at New Glasgow Academy, New Glasgow, NS, 2015. 

[referee] Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations; & Canadian Journal of Education. 

[board member] Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Teacher Leadership, 2014. 

DR. ANNE MURRAY-ORR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Murray-Orr A & Mitton-Kükner J. (2015). Fostering a creativity mindset in content area teachers through their use of 

literacy strategies. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 16, 69-79. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/ 

S1871187115000061 

[journal article] Mitton-Kükner J & Murray-Orr A. (2015). Inquiring into pre-service content area teachers’ development of literacy 

practices and pedagogical content knowledge. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 40(5), 41-60. Retrieved from http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ 

ajte/vol40/iss5/3/ 

[journal article] Mitton-Kükner J & Murray-Orr A. (2015). Making the invisible of learning visible: Pre-service teachers identify 

connections between the use of literacy strategies and their content area assessment practices. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 

60(2), 403-419. Retrieved from http://ajer.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ajer/article/view/1378 


[conference paper] Mitton-Kükner J & Murray-Orr A. (2015, June). A multi-year study of pre-service teachers’ literacy practices in high 

school content area courses. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE) at the Canadian Society for the 

Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference paper] Murray-Orr A & Mitton-Kükner J. (2015, May). A case study of early career teachers’ evolving content area literacy 

practices. Paper presented at the Language & Literacy Pre-Conference (LLRC) at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) 

Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON. 

[board member] Member, Editorial Board, Cogent Education, 2015 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Thinking Skills and Creativity; in education; & LEARNing Landscapes. 

[referee] Conference paper proposal reviewer for Canadian Society for Studies in Education, 2013- 

[media release] M.Ed. graduate earns national honorable mention for her thesis work. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 26 

September 2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/med-graduate-earns-national-honorable-mention-her-thesis-work 

DR. DANIEL ROBINSON, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[research grant] Robinson D. Mi’kmaq ways of knowing by, through, and about the body: Coming together to understand culturally 

relevant physical education. Insight Development Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2015-2017 

($38,602). 

[research contract] MacKinnon PC, Robinson D, Gleddie D & Berg S. Action Researching At My Best Implementation. Physical and Health 

Education Canada, and AstraZenica Canada, 2015-2017 ($103,500). 

[conference paper] Berezowski K & Robinson DB. (2015, April-May). Yoga 11 in Nova Scotia public schools. Paper presented at the 

Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE Canada) Conference, Research Council Forum, Banff, AB. 

[conference paper] Kiley J & Robinson DB. (2015, April-May). Exploring female students’ elective physical education enrolment: An 

independent school case study. Paper presented at the Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE Canada) Conference, Research 

Council, Banff, AB. 

[conference paper] Robinson DB & Randall L. (2015, April-May). Smooth sailing or stormy seas?: Atlantic Canadian physical educators on 

the state and future of physical education. Paper presented at the Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE Canada) Conference, 

Research Council, Banff, AB. 

[conference paper] Robinson DB & Randall L. (2015, April). Smooth sailing or stormy seas?: Atlantic Canadian physical educators on the 

state and future of physical education. Paper presented at the Ireland International Conference on Education, Dublin, Ireland. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Teaching and Teacher Education. 

[referee] Abstract reviewer for Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference. 

[officer] Communications/Listserv Manager, Physical and Health Education Canada Research Council, 2015- 

[committee member] Advisory Committee Member, Leadership, Physical and Health Education Canada, 2014-2016. 


[chair] Co-chair, Physical and Health Education Canada Research Council Forum, 2014-2015. 

[committee member] Committee Member (ex officio), Teachers Association of Physical and Health Educators, 2011- 



DR. JOANNE TOMPKINS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 





[journal article] Mitton- Kükner J, Kearns L-L & Tompkins J. (2015). Pre-service educators and anti-oppressive pedagogy: Interrupting and 

challenging LGBTQ oppression in schools. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. Retrieved from doi:10.1080/1359866X.2015.1020047 

[journal article] Kearns L, Mitton-Kükner J & Tompkins J. (2014). LGBTQ awareness and allies: 

Building capacity in a Bachelor of Education program. Canadian Journal of Education, 37(4), 1-26. 



DR. ROBERT WHITE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] White RE, Cooper K & Mackey W. (2014). Culturally relevant education and critical pedagogy; Devolution of hierarchies 

of power. International Journal of Education for Social Justice, 3(2), 123-140. 

[keynote address] White RE. (2015). What is research? Invited presentation at First Annual Student Research Forum, Faculty of Education, 


[editor] Assistant Editor, International Journal of Leadership in Education. 

[editor] Field Editor, The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY. 

[board member] Member, Editorial Board, Improving Schools. 

[board member] Member, Advisory Board, The Journal of Interdisciplinary Research in Child and Youth Mental Health. 

[board member] Member, Advisory Board, The Journal of Interdisciplinary Research in Social Science and Educational Studies. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Educational Research and Reviews; & Journal of Education and Learning. 




DR. DAVID YOUNG, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[book] Ryan TG & Young DC (Eds.). (2014). Teaching online: Stories from within. Champaign, IL: Common Ground. 

[book chapter] Young DC. (2014). Teaching online: A traditionalist’s personal narrative. In TG Ryan & DC Young (Eds.), Teaching online: 

Stories from within (pp. 1-9). Champaign, IL: Common Ground. 

[book chapter] Ryan TG & Young DC. (2014). Online education as experience, learning, and growth. In TG Ryan & DC Young (Eds.), 

Teaching online: Stories from within (pp. x-xviii). Champaign, IL: Common Ground. 

[book chapter] Ryan TG & Young DC. (2014). The state of e-learning: Current observations and future trends. In TG Ryan & DC Young 

(Eds.), Teaching online: Stories from within (pp. 175-191). Champaign, IL: Common Ground. 

[journal article] Ryan TG & Young DC. (2015). Online (distance) education: Evolving standards. Journal of Technologies in Education, 

11(2), 15-30. 

[journal article] Young DC, Kraglund-Gauthier WL & Foran A. (2015). Legal literacy in teacher education programs: Conceptualizing 

relevance and constructing pedagogy. Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, 24(1), 7-19. 

[journal article] Kraglund-Gauthier WL, Young DC & Kell E. (2014). Teaching students with disabilities in post-secondary landscapes: 

Navigating elements of inclusion, differentiation, universal design for learning, and technology. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching & 

Learning Journal, 7(3), 1-9. 

[newsletter article] Young DC. (2015). Comments regarding strip searches lead to minister’s resignation. CAPSLE [Canadian Association 

for the Practical Study of Law in Education] Comments, 24(3), 1-2. 

[newsletter article] Young DC. (2015). Nova Scotia board of inquiry finds workplace discrimination. CAPSLE [Canadian Association for 

the Practical Study of Law in Education] Comments, 24(3), 17. 

[conference poster] Ryan TG & Young DC. (2015, June). Teaching online: Stories from within. Poster presented at the annual conference 

of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference paper] Young DC & Meyer MJ. (2015, May). Evaluation of PEBS in secondary schools as a vehicle for fostering citizenship. 

Paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Pearson Education Canada. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations; Journal of Technologies in Education; & 

Education & Law Journal. 


[referee] Reviewed research proposal for Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration (Canadian Society for the 

Study of Education). 

[ethics chair] Chair, Research Ethics Board, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 2015- 

[media release] New book by StFX education professor provides insights into teaching online. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 

9 December 2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/new-book-stfx-education-professor-provides-insights-teaching-online 


FACULTY OF SCIENCE 

Biology 

DR. CORY BISHOP, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Lin Y* & Bishop CD. (2015). Identification of free-living Oophila amblystomatis Lambert from salamander and wood 

frog breeding habitat. Phycologia, 52, 183-191. 

[journal article) Biggers W & Bishop CD. (2014). Nitric oxide is not a negative regulator of metamorphic induction in the abalone 

Haliotis asinina: NO means YES [invited commentary]. Frontiers of Marine Science. Retrieved from doi:10.3389/fmars.2014.00051 

[journal article] Kim Yuan Lin E*, Kerney R, Blumenberg L & Bishop CD. (2014). Phylogenetic systematics of algal symbionts associated 

with four North American amphibian egg masses. PLoS One. Retrieved from doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108915 

[journal article] Small D*, Bennett S* and Bishop CD. (2014). The roles of oxygen and ammonia in the symbiotic relationship between 

the salamander Ambystoma maculatum and the green alga Oophila amblystomatis during embryonic development. Symbiosis, 64, 1-10. 

[journal article] Heyland A, Hodin J & Bishop CD. (2014). Manipulation of metamorphic development in purple sea urchins 

(Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) by morpholino microinjection into late stage larvae. PLoS One. Retrieved from doi:10.1371/journal. 

pone.0113866 

[research grant] Bishop CD. Ecology, evolution and development of a symbiosis between a green alga and some amphibians. Discovery 

Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2015-2020 ($130,000). 

[research grant] Bishop CD. Evolution and development of marine invertebrates. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering 

Research Council of Canada, 2010-2015 ($155,000). 

[public outreach] Launched Citizen Science project website, Bishop Laboratory, Department of Biology, St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 2014. Retrieved from http://citizensciencens.ca/ 

[media release] Nine StFX master’s students receive Nova Scotia Research and Innovation Graduate Scholarships. St. Francis Xavier 

University, Antigonish, NS, 28 May 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/nine-stfx-masters-students-receive-nova-scotiaresearch-and-innovation-graduate 

[media release] NSERC awards 13 prestigious student research awards to StFX students. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 21 

April 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/nserc-awards-13-prestigious-student-research-awards-stfx-students 

[media release] StFX biology students sweep top spots at Science Atlantic Conference. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 12 

March 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-biology-students-sweep-top-spots-science-atlantic-conference 

[media release] Third year biology student co-authors paper accepted for publication. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 7 

November 2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/third-year-biology-student-co-authors-paper-accepted-publication 

DR. JOHN BUCKLAND-NICKS, SENIOR RESEARCH PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Buckland-Nicks J. (2014). Apocrine secretion of the egg hull in oogenesis and exclusion of sperm organelles at fertilization 

make reproduction in Chitonida (Mollusca) unique. Journal of Natural History, 48, 2885–2897. 


[journal article] Buckland-Nicks J. (2014). SEM Analysis of Marine Invertebrate Gametes. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1128, 125-145. 

[research grant] Buckland-Nicks J. Functional morphology of reproduction in mollusca. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering 

Research Council of Canada, 2012-2017 ($125,000). 

[conference paper] Buckland-Nicks J & Croll RP. (2015, May). Is the salmonid adipose fin a mechanosensory organ? Paper presented at 

the Canadian Society of Zoologists Meeting, Calgary, AB. 

[conference paper] Buckland-Nicks J. (2015, May). Unique events in chitonid reproduction. Paper presented at the Canadian Society of 

Zoologists Meeting, Calgary, AB. 

[conference paper] Buckland-Nicks J & Croll RP. (2014, August). Is the salmonid adipose fin a mechanosensory organ? Paper presented at 

the International Congress of Fish Biology, Edinburgh, UK. 

[art exhibit] Buckland-Nicks J. (2015). The art of science [exhibition of electron micrographs]. Tall and Small Cafe and later at the 

People’s Place Library, Antigonish, NS. 

DR. MOIRA GALWAY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[conference paper] Halat L*, Galway ME & Garbary DJ. (2015, August). Cell biology of epidermal shedding in the marine brow alga 

Ascophyllum nodosum. Paper presented at the 50 th Annual Meeting of the Phycological Society of America, Philadelphia, PA. 

[conference poster] Halat L*, Galway M & Garbary D. (2015, July). Synchronized separation and shedding of outer cell wall layers in 

response to epiphyte accumulation in the brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum. Paper presented at Botany 2015: Science for Plants and 

People, Edmonton, AB. 

[symposium organizer] Advances in Modelling Plant Development (as Chair, Plant Development Section, Canadian Society of Plant 

Biologists), co-sponsored by Canadian Botanical Association and the Structure and Development Section of the Botanical Association of 

America. Paper presented at Botany 2015: Science for Plants and People, Edmonton, AB. 



DR. DAVID GARBARY, PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Halat L, Galway M, Gitto S & Garbary D. (2015). Epidermal shedding in Ascophyllum nodosum (Phaeophyceae): 

Seasonality, productivity and relationship to harvesting. Phycologia, 54(6), 599-608. 

[journal article] Caines S, Manriquez-Hernandez JA, Duston J, Corey P & Garbary D. (2014). Intermittent aeration affects bioremediation 

potential of two red algae cultured in finfish effluent. Journal of Applied Phycology, 26(5), 2173-2181. 

[journal article] Garbary DJ, Miller AG & Scrosati RA. 2014. Ascophyllum nodosum and its symbionts: XI. The epiphyte Vertebrata lanosa 

performs better photosynthetically when attached to Ascophyllum than when alone. Algae, 29(4), 321-331. 

[abstract] Garbary D, Halat L & Gitto S. (2015). What is the real impact of Ascophyllum harvesting on biomass removal? European 

Journal of Phycology, 60(Suppl. 1), 159-159. [Presentation at European Phycological Congress, London, UK, August, 2015.] 


[abstract] Garbary D, MacDonell H & Miller A. (2014). Physiological integration in the symbiosis between the obligate, host-specific 

epiphyte, Vertebrata lanosa, and its host fucoid, Ascophyllum nodosum. Botany, 92(9), 657. [Presentation at Canadian Botanical 

Association, Montreal, QC, June 2014.] 

[abstract] Garbary D & Hill NM. (2014). A disjunct, sea-level population of a globally rare Avens keeps its mountain manners. Botany 

92(9), 657. [Presentation at Canadian Botanical Association, Montreal, QC, June 2014.] 

[abstract] Halat L, Galway M & Garbary D. (2014). Biofouling epiphytes are removed by asymmetric cell division and apical cell wall 

detachment in epidermal cells of the marine brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum. Botany 92(9), 660. [Presentation at Canadian Botanical 

Association, Montreal, QC, June 2014.] 

[research grant] Garbary D. Ascophyllum and its symbionts: Cell biology, ecology and resource management. Discovery Grant, Natural 

Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2015-2020 ($105,000). 

[research grant] Garbary D. Salary subsidy for undergraduate summer research assistant. Canada Summer Jobs Program, Human 

Resources Services Development Canada, 2015 ($1,000). 

[research grant] Garbary D. Biology and evolution of the ascophyllum symbiosis. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering 

Research Council of Canada, 2010-2015 ($145,000). 

[research contract] Garbary D. Contract between Fundy Dulse Ltd. and Dulse Nova Scotia for the development of a proposal for land 

based aquaculture of the red seaweed, Palmaria palmata (Dulse). Productivity and Innovation Voucher Program, Innovacorp, 2015-2016 

($15,000). 

[conference paper] Van de Reep S, MacNeil K & Garbary D. (2015, August). A fungal origin for the growth promoting properties of 

Ascophyllum nodosum? Paper presented at the 50 th Annual Meeting of the Phycological Society of America. Philadelphia, PA. 

[conference paper] Halat L, Galway M & Garbary D. Cell biology of epidermal shedding in the marine brown algae Ascophyllum 

nodosum. Paper presented at the 50 th Annual Meeting of the Phycological Society of America. Philadelphia, PA. 

[conference poster] Ettinger K, Gitto S, MacNeil KE & Garbary D. (2015, August). Streching relieves stress: Elasticity ameliorates drag in 

Ascophyllum nodosum. Poster presented at the 50 th Annual Meeting of the Phycological Society of America. Philadelphia, PA. 

[editor] Editor-in-Chief, Phycologia, 2015. 

[editor] Associate Editor, Algae, 2015. 

[editor] Associate editor – Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2014-2015. 

[organizer] Formed “Dulse Nova Scotia” with four other principals to develop land-based aquaculture of the red seaweed Palmaria 

palmata (Dulse). 






[media release] StFX biology professor named editor of scientific journal Phycologia. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 16 

March 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-biology-professor-named-editor-scientific-journal-phycologia 



DR. LORI GRAHAM, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[conference paper] Graham LL & Feero SE. (2015, May). The Campylobacter fetus S layer reduces susceptibility to photoactivated zinc 

oxide nanoparticles. Paper presented at the Annual General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology, New Orleans, LA. 

[thesis committee member with Dr. Moira Galway, Dr. Edgar Hartsuiker, & Dr. Bill Marshall] Kinach E. (2015). Effect of culture temperature 

on pAW8ccdB stability and optimization of recombinase-mediated cassette exchange for ctp1 gene insertion into pAW8ccdB in Escherichia 

coli (Unpublished BSc honours thesis). Department of Biology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[invited panelist] Participated at Contextualizing Ebola, Contextualizing Speakers Series, Department of History, St. Francis Xavier 

University, Antigonish, NS, 30 October 2015. 

[university officer] Biosafety Officer, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 1994- . 

[media release] StFX researchers create buzz around infection fighting bee glue. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 16 December 

2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-researchers-create-buzz-around-infection-fighting-bee-glue 

DR. WILLIAM MARSHALL, PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Cozzi RRF, Robertson GN, Spieker M, Claus LN, Zaparilla GMM, Garrow KL & Marshall WS. (2015). Paracellular 

pathway remodeling enhances sodium secretion by teleost fish in hypersaline environments. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218, 

1259-1269. 

[journal article] Malone A, Cozzi RRF & Marshall W. (2014). Cold acclimation allows regulation of chloride secretion in a eurythermic 

teleost fish Fundulus heteroclitus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 180, 68-74. 

[supervisor] MacLellan AL. (2015). Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) family tyrosine kinases mediate cell volume and ion transport regulation 

in Calu-3 human airway epithelia (Unpublished MSc thesis). Department of Biology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[research grant] Marshall W. Control of transport by epithelia. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of 

Canada, 2009-2017 ($200,000). 

[conference paper] Marshall WS, Zaparilla G, Robertson G & Cozzi RRF. (2015, April). Tight junction elaboration aids hypersaline 

secretion in euryhaline teleost fish. Paper presented at Experimental Biology, Boston, MA. 

[conference paper] Marshall WS, Barnes KR, Buhariwalla HEC, Osmond EM & Malone AM. (2014, August). Euryhaline and eurythermic 

fish: Regulation of ion transport in the cold. Paper presented at the 11 th International Congress on the Biology of Fish, Edinburgh, UK. 




DR. ANTHONY MILLER, SENIOR RESEARCH PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Garbary DJ, Miller AG, Williams J & Seymour NR. (2014). Drastic decline of an extensive eelgrass bed in Nova Scotia 

due to the activity of the invasive green crab (Carcinus maenus). Marine Biology, 161, 3-15. [This paper was chosen as the feature article of 

the month for this journal.] 

[journal article] Bishop C & Miller AG. (2014). Dynamics of the growth, life history transformation and photosynthetic capacity of 

Oophila amblyostomatis (Chlorophyceae), a green algal symbiont associated with embryos of the northeastern yellow spotted salamander 

Ambystoma maculatum (Amphibia). Symbiosis, 63, 47-57. 

DR. RICARDO SCROSATI, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Ellrich JA, Scrosati RA & Molis M. (2015). Predator nonconsumptive effects on prey recruitment weaken with recruit 

density. Ecology, 96, 611-616. 

[journal article] Molis M, Scrosati RA, El-Belely EF, Lesniowski T & Wahl M. (2015). Wave-induced changes in seaweed toughness entail 

plastic modifications in snail traits maintaining consumption efficacy. Journal of Ecology, 103, 851-859. 

[journal article] Musetta-Lambert JL, Scrosati RA, Keppel EA, Barbeau MA, Skinner MA & Courtenay SC. (2015). Intertidal communities 

differ between breakwaters and natural rocky areas on ice-scoured Northwest Atlantic coasts. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 539, 19-31. 

[journal article] Keppel EA, Scrosati RA & Courtenay SC. (2015). Interactive effects of ocean acidification and warming on subtidal 

mussels and sea stars from Atlantic Canada. Marine Biology Research, 11, 337-348. 

[journal article] Ellrich JA, Scrosati RA & Petzold W. (2015). Predator density affects nonconsumptive predator limitation of prey 

recruitment: Field experimental evidence. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 472, 72-76. 

[journal article] Ellrich JA, Scrosati RA & Molis M. (2015). Predator nonconsumptive effects on prey recruitment. Bulletin of the 

Ecological Society of America, 96, 478-480. 

[journal article] Watt CA & Scrosati RA. (2014). Experimental and mensurative data on the abundance of primary producers and 

consumers from intertidal habitats in Canada. Ecology, 95, 1429. 

[journal article] Arribas LP, Donnarumma L, Palomo MG & Scrosati RA. (2014). Intertidal mussels as ecosystem engineers: Their 

associated invertebrate biodiversity under contrasting wave exposures. Marine Biodiversity, 44, 203-211. 

[journal article] Tam JC & Scrosati RA. (2014). Distribution of cryptic mussel species (Mytilus edulis and M. trossulus) along wave 

exposure gradients on northwest Atlantic rocky shores. Marine Biology Research, 10, 51-60. 

[journal article] Petzold W & Scrosati RA. (2014). Differential recolonization of Atlantic intertidal habitats after disturbance reveals 

potential bottom-up community regulation. F1000Research, 3, 247. 

[journal article] Garbary DJ, Miller AG & Scrosati RA. (2014). Ascophyllum nodosum and its symbionts: XI. The epiphyte Vertebrata 

lanosa performs better photosynthetically when attached to Ascophyllum than when alone. Algae, 29(4), 321-331. 

[journal article] Petzold W, Willers MT & Scrosati RA. (2014). Visual record of intertidal disturbance caused by sea ice in the spring on 

the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia. F1000Research, 3, 112. 


[journal article] Watt CA & Scrosati RA. (2014). Seaweeds as ecosystem engineers. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 95, 

250-251. 

[supervisor] Ellrich J. (2015) Predator nonconsumptive effects on marine prey demography (Unpublished PhD dissertation). University 

of Bremen, Germany. 

[supervisor] El-Belely E. (2014). Environmental influences on intertidal producers and consumers (Unpublished PhD dissertation). 

Al Azhar University, Egypt. 

[supervisor] Petzold W. (2014). Regional-scale study on the thermal regulation of intertidal barnacle recruitment (Unpublished MSc 

thesis). Department of Biology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Romoth K. (2014). Adult prey conspecifics limit the nonconsumptive effects of predatory snails on barnacles (Unpublished MSc 

thesis). Department of Biology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[research grant] Scrosati RA. Ecological role of environmental stress in species assemblages: Developing theory using rocky intertidal 

systems. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2012-2017 ($130,000). 

[conference paper] Scrosati RA & Petzold W. (2015, August). Pelagic food supply and drift sea ice influence intertidal community structure 

along the Atlantic Canadian coast. Paper presented at the 100 th Congress of the Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, MD. 

[conference paper] Ellrich JA, Scrosati RA & Molis M. (2015, March). Predator non-consumptive effects on prey recruitment weaken with 

prey density. Paper presented at the 44 th Benthic Ecology Meeting, Quebec City, QC. 

[conference paper] Joseph L, Cusson M & Scrosati RA. (2015, March). Distant intertidal communities differing in species composition are 

similar in trophic structure. Paper presented at the 44 th Benthic Ecology Meeting, Quebec City, QC. 

[conference paper] Ellrich JA, Scrosati RA & Molis M. (2015). Predator non-consumptive effects on prey recruitment weaken with prey 

density. Paper presented at the Functional Ecology Meeting 2015, Alfred Wegener Institute of Polar and Marine Research, Haus der 

Wissenschaft, Bremen, Germany. 

[media release] Research conducted in StFX lab leads to successful PhD defense for international student. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 10 August 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/research-conducted-stfx-lab-leads-successful-phddefense-international-student 

[media release] StFX Marine Ecology Lab members present at North American Benthic Ecology Meeting. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 10 March 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-marine-ecology-lab-members-present-northamerican-benthic-ecology-meeting 

[media release] Marine ecology graduate students’ research accepted for publication in leading journals. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 23 January 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/marine-ecology-graduate-students-research-acceptedpublication-leading-journals 

[media release] International researchers visit, collaboration continues in StFX Marine Ecology Lab. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, 

NS, 10 November 2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/international-researchers-visit-collaboration-continuesstfx-marine-ecology-lab 

[media release] International collaborations continue in Marine Ecology Lab. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 11 September 

2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/international-collaborations-continue-marine-ecology-lab 


DR. JIM WILLIAMS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Williams J, Polk ZCS, Smit LA & Macinnis G. (2015). Establishment and overwintering of bay scallops 

(Argopecten irradians Lamarck) in a Gulf of St. Lawrence estuary. Journal of Shellfish Research, 34(3), 737-741. Retrieved from 

doi:10.2983/035.034.0302 

[supervisor] Sherker Z. (2015). Reducing sea turtle interactions in the Canadian pelagic long line fleet (Unpublished Senior Project in 

Aquatic Resources). St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] MacLellan AL. (2015). Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) family tyrosine kinases mediate cell volume and ion transport regulation 

in Calu-3 human airway epithelia (Unpublished MSc thesis). Department of Biology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Management of Biological Invasions; & Marine Biology Research. 



DR. RUSSELL WYETH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Vasey G, Lukeman R & Wyeth RC. (2015). Additional navigational strategies can augment odor-gated rheotaxis for 

navigation under conditions of variable flow. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 55(3), 447-460 

[journal article] Carrigan ID, Croll RP & Wyeth RC. (2015). Morphology, innervation and peripheral sensory cells of the siphon of 

Aplysia californica. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 523(16), 2409-2425. 

[journal article] McCullagh GB, Bishop CD & Wyeth, RC. (2014). One rhinophore probably provides sufficient sensory input for 

odour-based navigation by the nudibranch mollusc, Tritonia diomedea. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, 4149-4158. 

[supervisor] Filip N. (2015). Field testing of siloxane-based antifouling coatings targeting invasive tunicates (Unpublished MSc thesis). 

Department of Biology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[research grant] Wyeth RC. Neuroethology of navigation in Tritonia. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research 

Council of Canada, 2015-2020 ($120,000). 

[research grant] Wyeth RC. Endeavor Research Fellowship, Australian Government, January-July, 2015 (AUS $24,500). Host institution: 

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. 

[conference paper] Vasey G, Lukeman R & Wyeth RC. (2015, January). Where was that smell coming from? A mathematical model of 

odor-gated rheotaxis in variable flow direction conditions indicates variation in adaptive navigational strategies. Paper presented at the 

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, West Palm Beach, FL. 

[conference paper] Murphy K, Sephton D, Bishop CD & Wyeth RC. (2014, October). Environmental and population monitoring to 

establish the relationship between environmental factors and Ciona intestinalis distribution. Paper presented at the International Invasive 

Sea Squirt Conference V, Woods Hole, MA. 

[conference paper] Filip N & Wyeth RC. (2014, October). Silicone-based coatings decrease invasive tunicate fouling. Paper presented at the 

International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference V, Woods Hole, MA. 


[symposium organizer with Dr. J.A. Murray] Chemicals that organize ecology: Towards a greater integration of chemoreception, 

neuroscience, organismal biology, and chemical ecology. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, 

West Palm Beach, FL, January 2015. 

[ethics chair] Chair, Animal Care Committee, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 2015- . 

[board member] Council Member, Canadian Society of Zoologists. 

[editor] Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Zoology. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Aquaculture; Brain; Behavior and Evolution; Journal of Visualized Experiments; & Canadian Journal 

of Zoology. 


University, Antigonish, NS, 28 May 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/nine-stfx-masters-students-receive-novascotia-research-and-innovation-graduate 


University, Antigonish, NS, 5 May 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/recent-stfx-graduates-receive-top-graduateawards-among-highest-offered-their-discipline 



[media release] StFX faculty earn internationally competitive Endeavour Research Fellowships to conduct research work in Australia. 

St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 10 December 2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-faculty-earninternationally-competitive-endeavour-research-fellowships-conduct 

[media release] StFX biology grad students present work at international conference, gain feedback from top researchers. St. Francis Xavier 

University, Antigonish, NS, 6 November 2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-biology-grad-studentspresent-work-international-conference-gain-feedback-top 

Chemistry 

DR. MANUEL AQUINO, PROFESSOR 

[invited journal article] Corkum EG, Wang R & Aquino MAS. (2015). Compromising the metal-metal bond in diruthenium(II,III) 

tetraacetate: Reaction of [Ru2(m-O2Me)4(MeOH)2]+ with phosphines to form “Ru(m-O2CMe)2(m-OMe)2Ru” cores. Inorganica 

Chimica Acta [Special Issue: Metal-Metal Compounds and Metal Clusters in honor of Prof. F.A. Cotton], 424, 202-209. 

[journal article] O’Rourke NF, Thomson M, Wang R & Aquino MAS. (2014). Tetrakis(m-n-butyrato-k 8 O:O’)bis[(chloridorhenium(III)] 

(Re--Re). Acta Crystallographica, E70, m349-m350. 

[journal article] Dunlop K, Wang R, Cameron TS & Aquino MAS. (2014). Coordination of weakly binding anions to [Ru 2 

(m-O 2 

CR) 4 

]+ in 

aqueous solution. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1058, 122-129. 


[supervisor] Doucet J. (2015). Synthesis and characterization of various equatorial and axial adducts of diruthenium tetra-carboxylate 

(Unpublished BSc honours thesis). Department of Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[co-supervisor with Dr. Darren Derksen] Alomari D. (2015). Isolation of an astaxanthin dye from nudibranchs and an anti-campylobacter 

peptide from dairy sources (Unpublished MSc thesis). Department of Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[invited talk] Aquino MAS. (2014, October 6). A New Methodology for the Chirality Induction/Transfer at Ru(II). Paper presented at the 

Department of Chemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB. 

[board member] Member, Editorial Board, E-Journal of Chemistry. 

[board member] Member, Editorial Board, Pure and Applied Chemical Sciences. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Inorganica Chimica Acta; Inorganic Chemistry; Canadian Journal of Chemistry; & Journal of Molecular 

Structure. 



DR. GENIECE HALLETT-TAPLEY, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Hodgson GK, Impellizzeri S, Hallett-Tapley GL & Scaiano JC. (2015). Photochemical synthesis and characterization of 

novel samarium oxide nanoparticles: Towards a heterogeneous Brønsted acid catalyst. RSC [Royal Society of Chemistry] Advances, 5, 

3728-3732. 

[research grant] Hallett-Tapley GL. The development and applications of novel, hybrid niobium pentoxide nanocomposites in photocatalysis. 

Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2015-2020 ($100,000). 

[conference paper] Piggott EK, Hope TO, Gong J & Hallett-Tapley GL. (2015, June). The development and applications of AuNP@RNbO 3 

photocatalysts. Paper presented at the 98 th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Ottawa, ON. 

[invited lecture] Hallett-Tapley GL. (2015, February 26). From Au to Nb: The tale of my adventures in catalysis. Paper presented at 

Department of Chemistry, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS. 

[invited lecture] Hallett-Tapley GL. (2014, November 14). From Au to Nb: The tale of my adventures in catalysis. Paper presented at 

Department of Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[invited lecture] Hallett-Tapley GL. (2014, October 24). From Au to Nb: The tale of my adventures in catalysis. Paper presented at 

Department of Chemistry, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS. 

[referee] Manuscript review for Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, RSC [Royal Society of Chemistry] Advances, ACS [American 

Chemical Society] Nano, & Tetrahedron Letters & Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 




DR. BRIAN MACLEAN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[supervisor] Papatzimas J. (2015). Surface-bound metal complexes for electrocatalysis (Unpublished BSc honours thesis). Department of 

Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Althubyani L. (2015). Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 using ruthenium (II) complexes containing NNN-tridentate ligands 

(Unpublished MSc thesis). Department of Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

DR. TRUIS SMITH-PALMER, PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] Smith-Palmer T, Schnepf S, Sherman A, Sullenger KS & MacDonald L. (2015). An exploration of summer science camps 

as an informal learning environment. In KS Sullenger and RS Turner (Eds.), Pushing the boundaries of studying informal learning in 

science, mathematics and technology (pp. 67-91). In Bold Visions in Educational Research: Vol. 46. Boston, MA: Sense Publishers. 

[research grant] Smith-Palmer T. X-chem outreach. PromoScience Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 

2012-2015 ($50,100). 

[supervisor] Yijia Liu Y. (2015). Antifouling studies (Unpublished BSc honours thesis). Department of Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier 


[referee] Reviewed research proposal for grant competition, Canada Foundation for Innovation. 



Earth Sciences 

DR. HUGO BELTRAMI, PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Jeong DI, Sushama L, Diro GT, Khaliq MN, Beltrami H & Caya D. (2015). Projected changes to high temperature events 

for Canada based on a Regional Climate Model ensemble. Climate Dynamics. Retrieved from doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2: 1-18 

[journal article] Myette AL*, Kellman L & Beltrami H. (2015). In-situ mineral soil CO2 production processes: Sensitivity to harvestinginduced 

changes in soil climate. PLoS ONE, 10(8): e0134171. 

[journal article] Beltrami H, Matharoo G & Smerdon JE. (2015). Impact of borehole depths on reconstructed estimates of ground surface 

temperature histories and energy storage. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 120(5), 763-778. 

[journal article] Beltrami H, Matharoo G & Smerdon JE. (2015). Ground surface temperature and continental heat gain in a warming 

climate: Uncertainties from underground. Environmental Research Letters, 10, 014009. Retrieved from doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/1/014009 

[journal article] Beltrami H, Matharoo G, Tarasov L, Rath V & Smerdon JE. (2014). Numerical studies on the impact of the Last Glacial 

Cycle on recent borehole temperature profiles: Implications for terrestrial energy balance. Climate of the Past, 10, 1693-1706. [Chosen as 

European Geosciences Union (EGU) Journal Highlight.] 

[abstract] Lucio-Eceiza EE*, González-Rouco JF, Navarro J, Hidalgo A, Conte J & Beltrami H. (2015). Surface wind observational 

database in North Eastern North America: Quality control procedure and climatological variability. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 

Vol. 17, EGU2015-6738. [Presentation at the European Geosciencesl Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2015.] 


[abstract] Beltrami H, Matharoo GS & Smerdon JE. (2015). Ground surface temperature and continental heat gain: Uncertainties from 

underground. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 17, EGU2015-3987. [Presentation at the, European Geosciences Union General 

Assembly, Vienna Austria, 2015.] 

[abstract] MacDougall A, MacLeod S* & Beltrami H. (2015). Simulated subsurface thermal effects of deforestation from a climate model 

experiment. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 17, EGU2015-5377. [Presentation at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 

Vienna Austria, 2015.] 

[abstract] Pascal C, Beltrami H, Daly S, Juhlin C, Kukkonen I, Long M, Rath V, Renner J, Schwarz G & Sundberg J. (2015). Geothermal 

research on the 2.5 km deep COSC-1 drillhole, Central Sweden. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 17, EGU2015-10796. [Presentation at 

the European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna Austria, 2015.] 

[research chair] Beltrami H. Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Climate Dynamics. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of 

Canada, 2015-2022 ($1,400,000). 

[research grant] Beltrami H. High performance cluster for climate modelling (1024 cores), 200Tb storage. John R. Evans Leaders Fund, 

Canada Foundation for Innovation, 2015-2022 ($216,395). 

[research grant] Beltrami H. High performance cluster for climate modelling (1024 cores), 200Tb storage. Nova Scotia Research and 

Innovation Trust, 2015-2022 ($216,395). 

[research grant] Beltrami H. Borehole climatology: contributions to the understanding of climate change. Discovery Grant, Natural 

Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2011-2016 ($205,000). 

[research grant] Beltrami H (principal investigator); Ferguson G, Kellman L, O’Driscoll N, Risk D, Sushama L, Tarasov L & Ziegler S 

(co-applicants). NSERC CREATE Program in Training strategies to meet the challenges imposed by a changing climate: Preparing for societal 

impacts and adaptation. Collaborative Research and Training Experience Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of 

Canada, 2010-2016 ($1,400,000). 

[conference paper] García-García A*, Cuesta-Valero FJ* & Beltrami H. (2015, May). Air and ground temperature coupling in the CMIP5 

model simulations. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Montréal, QC. AGU-35389. 

[conference paper] Illanes LP*, Pozo D & Beltrami H. (2015, May). Sensitivity of the WRF regional model’s land-surface schemes for South 

America. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Montréal, QC. AGU-36549. 

[conference paper] Cuesta-Valero FJ*, García-García A* & Beltrami H. (2015, May). First estimates of continental energy storage from 

CMIP5 simulations. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Montréal, QC. AGU-35469. 

[conference paper] Chacon A*, Sushama L & Beltrami H. (2015, May). Biogeophysical impacts of land use change over North America as 

simulated by the Canadian Regional Climate Model. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Montréal, QC. 

AGU-33844. 

[conference paper] Pickler C*, Beltrami H & Mareschal J-C. (2015, May). Ground surface temperature histories from the Last Glacial Cycle 

to present as inferred from borehole temperature data. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union, Montréal, QC. AGU-33862. 

[conference paper] Jeong D, Sushama L, Diro GT, Khaliq MN, Beltrami H & Caya D. (2015, May). Projected changes to hot air-temperature 

spells for Canada based on a Regional Climate Model ensemble. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, 

Montréal, QC. AGU-H12B-01. 

[conference paper] McKay N & PAGES-Powell NorthAmerica2k project members. (2014, December). PAGES- Powell North America 2k 

database. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. 


[conference paper] Chacon A*, Sushama L & Beltrami H. (2014, December). Impact of land use change over North America as simulated 

by the Canadian Regional Climate Model. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. 

[conference paper] MacDougall AH, MacLeod S* & Beltrami H. (2014, December). Subsurface signal of deforestation from a climate 

model experiment: Implications for borehole temperature reconstructions of the Common Era. Paper presented at the American Geophysical 

Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. 

[conference paper] Beltrami H, Matharoo GS, Tarasov L, Rath V & Smerdon JE. (2014, December). Impact of the Last Glacial Cycle on 

Common-Era temperature and energy reconstructions from terrestrial borehole temperatures in North America. Paper presented at the 

American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. 

[conference paper] Pickler C*, Beltrami H & Mareschal J-C. (2014, December). Laurentide Ice Sheet basal temperatures at the Last Glacial 

Cycle as inferred from borehole temperature data. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. 

[conference paper] Gurza-Fausto E*, Harris R, Montenegro A, Tassara A & Beltrami H. (2014, December). Climate inferences from 

geothermal measurements in South America. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. 

[conference paper] Matharoo GS, Beltrami H & Smerdon JE. (2014, December). Ground warming and continental energy storage in the 

Northern Hemisphere: Impact of borehole depth. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. 



[media release] Interrogating the past – StFX research selected as a journal highlight by the European Geosciences Union. St. Francis Xavier 

University, Antigonish, NS, 8 December 2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/interrogating-past-stfx-research-selectedjournal-highlight-european-geosciences-union 

DR. LISA KELLMAN, PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Kellman L, Kumar S* & Diochon A*. (2014). Soil nitrogen dynamics within profiles of a managed moist temperate forest 

chronosequence consistent with long-term harvesting-induced losses. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, 119, 1309-1321. 

[journal article] McVicar K* & Kellman L. (2014). Growing season nitrous oxide fluxes across a 125+ year harvested red spruce forest 

chronosequence. Biogeochemistry. Retrieved from doi:10.1007/s10533-014-9992-z 

[journal article] Prest, D*, Kellman L & Lavigne M. (2014). Further evidence of mineral soil C and N losses 3 decades following clearcut 

harvesting in a temperate red spruce forest in central Nova Scotia, Canada. Geoderma. Retrieved from doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma. 

2013.10.002 

[journal article] Gillespie AW, Diochon A, Ma BL, Morrison MJ, Kellman L, Walley FL, Regier TZ, Chevrier D, Dynes JJ & Gregorich EG. 

(2014). Nitrogen additions change the biochemical composition of “stable” soil organic matter in the fine fraction: A long-term study. 

Biogeochemistry, 117, 351-358. Retrieved from doi:10.1007/s10533-013-9871-z 

[journal article] Gabriel CE* & Kellman L. (2014). Investigating the role of moisture as an environmental constraint in the decomposition of 

shallow and deep mineral soil organic matter of a temperate coniferous soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 68, 373-384. 

[research chair] Kellman L. Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Environmental Sciences. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research 

Council of Canada, 2010-2016 ($500,000). 


[research grant] Kellman L. Regulation of reactive nitrogen transport and transformation in contaminated environments. Discovery Grant, 

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2015-2020 ($110,000). 

[research grant] Ziegler S (principal investigator); Kellman L, del Giorgio P, Morrill P & Young C (co-applicants). Preparatory tools for 

investigating trace environmental signatures. Research Tools & Instruments Grant (Category 1), Natural Sciences and Engineering 

Research Council of Canada, 2015 ($150,000). 

[research contract] Contract between Aquistore and Risk D (principal investigator) & Kellman L (co-investigator) to monitor soil 

greenhouse gas. Petroleum Technology Research Center, Aquistore, 2014-2016 ($170,800). 




Canada, 2010-2016 ($1,400,000). 

DR. MICHAEL MELCHIN, PROFESSOR 

[edited volume] Melchin MJ & Jin J (Eds.) (2015). 5 th International Symposium on the Silurian System and the 5 th Annual Meeting of the 

IGCP 591 - The Lower to Middle Paleozoic Revolution, Quebec City, July 8-11, 2015, Abstracts. Quebec City, QC: Institut national de la 

recherche scientifique. 

[journal article] Melchin MJ, MacRae K-D & Bullock P. (2015). A multi-peak organic carbon isotope excursion in the late Aeronian 

(Llandovery, Silurian): Evidence from Arisaig, Nova Scotia, Canada. Palaeoworld, 24, 191-197. 

[abstract] Melchin M, Sheets HD, Mitchell CE & Fan J-X. (2014). Road-testing two Late Ordovician-early Silurian GSSPs using horizon 

annealing for quantitative stratigraphic correlation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 46(6), 438. 

[abstract] Sheets HD, Mitchell CE, Melchin M, Loxton J & Štorch P. (2014). Graptolite community responses to Late Ordovician climate 

change, threshold effects and the Hirnantian mass extinction. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 46(6), 400. 

[abstract] Boyle JT, Goldman D, Wu S-Y, Melchin M, Sheets HD & Mitchell CE. (2014). Distinguishing sampling and ecologic effects on 

geographic range and duration in graptolites. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 46(6), 626. 

[co-supervisor with Dr. Brendan Murphy] MacLeod D. (2015). Stratigraphy and sedimentology of selected sandstone units in the Albion 

Member, Stellarton Formation, subsurface, Pictou County (Unpublished BSc honours thesis). Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis 

Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[co-supervisor with Dr. Lisa Kellman] Tenkouano G-T. (2015). Arsenic contamination of lake sediments resulting from gold mining: Study 

of Gold Brook Lake, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia (Unpublished BSc honours thesis). Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis 

Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[research grant] Melchin M. Ordovician-Silurian graptolite phylogeny, biodiversity history, chronostratigraphy, paleoenvironmental cycles, 

and oceanic anoxia. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2013-2018 ($135,000). 

[conference paper] Melchin MJ, Sheets HD, Mitchell CE & Fan J-X. (2015, July). Integrating biostratigraphic and chemostratigraphic data: 

Evaluation of two Upper Ordovician- lower Silurian GSSPs using Horizon Annealing for high- resolution correlation. Paper presented at the 

2 nd International Congress on Stratigraphy, Graz, Austria (Abstracts, p. 245). 


[conference paper] Mitchell CE, Sheets HD, Melchin MJ, Loxton J & Štorch P. (2015 June). Preferential extinction of mesopelagic species 

and disruption of graptolite community structure during the Late Ordovician mass extinction. Paper presented at the 12 th International 

Symposium on the Ordovician System, Harrisonburg, VA. 

[chair] International Subcommission on Silurian Stratigraphy (a constituent body of the International Union of Geological Sciences). 

[co-leader] International Geosciences Programme IGCP Project 591 – The Early to Middle Paleozoic Revolution. 

[vice-chair & founding member] Canadian Stratigraphic Commission. 

[co-organizer] 5 th Annual Meeting of the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Project 591 and 5 th International Symposium on 

the Silurian System, Quebec City, QC, 8-11 July 2015. 

[column] Chair’s Corner, Silurian Times, 22 (2014). 

[editor] Palaeontographica Canadiana [a refereed paleontological monograph series]. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences; Journal of the Geological Society; Bulletin of Geosciences; 

Palaeogeography; Palaeoclimatology; Palaeoecology; Palaeoworld; Palaeontology; Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences; Ameghiniana; & 

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 

[referee] Reviewed research proposals for the European Research Council and the US National Science Foundation. 

DR. BRENDAN MURPHY, PROFESSOR 

[textbook] Nance RD & Murphy JB. (2015). Physical geology today. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 

[edited book] Murphy JB, Hildebrand R & Halverson G. (2015). Stirring the pot: A celebration of the career of Paul F. Hoffman. In 

Geoscience Canada reprint series: Vol. 11. St. John’s, NL: Geological Association of Canada. 

[edited book] Hibbard J, Pollock J, Murphy JB, van Staal C & Greenough, J. (2015). Reeltime geological syntheses: Remembering Harold 

“Hank” Williams. In Geoscience Canada reprint series: Vol. 10. St. John’s, NL: Geological Association of Canada. 

[edited volume] Murphy JB, Dostal J, Nance RD & Quesada C (Eds.). (2014). Amalgamation and breakup of Pangea in the Americas. 

International Journal of Earth Sciences, 123, 1181-1524. 

[edited volume] Pisarevsky SA, Bogdanova SV, Lubnina NV & Murphy JB (Eds.). (2015). Supercontinental cycles and geodynamics. 

Precambrian Research, 259. 

[journal article] Dupuis NE**, Braid JA, Murphy JB, Shail RK & Nance RD. (2015). 40 Ar/ 39 Ar phlogopite geochronology of lamprophyre 

dykes in Cornwall, UK: New timing constraints on Early Permian post-collisional magmatism in the Rhenohercynian Zone, SW England. 

Journal of the Geological Society, 72, 566-575. 

[journal article] Pisarevsky SA, Bogdanova SV, Lubnina NV & Murphy JB. (2015). Supercontinental cycles and geodynamics. Precambrian 

Research, 259, 1-4. 

[journal article] Nance RD, Neace ER**, Braid JA, Murphy JB, Dupuis, N** & Shail RK. (2015). Does the Meguma Terrane Extend into 

SW England? Geoscience Canada, 42, 61-76. 


[journal article] Waldron JWF, Schofield DI, Murphy JB & Thomas C. (2014). How was the Iapetus Ocean infected by subduction? 

Geology, 42, 1095-1098. 

[journal article] Kirsch M**, Helbig M**, Keppie J D, Murphy JB, Lee JWK & Solari LA. (2014). Late Triassic tectonothermal event in the 

eastern Acatlán Complex, southern Mexico synchronous with a magmatic arc hiatus: The result of flat-slab subduction? Lithosphere, 6, 

63-79. 

[journal article] Murphy JB, Nance RD, Dostal J & Quesada C. (2014). Rifts, arcs and orogens in space and time: a volume in honor of J. 

Duncan Keppie—an introduction. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 103, 1181-1186. 

[journal article] Dahn D**, Braid JA, Murphy JB, Quesada C, Dupuis N* & MacFarlane C. (2014). Geochemistry of the Peramora 

Mélange and Pulo do Lobo Schist: Geochemical investigation and Tectonic Interpretation of mafic mélange in the Pangean suture zone, 

Southern Iberia. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 103, 1415-1431. 

[journal article] Gladney E**, Braid JA, Murphy JB, Quesada C & McFarlane C. (2014). The Late Paleozoic Gil Marquez Pluton, southern 

Iberia: Tectonic significance of magmatism during continental collision and the amalgamation of Pangea. International Journal of Earth 

Sciences, 103, 1433-1451. Retrieved from doi:10.1007/s00531-014-1034-5 

[journal article] Webster TL**, Gosse JC, Spooner I & Murphy JB. (2014). Using a lidar-derived DEM to test the influence of variable 

overburden thickness and bedrock on drainage and basin morphology. Geoscience Canada, 41, 89-104. 

[journal article] Dupuis NE*, Braid JA, Murphy JB, Quesada C & MacFarlane C. (2014). Changing mantle sources in a suture zone in the 

heart of Pangea: Implications for collisional tectonics during the waning stages of ocean closure. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 

103, 1403-1414. 

[journal article] Fernández-Suárez J, Gutiérrez-Alonso G, Pastor-Galán D**, Hoffmann M**, Murphy JB & Linnemann U. (2014). The 

Ediacaran-Early Cambrian detrital zircon record of NW Iberia: Possible sources and paleogeographic constraints. International Journal of 

Earth Sciences, 103, 1335-1357. Retrieved from doi:10.1007/s00531-013-0923-3 

[journal article] Murphy JB, Waldron JWF, Schofield DI, Barry T & Band AR**. (2014). Isotopic evidence for Caribbean-style plates in 

the Iapetus and Rheic oceans. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 103, 1219-1232. Retrieved from doi:10.1007/s00531-013-0925-1 

[journal article] Nance RD, Murphy JB & Santosh M. (2014). The supercontinent cycle: A retrospective essay. Gondwana Research, 25, 

4-29. 

[abstract] Shellnutt JG & Murphy JB. (2015). From Gondwana to Pangea: Genesis of West Avalonian silicic igneous rocks from 

Neoproterozoic to Late Ordovician by repeated partial melting of the lower crust. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 

47(7), 165. 

[abstract of invited keynote paper] Murphy JB, Waldron JWF & Nance RD. (2015). Interpretation of Ophiolite Complexes: A tweeter in 

woofer’s clothing? Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 47(7), 78. [Paper also presented at Canadian Tectonics Group, 

Sydney, NS, October 2015.] 

[abstract] Neace ER**, Nance RD & Murphy JB. (2105). U-Pb LA-ICPMS zircon geochronology of the granites of the Cornubian 

Batholith. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 47(7), 98. 


[abstract] Murphy JB, Quesada C & Gutierrez-Alonso G. (2015). Reconciling mutually incompatible models for the tectono-stratigraphic 

zonation of the Variscan orogen in Western Europe. Geological Association of Canada / Mineralogical Association of Canada 38 th Annual 

General Meeting, 38, 443. 

[abstract] Murphy JB & Nance RD. (2015). Overview of Appinites and their relationships with other enigmatic igneous rock suites. 

Geological Association of Canada / Mineralogical Association of Canada 38 th Annual General Meeting, 38, 590. 

[abstract] Dupuis NE**, Braid JA, Murphy JB & Shail RK. (2015). Geochemical and isotopic signatures as proxies for source mantle 

composition in a post-collisional tectonic setting: an example from SW England. Geological Association of Canada / Mineralogical 

Association of Canada 38 th Annual General Meeting, 38, 581. 

[co-supervisor with Dr. Damian Nance] Neace E. (2015). Zircon LA-ICPMS geochronology of the Cornubian Batholith, SW England 

(Unpublished MSc thesis). Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH. 

[co-supervisor with Dr. James Braid] Dupuis N. (2015). Geochemical and isotopic signatures as proxies for source mantle composition in a 

post-collisional tectonic setting: an example from SW England (Unpublished MSc thesis). Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier 


[co-supervisor with Dr. Alan Anderson] Sears G. (2015). Mineralogy of the Minago Nickel Deposit, Thompson Fold Belt, Manitoba 

(Unpublished MSc thesis). Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[external examiner] Dutuk D. (2015, October). Provenance and diagenesis of Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous clastic sedimentary 

systems in the SW Scotian Basin and the Fundy Basin (Unpublished MSc thesis). Department of Geology, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, 

NS. 

[research grant] Murphy JB. Crust-mantle coupling during the assembly and amalgamation of Pangea. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences 

and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2015-2020 ($165,000). 

[research grant] Murphy JB. Contrasting styles of orogenesis and the amalgamation of Pangea. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and 

Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2014-2015 ($37,000). 

[research grant] Murphy JB. Editors Grant (Geology), The Geological Society of America, 2012-2016 ($36,000). 

[research grant] Murphy JB. Editors Grant (Geoscience Canada), Geological Association of Canada, 2011-2015 ($10,000). 

[conference paper] Zhai M, Murphy JB & Meert JG. (2015, November). Bridging two continents: Supercontinents in Earth’s history: New 

perspectives from Precambrian geology of Asia and North America. Topical Session 8. Paper presented at Geological Society of America, 

Baltimore, MD. 

[conference paper] Shellnutt JG, Murphy JB & Greenough J. (2015, May). Secular variations in the tectonomagmatic evolution of the 

continental crust. Paper presented at A Symposium to Celebrate the Career of Jaroslav Dostal. Geological Association of Canada / 

Mineralogical Association of Canada 38 th annual meeting. Montreal, QC. 

[conference paper] Gunawardana H**, McCausland PJA & Murphy JB. (2015, March). Paleomagnetic study of the middle Devonian 

McArras Brook Formation, Avalonia and the paleoposition of the Laurentia-Avalon margin. Paper presented at the Northeastern Geological 

Society of America, Bretton Woods, NH. 


[conference paper] Murphy, J.B., Quesada, C, Gutierrez-Alonso G; (2015). Reconciling mutually incompatible models for the tectonostratigraphic 

zonation of the Variscan orogen in Western Europe. Paper presented at the Atlantic Geoscience Society, 51 st Colloquium, 

Sackville, NB. 

[conference paper] Pastor-Galan D, Murphy JB & Collins WJ. (2014). Birth and death of supercontinents. Paper presented at The 

Geological Society of America Annual General Meeting, Vancouver, BC. 

[invited lecture] Murphy J B. Ophiolite complexes. (2015, December). Paper presented at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. 

[invited lecture] Murphy J B. Avalonia: A local to global perspective. (2015, October). Paper presented at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. 

[adjudicator] Mentorship Medal Committee, Canadian Foundation of Earth Sciences, 2010- . 

[board member] Council Member, Geological Association of Canada, 2012-2015. 

[committee member] Users Committee, Nova Scotia X Ray Fluorescent Centre, 1985-2015. 

[co-leader] International Geological Correlation Program 597, INESCO-International, 2011-2016. 

[award] Dave Elliott Award for best paper published in 2014, Canadian Tectonics Group, Geological Association of Canada [awarded for: 

Waldron JWF, Schofield DI, Murphy JB & Thomas C. (2014). How was the Iapetus Ocean infected by subduction? Geology, 42, 1095- 

1098.] 

[award] Ambrose Medal, Geological Association of Canada, 2014. [Awarded to an individual for sustained dedicated service to the 

Canadian earth science community.] 

[editor] Geology, 2014-2018 

[editor] Geoscience Canada, 2012-2015. 

[associate editor] Geological Society of London, 2012-2016. 

[associate editor] Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2011- . 

[associate editor] Global Tectonics and Metallogeny, 2011- . 

[associate editor] Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2008-2016. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Atlantic Geology; American Journal of Science; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences; Canadian Mineralogist; 

Chemical Geology; G3; Geoscience Canada; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Geological Society of America Special Publications; 

Geological Magazine; Geological Society of London Journal; Geological Society of London Special Publications; Geology; Geoscience Canada; 

Geosphere; Gondwana Research; Journal of Asian Earth Sciences; Journal of Iberian Geology; Lithos; Lithosphere; Nature Geoscience; 

Precambrian Research; Tectonophysics; & Terra Nova. 


DR. DAVID RISK, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Bowling DR, Egan JE, Hall SJ & Risk DA. (2015) Environmental forcing does not induce diel or synoptic variation in the 

carbon isotope content of forest soil respiration. Biogeosciences, 12, 5143-5160. 

[journal article] Lavoie M, Phillips CL & Risk D. (2015). A practical approach for uncertainty quantification of high-frequency soil 

respiration using forced diffusion chambers. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biosciences, 120(1), 128-146. 

[journal article] Risk D, Lavoie M & Nickerson N. (2015). Using the Kerr investigations at Weyburn to screen geochemical tracers for 

near-surface detection and attribution of leakage at CCS/EOR sites. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 35, 13-17. 

[journal article] Bhatia S & Risk D. (2015). Speciation in application environments for dissolved carbon dioxide sensors. Water, Air, & 

Soil Pollution, 226(5), 1-16. 

[journal article] Latimer RNC & Risk DA. (2015). An inversion approach for determining production depth and temperature sensitivity 

of soil respiration. Biogeosciences Discussions, 12(13), 10137-10166. 

[journal article] Bhatia S, Risk D, Pustam A, Smith-Palmer T, Burton G, Melo L & Wild P. (2014). Biofouling of an all-optical sensor for 

seafloor monitoring of marine carbon capture and storage sites. Energy Procedia, 63, 3848-3852. 

[journal article] Egan J, Nickerson N, Phillips CL & Risk D. (2014). A numerical examination of 14CO2 chamber methodologies for 

sampling at the soil surface. Radiocarbon, 56(3), 1175-1188. 

[journal article] Melo L, Burton G, Davies B, Risk D & Wild P. (2014). Highly sensitive coated long period grating sensor for CO2 

detection at atmospheric pressure. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 202, 294- 300. 

[journal article] Nickerson N, Egan J & Risk D. (2014). Subsurface approaches for measuring soil CO2 

isotopologue flux: Theory and application. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, 119(4), 614-629. 

[journal article] O’Brien K, O’Beirne-Ryan AM, Rainham D & Risk D. (2014). Using field analogue soil column experiments to quantify 

radon-222 gas migration and transport through soils and bedrock of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Environmental Earth Sciences, 72(7), 

2607–2620. 

[research grant] Risk D. Developing large-footprint leak detection strategies for enhances oil recovery. Collaborative Research & Development 

Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 2015-2017 ($87,000 + industry contributions). 

[research grant] Risk D. Emissions Attribution via Computational Techniques (ExACT). Early Stage Commercialization Fund, Innovacorp, 

2015-2016 ($50,000). 

[research grant] Risk D. Vehicle based measurement of fugitive and vented emissions on Apache’s Midale enhanced oil recovery field. 

Engage Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2015-2016 ($25,000). 

[research grant] Risk D. Cost reduction for a new multi-scale fugitive gas detection tool. Idea to Innovation Grant, Natural Sciences and 

Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2015-2016 ($120,882). 

[research grant] Risk D. Addressing the problem of methane release from unconventional energy sites. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences 

and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2014-2019 ($185,000). 


[research grant] Risk D. Field and computational methods for estimating aerodynamic drag. Engage Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering 

Research Council of Canada, 2014-2015 ($25,000). 

[research grant] Risk D. Differentiating between hydrocarbon-derived carbon dioxide from native soil-derived carbon dioxide in the 

development of a new metric of hydrocarbon degradation effectiveness. Engage Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council 

of Canada, 2014-2015 ($25,000). 

[research grant] Risk D. Use of mobile leak detection technology for use in exploration and development of coal seams and gas deposits. 

Engage Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2014-2015 ($25,000). 

[research grant] Risk D. Fugitive gas detection technology and procedure for enhanced oil recovery (Leak Detection Technology-LDT). 

Innovation Mobilization Fund, Springboard Atlantic, 2014-2015 ($22,883). 

[research grant] Risk D. Engaging UK oil and gas industry, UK government regulators and academics in field demonstrations of gas 

detection equipment for shale gas, EOR, offshore O&G infrastructure applications in the UK. Innovation Mobilization Fund, Springboard 

Atlantic, 2014-2015 ($10,000). 

[research grant] Risk D. Surface containment monitoring for carbon capture and storage. ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative, Natural 

Resources Canada 1, 2012-2015 ($756,000). 

[research grant] Ruda H (principal investigator), Risk D (co-investigator) et al. Development of single-molecule level multi-species 

nanowire-based sensors for carbon emissions. Carbon Management Canada, 2012-2015 ($109,500 [Risk portion]). 




Canada, 2010-2016 ($1,400,000). 

[research grant] Wild P (principal investigator), Risk D (co-investigator) et al. Distributed all-optical CO2 sensing for field-scale subsurface 

carbon management. Carbon Management Canada, 2010-2015 ($186,500 [Risk portion]). 

[research contract] Woods N (principal investigator), Risk D (co-applicant) et al. Winter respiration in the Arctic: Constraining current 

and future estimates of CO2 emissions during the non-growing season. NASA Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE), 

2015-2019 ($100,000 [Risk portion]). 

[research contract] Risk D. New, innovative robust fiber-optic sensors for dissolved gas environmental and safety monitoring near the sea 

floor. Encana / Offshore Energy Technology Research 2013-2015 ($100,000). 

[research contribution agreement] Risk D. Atmospheric leak detection as a tool for bitumen steam chamber and well integrity risk analysis. 

ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative, Natural Resources Canada, 2015-2016 ($451,024). 

[technical services agreement] Risk D. Assess compositional variations in natural gas as fingerprints. David Suzuki Foundation, 2015-2016 

($48,418). 

[technical services agreement] Risk D & Kellman L. Surface measurement, monitoring, and verification research at the Aquistore Carbon 

Capture and Storage Site, Saskatchewan. Petroleum Technology Research Centre, 2014-2016 ($190,000). 

[market analysis funding] Risk D. Market analysis and commercialization plan. Commercialization Consulting and Mentoring (CCM) 

Program, Learnsphere, 2015-2016 ($16,750). 


[conference paper] Lee CK, MacIntyre CM, Shanhun F, Almond PC, Risk D & Cary C. (2015, July). Continuous measurement of CO2 flux 

from dry valley soils: Determining its source and environmental controls. Paper presented at the New Zealand Antarctic Research Institute, 

Christchurch NZ. 

[conference paper] Klapstein S, O’Driscoll N, Ziegler S & Risk D. (2015, June). Photodemethylation in temperate freshwater and the effect 

of dissolved organic matter. Paper presented at the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Jeju, Korea. 

[conference paper] Phillips C, Nickerson N & Risk D. (2015, April). Can the gradient method improve our ability to predict soil respiration? 

Paper presented at the European Geophysical Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria. 

[conference paper] Bowling D, Egan J, Hall S & Risk D. (2015, April). Environmental forcing does not lead to variation in carbon isotope 

content of forest soil respiration. Paper presented at the European Geophysical Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria. 

[conference paper] Nickerson N, Sereda-Meichel W, Creelman C, McArthur G & Risk D. (2015, April). In-situ diffusivity measurements 

using solid-state CO2 sensors. Paper presented at the European Geophysical Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria. 

[conference paper] Bowling D, Egan J, Hall S & Risk D. (2014, December). Environmental forcing does not lead to diel or synoptic 

variability in carbon isotope content of forest soil respiration. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Meeting, 

San Francisco, CA. 

[conference paper] Egan JE, Bowling DR & Risk DA. (2014, December). Mass-dependent corrections and atmospheric invasion: Working 

with the radiocarbon content of CO2 in the soil gas environment. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Meeting, San 

Francisco, CA. 

[conference paper] Latimer R & Risk DA. (2014, December). A physical inversion approach for determining true temperature sensitivity 

of respiration from high-frequency soil CO2 datasets. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 

[conference paper] Laybolt WD, O’Connell E & Risk D. (2014, December). Understanding the relationship between soil processes and 

atmospheric methane concentrations. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 

[conference paper] Risk DA, MacIntyre CM, Shanhun F, Almond PC, Lee C & Cary C. (2014, December). CO2 flux from Antarctic dry 

valley soils: Determining the source and environmental controls. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Meeting, San 

Francisco, CA. 

[conference paper] Graham LM & Risk DA. (2014, December). Explaining high frequency CO2 fluctuations observed in snowpacks. Paper 

presented at the American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco. CA. 

[conference paper] Egan J, Nickerson N, Phillips C & Risk DA. (2014, December). Numerical examination of 14CO2 chamber methodologies 

for sampling at the soil surface. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 

[conference paper] Hurry J & Risk D. (2014, May). Multi-gas detectability of fugitive emissions at an enhanced oil recovery site. Paper 

presented at the Nova Scotia Energy R&D Conference, Halifax, NS. 

[conference paper] O’Connell E & Risk D. (2014, May). Mapping gas variability for energy development monitoring. Paper presented at the 

Nova Scotia Energy R&D Conference, Halifax, NS. 

[conference paper] Bhatia S & Risk D. (2014, May). Biofouling of an all-optical sensor for measurement, monitoring and verification of 

marine carbon capture and storage sites. Paper presented at the Carbon Management Canada Annual Conference, Banff, AB. 


[conference paper] Bhatia S & Risk D. (2014, May). Fibre optic sensing for monitoring in the offshore. Paper presented at the Nova Scotia 

Energy R&D Conference, Halifax, NS. 

[conference paper] Graham L & Risk D. (2014, March). Gas transport through snowpacks. Paper presented at the Science Atlantic 

Environment Conference, Antigonish, NS. 

[conference paper] Klapstein S, O’Driscoll N, Risk D & Ziegler S. (2014, March). Phototransformation of dissolved organic carbon 

within mercury sensitive lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada. Paper presented at the Science Atlantic Environment 

Conference, Antigonish, NS. 

[conference paper] MacDonell H, Klapstein & Risk D. (2014, March). Carbon fluxes and dissolved organic carbon concentrations of a lake 

in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia. Paper presented at the Science Atlantic Environment Conference, Antigonish, NS. 

[conference paper] MacIntyre C & Risk D. (2014, March). Understanding source contributions to CO2 flux in soils of the McMurdo Dry 

Valleys, Antarctica. Paper presented at the Science Atlantic Environment Conference, Antigonish, NS. 

[conference paper] O’Connell E, Laybolt W & Risk D. (2014, March). Mapping gas variability for energy development monitoring. Paper 

presented at the Science Atlantic Environment Conference, Antigonish, NS. 

[conference paper] Viale A, Schumacher M & Risk D. (2014, March). Near-surface aquifer mapping for Antigonish County. Paper 

presented at the Science Atlantic Environment Conference, Antigonish, NS. 

[award] President’s Research Award, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 2015. 

[award] Member, The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada, 2015. 

[award] Clean Air Leadership Award, Southeastern Saskatchewan Airshed Association, 2015. [Shared award with Cenovus Energy.] 

[media release] StFX students take off across Canada to hunt down toxic and climate-warming gases from energy developments. St. Francis 

Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 6 August 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-students-take-across-canadahunt-down-toxic-and-climate-warming-gases-energy 

[media release] StFX master’s student awarded prestigious $17,500 NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship. St. 

Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 3 June 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-masters-student-awardedprestigious-17500-nserc-alexander-graham-bell-canada 





[media release] Company created by StFX professor and students goes global. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 9 December 

2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/company-created-stfx-professor-and-students-goes-global 

[media release] Earth sciences professor recognized as scientific leader in Canada. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 16 

September 2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/earth-sciences-professor-recognized-scientific-leader-canada 


[spin-off company] Eosense (formerly Forerunner Research), Dartmouth, NS. [Advisor, Research and Innovation to StFX spinoff 

company specializing in environmental gas monitoring; founded by Risk, and now selling globally and employing twelve people 

(http://www.eosense.com/). 

Engineering 

DR. FRANK COMEAU, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[conference paper] Alomari A, Aslam N, Phillips W & Comeau F. (2014, November). A scheme for using closest rendezvous points and 

mobile elements for data gathering in wireless sensor networks. Paper presented at the Wireless Days Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

[conference paper] Comeau F. (2014, October 18). What do engineers do, anyway? Mentoring first-year students. Paper presented at the 

Association of Atlantic Universities’ Teaching Showcase Conference, Sydney NS. 

[research grant] Comeau F. Early development of wireless fitness device. Research Assistance Program for Small and Medium Enterprise, 

National Research Council of Canada, 2015-2016 ($5,000) 

[research contract] Comeau F. Contract with SHM Canada Consulting Ltd. for development and implementation project for digital 

sensor interface (DSI) module designed specifically for structural health monitoring applications. Productivity and Innovation Voucher 

Program, Innovacorp, 2015-2016 ($5,000). 

[research contract] Comeau F. Drone bridge inspection system contract with SHM Canada Consulting Ltd. Productivity and Innovation 

Voucher Program, Innovacorp, 2014-2015 ($15,000). 

[external examiner] Pradhanang M. (2015, February). Modelling and benchmark development for electrical energy use and efficiency on 

Nova Scotia dairy farms (Unpublished MSc thesis). Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for the journal Ad Hoc; & Sensor Wireless Networks. 

[media release] Local businesses get boost from StFX research. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 12 December 2014. Retrieved 

from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/local-businesses-get-boost-stfx-research 

Human Kinetics 

DR. AMANDA CASEY, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[invited book chapter] Casey AF & Rasmussen R. Obesity. 2015. In JL Matson & ML Matson (Eds.), Co-morbid conditions in individuals 

with intellectual disabilities (pp. 275-298). In JL Matson (Series Ed.), Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. New York, NY: Springer. 

[journal article] Casey AF, Quenneville G, Normore A, Davis H & Martell SG. (2015). A therapeutic skating intervention for children 

with autism spectrum Ddsorder. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 27(2), 170-177. 

[abstract] Gibbons E & Casey AF. (2015). Bariatric surgery and intellectual disability: What we know and where we need to go? Canadian 

Journal of Diabetes, 39(Suppl. 1), S67. 

[supervisor] Gibbons E. (2015). Bariatric surgery and intellectual disability: Furthering evidence-based practice (Unpublished BSc honours 

thesis). Department of Human Kinetics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 


[supervisor] Pickard V. (2015). An adapted walking intervention for a child with Pitt Hopkins Syndrome (Unpublished BSc honours 

thesis). Department of Human Kinetics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Ullrich C. (2015). An adapted walking intervention for a child with Pitt Hopkins Syndrome (Unpublished BSc honours thesis). 

Department of Human Kinetics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[conference paper] Gibbons E & Casey AF. (2015, April). Bariatric surgery and intellectual disability: What we know and where we need to 

go? Paper presented at the Canadian Obesity Summit, Toronto, ON. 

[conference paper] Casey AF. (2015, April). Barriers for physical activity for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Paper presented 

at the Canadian Obesity Summit, Toronto, ON. 

[conference paper] Pickard V*, Ullrich C* & Casey AF. (2014, November). Upsee and me: An exercise intervention for a young child with 

severe disability. Paper presented at the IWK Implementation Science Conference, IWK Children’s Hospital, Halifax, NS. 

[conference paper] Pickard V*, Ullrich C* & Casey A. (2014, November). Upsee and me: An exercise intervention for a young child with 

severe disability. Paper presented at the IWK Implementation Science Conference, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. [Best 

Presentation Award (3 rd Place).] 

[supervised conference paper] Bernard V*, Woods A*, Rosedale N* & Moore K*. (2015, April). A snowshoeing intervention for adults with 

intellectual disability. Paper presented at the Crossroads Health Research for Graduate Students’ Conference, Dalhousie University, 

Halifax, NS. [Honourable Mention as Undergraduates.] 

[supervised poster] Bernard V*, Woods A, Rosedale N* & Moore K*. (2015, March 26). A snowshoeing intervention for adults with 

intellectual disability. Poster presented at Student Research Day, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. [Best Poster, Service 

Learning Award.] 

[supervised poster] Bernard V*, Woods A, Rosedale N* & Moore K*. (2015, March 26). A snowshoeing intervention for adults with 

intellectual disability. Poster presented at Student Research Day, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. [Best Poster, Service 

Learning Award.] 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Research in Developmental Disabilities; Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly; & Games for Health Journal. 

[board member] Member, Board of Directors, Antigonish and Guysborough Early Childhood Intervention Program, 2014- . 

[community volunteer] Assisted with design and implementation of accessible activities for Keppoch Fun Days, Antigonish County, to 

promote evidence-based practice and inclusive communities. 

[committee member] Playground for Everybody, Antigonish Education Centre. 

[consultant] Consulted with Antigonish County Recreation regarding adapted equipment. 

[media release] 2015 human kinetics graduate presents obesity research at national conference. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, 

NS, 13 May 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/2015-human-kinetics-graduate-presents-obesity-research-nationalconference 

[media release] StFX student group promoting healthy active lifestyle profiled on national network. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, 

NS, 14 January 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-student-group-promoting-healthy-active-lifestyle-profilednational-network 


[media release] Human kinetics students excel at research conference. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 24 November 2014. 

Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/human-kinetics-students-excel-research-conference 

DR. MELANIE LAM, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Lam MY, Tatla SK, Lohse KR, Shirzad N, Hoens AM, Miller KJ, Holsti L, Virji-Babul N & Van der Loos HFM. (2015). 

Perceptions of technology and its use for therapeutic application for individuals with hemiparesis: Findings from adult and paediatric 

focus groups. JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 2(1), e1. Retrieved from doi:10.2196/rehab.3484 

[journal article] Tatla SK, Shirzad N, Lohse KR, Virji-Babul N, Hoens AM, Holsti L, Li LC, Miller KJ, Lam MY & Van der Loos HFM. 

(2015). Therapists’ perceptions of social media and video game technologies in upper limb rehabilitation. JMIR Serious Games, 3(1), e2. 

Retrieved from doi:10.2196/games.3401 

[media release] Human kinetics students excel at research conference. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 24 November 2014. 

Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/human-kinetics-students-excel-research-conference 

DR. DANIEL KANE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Elustondo PA, Negoda A, Kane CL, Kane DA & Pavlov EV. (2015). Spermine selectively inhibits high-conductance, but 

not low-conductance calcium-induced permeability transition pore. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 1847(2), 231-240. 

[journal article] Kane DA. (2014). Lactate oxidation at the mitochondria: A lactate-malate-aspartate shuttle at work. Invited contribution 

to “Glycolysis at 75: is it time to tweak the first elucidated metabolic pathway in history?” hosted by Avital Schurr and Evelyne Gozal. 

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 8(366), 1-6. 

[invited conference paper & abstract] Kane DA, Kane CL & George MAJ. (2014, September). Assessing mitochondrial lactate oxidation in 

permeabilized skeletal muscle fibers highlights important experimental considerations: Malate concentration and the cytochrome c effect. 

Paper presented at the 10 th annual Mitochondrial Physiology (MiP) Conference, Obergurgl, Austria. [Abstract published in the proceedings 

of the Mitochondrial Physiology Network Conference, 2014.] 

[invited conference paper & abstract] Perry CGR, Kane DA, Hughes MC & Neufer PD. (2014, September). Evaluation of critical experimental 

parameters for assessing mitochondrial bioenergetics in permeabilized myofibres. Paper presented at the 10 th annual Mitochondrial 

Physiology (MiP) Conference, Obergurgl, Austria. [Abstract published in the proceedings of the Mitochondrial Physiology Network 

Conference, 2014.] 

[conference poster & abstract] George MAJ, Herbst EA, Brebner K, Holloway GP & Kane DA. (2015, August). Mitochondria do not 

directly oxidize lactate within the cerebral cortex or hippocampus. Poster presented at the 9 th annual Mitochondrial Physiology School, 

Greenville, NC. [Abstract published in the proceedings of the Conference, 2015: Retrieved from http://wiki.oroboros.at/index.php/ 

MiPschool_Greenville_2015#Abstracts_-_alphabetical_order.] 

[technical report] Kane DA, Perry CGR & Hughes MC. (2015, August). Saponin-permeabilized myofiber approach to studying mitochondrial 

function: sample dissection. Technical report (i.e., “white paper”) presented to the Mitochondrial Physiology School, Greenville, NC. 

[supervisor] George M. (2015). Assessing mitochondrial lactate oxidation in permeabilized skeletal muscle fibers highlights important 

experimental considerations (Unpublished BSc honours thesis). Department of Human Kinetics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, 

NS. [Poster presentation winner of gold medal, StFX Bookstore, Student Research Day Award; currently pursuing MSc in Kinesiology at 

the University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.] 


[co-supervisor with Dr. Jennifer Jamieson] Mawhinney H. (2015). Is vitamin B6 suboptimal for male endurance athletes?: A preliminary 

investigation of a 7-day dietary intervention on running performance after a competitive cross-country season (Unpublished BSc honours 

thesis). Department of Human Nutrition, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. [Poster presentation winner of bronze medal, 

SafetyNet-RX Awards, Student Research Day, St. Francis Xavier University; 2015 Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 

Undergraduate Research Excellence Award, Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology; currently pursuing MSc at Dalhousie University; 

Canadian Dairy Commission Graduate Scholarship, 2015-2017.] 

[research grant] Kane DA. Energy sensing in skeletal muscle: focus on mitochondrial metabolic adaptation. Discovery Grant, Natural 

Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2015-2020 ($120,000). 

[research grant] Kane DA. Skeletal muscle microbiopsy. Research Enterprise Development Initiatives Grant, Nova Scotia Health Research 

Foundation, 2013-2014 ($1,940). 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Applied Physiology; Nutrition and Metabolism; European Journal of Applied Physiology; International 

Journal of Sports Medicine; Journal of Sports Sciences; & PLoS ONE. 

[newspaper interview] Hiltz E. (2015, July 9). StFX receives $867,500 in research funding. The Casket [Antigonish, NS]. Retrieved from 

http://www.thecasket.ca/archives/46148 

[media release] Kennedy K. “Summer camp” for scientists: Global conference highlights mitochondria expertise at ECU [East Carolina 

University]. ECU News Services, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 19 August 2015. Retrieved from http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/ 

news/mip.cfm 

[media release] Human nutrition graduate honoured nationally for undergraduate research excellence. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 10 July 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/human-nutrition-graduate-honoured-nationallyundergraduate-research-excellence 

[media release] Minister of State Holder announces significant NSERC research investment; Highlights research of StFX’s Daniel Kane into 

physical exercise, aging and disease. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 6 July 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/ 

news/minister-state-holder-announces-significant-nserc-research-investment-highlights-research 

[media release] Minister of State Holder announces research investment to improve the quality of life of Canadians. Industry Canada, 

Government of Canada, 6 July 2015. Retrieved from http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=996389 





DR. ANGIE KOLEN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[book] Donatelle RJ & Kolen-Thompson AM. (2014). Health: The basics (6 th Canadian ed.). Toronto, ON: Pearson Education Canada. 

[journal article] Hull EE, Garcia JM, Kolen AM, Nagle EF & Robertson RJ. (2015) Parenthood and physical activity in young adults: 

A qualitative study. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 12(6), 782-788. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2013-0412 


[journal article] van den Burg C & Kolen AM. (2015). Children in organized hockey: How much physical activity do they really get? 

International Journal of Exercise Science, 8(2), 184-191. 

[journal article] Burrows EJ, Kolen AM & Keats MR. (2014). Physical activity and sedentary behaviour during after school programs. 

The Health and Fitness Journal of Canada, 7(4), 3-15. 

[journal article] Burrows EJ*, Keats M & Kolen AM. (2014). Contributions of after school programs to the development of fundamental 

movement skills in children. International Journal of Exercise Science, 7(3), 236-249. 

[journal article] Gray C, Larouche R, Barnes J, Colley RC, Cowie Bonne J, Arthur M, Cameron C, Chaput JP, Faulkner G, Janssen I, Kolen 

AM, Manske S, Salmon A, Spence JC, Timmons B & Tremblay M. (2014). Are we driving our kids to unhealthy habits? Results from the 

Active Healthy Kids Canada 2013 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. International Journal of Environmental 

Research and Public Health, 11, 6009-6020. Retrieved from doi:10.3390/ijerph110606009 

[journal article] Gray CE, Barnes JD, Cowie Bonne J, Cameron C, Chaput J-P, Faulkner G, Janssen I, Katzmarzyk PT, Kolen AM, Manske 

SR, Salmon A, Spence JC, Timmons BW & Tremblay MS. (2014). Results from Canada’s 2014 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children 

and Youth. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 11(Suppl. 1), S26-S32. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2014-0178 

[abstract] Kolen AM. (2014). Dare to be innovative and physically and mentally engaging when teaching larger classes. 2014 AAU 

Teaching Showcase: Conversations, eprogram. 

[abstract] Kolen AM, MacPherson AE & Sandre LE. (2014). Learning through experience: Training university student volunteers to 

promote physical activity to children. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 11(Suppl. 1), S161-S162. Retrieved from http://dx.doi. 

org/10.1123/jpah.2014-0173 

[abstract] Kolen AM, MacPherson AE & Sandre LE. (2014). Promoting physical activity to toddlers and elementary school students. 

Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 11(Suppl. 1), S162. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2014-0173 

[abstract] Burrows, E.J., Kolen AM, Wadsworth LA, Wang X & van Bommel CM. (2014). Perceived and actual sedentary behaviour amongst Nova 

Scotia Children and Youth. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 11(Suppl. 1), S134. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2014-0173 

[abstract] Dickson N, Kolen AM, Bedingfield R, Davis-Jamieson C, Copeland K, Park I, Ruck-Simmonds M, Doucette A, Wintrup L, 

Green J, Crawford M, Shirley J, Penton S, MacDonald K & Lawrence L on behalf of the Girls Soar Advisory Committee. (2014). Girls Soar 

Initiative: Building an action plan to address the physical activity gaps for adolescent girls in Halifax Regional Municipality: Exploring 

how to create motivation and community change using evidence, collaboration, and sharing. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 

11(Suppl. 1), S143. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2014-0173 

[report] Active Healthy Kids Canada (2014). Is Canada in the running? The 2014 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical 

Activity for Children and Youth. Toronto, ON: Active Healthy Kids Canada. 

[supervisor] Sandre L. (2015). Let’s get moving: An examination of the relationship between physical activity, motivation and confidence in 

children (Unpublished BSc honours thesis). Department of Human Kinetics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Slaney R. (2015). The correlation between knowledge and understanding of physical activity and physical fitness levels in 

children (Unpublished BSc honours thesis). Department of Human Kinetics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Donald M. (2015). Self-perception of ability for new physical activities and physical literacy in children (Unpublished BSc 

honours thesis). Department of Human Kinetics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 


[supervisor] Edmonds S. (2015). Giving your all? An analysis of the accuracy of female basketball players’ perception of effort (Unpublished 

BSc honours thesis). Department of Human Kinetics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[external examiner] Ferrao T. (2015). How parents influence outdoor active play among 7-12 year old children (Unpublished MSc thesis). 

School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. 

[external examiner] Patrick M. (2014). Exploring family involvement with comprehensive school health (Unpublished MA thesis). School 

of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. 

[research grant] Kolen AM (onsite principal investigator). 2014 Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (HALO), Children’s 

Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (CHEO). Canadian assessment of physical literacy [CAPL]. Part of Royal Bank of Canada 

funding distributed through ParticipAction to HALO at CHEO, 2014-2016 ($42,000). 

[invited presentation] Kolen AM. (2014, October). Establishing your rhythm as a leader [2 x 90-minute interactive presentations at the 

U4]. Presentation at The Leaders Summit @ X: Igniting Local and Global Citizenship, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[invited presentation] Kolen AM. (2014, October 17). Dare to be innovative and physically and mentally engaging when teaching larger 

classes. Presentation at the 2014 AAU Teaching Showcase, Cape Breton University, Sydney, NS. 

[invited presentation] Kolen AM, Grant J, Kirk S, Williams P & Hancock T. (2014, September 22). Bringing a Nova Scotia lens to the work. 

Presentation at Thrive! Summit 2014: Pathways to Thriving Communities, Halifax, NS. 

[founding co-ordinator] Student Research Day, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 2003- . 

[media release] Excellence in undergraduate research shines through at Annual Student Research Day. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 2 April 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/excellence-undergraduate-research-shines-throughannual-student-research-day 

DR. DEBORAH VOSSEN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] Dukewich K & Vossen D. (2015). Toward accuracy, depth and insight: How reflective writing assignments can be used to 

address multiple learning objectives in small and large courses. In Boulet G, Haave N, Harde R, Mackinnon M, Plews J & Wesselius J 

(Eds.), Transforming our learning experiences (pp. 97-110). In Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching [CELT]: Vol. 8. Ottawa, ON: 

Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Retrieved from http://celt.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/CELT/article/ 

view/4258/3552 

[conference paper] Vossen D. (2015, September). Games utopians play. Paper presented at the 43 rd Annual Conference of the International 

Association for the Philosophy of Sport, Cardiff, UK. 

DR. CHARLENE WEAVING, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] Weaving C. (2015). Chicks fighting in a cage: A philosophical critique of gender constructions in the Ultimate Fighting 

Championship. In A Shannon & C Matthews (Eds.), Global perspectives on women in combat sports: Women warriors around the world 

(pp. 57-72). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. 

[invited book chapter] Weaving C. (2014). Careers. In C Torres (Ed.), The Bloomsbury companion to the philosophy of sport (pp. 408-426). 

London, UK: Bloomsbury Publishers. 


[journal article] Weaving C & Teetzel S. (2014). Getting jacked and burning fat: Examining doping and gender stereotypes in Canadian 

university sport. Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 7(2), 198-217. 

[journal article] Sailors P, Teetzel S & Weaving C. (2014). Lentius, inferius, debilius: The ethics of “not trying” on the Olympic stage. Sport 

in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics, 18(1), 17-27. Retrieved from doi:10.1080/17430437.2014.919259 

[journal article] Teetzel S & Weaving C. (2014). From silence to surveillance: Examining the aftermath of a Canadian university doping 

scandal. Surveillance & Society, 11(4), 481- 493. 

[journal article] Sailors P, Teetzel S & Weaving C. (2014). Bad girls can’t win. Atrium: The Report of the Midwestern Medical Humanities 

and Bioethics Program [Special Issue: Bad Girls; Guest Editor, Alice Dreger], 12, 14-18. Retrieved from http://www.bioethics.northwestern. 

edu/docs/atrium/atrium-issue12.pdf 

[journal article] Weaving C. (2014). It is okay to play as long as you wear lingerie (or skimpy bikinis): A moral evaluation of the Lingerie 

Football League and its rebranding. Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics, 17(6), 757-772. Retrieved from doi:10.1080/17430437. 

2014.882905 

[research grant] Teetzel S (principal investigator) & Weaving C (co-applicant). Transitioning to inclusive sport: understanding barriers to 

transgender Canadians’ participation in recreational and high-performance sport. Sport Participation Research Initiative, Social Sciences 

and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Sport Canada, 2015-2017 ($40,387). 

[conference paper & abstract] Weaving C & Teetzel S. (2015, August). A critique of current anti-doping education from the perspective 

of university student-athletes. Paper presented at the International Network of Humanistic Doping Researchers’ Conference, Aarhus, 

Denmark. [Abstract published in Performance Enhancement & Health journal.] Retrieved from http://ph.au.dk/fileadmin/ph/Idraet/ 

INHDR/2015_Conference/Abstracts.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Book+of+Abstract+-+INHDR+2015+Conference&utm_content=Book+of+Abstract+-+INHDR+2015+Conference+CID_1f022a412e266fe1f53acd66b50454c9&utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor&utm_term=h 

[conference paper in proceedings] Weaving C. (2014). Sexy skiing sisters: The 21 st Century female Olympian triple threat. In J Forsyth, C 

O’Bonsawin C & M Heine (Eds.), Intersections and intersectionalities in Olympic and Paralympic Studies. 12 th International Symposium for 

Olympic Research (pp. 113-118). London, ON: International Centre for Olympic Studies. 

[conference paper] Weaving C. (2014, October). Sexy skiing sisters: The 21 st Century female Olympian triple threat. Paper presented at the 

2014 International Symposium for Olympic Research, Western University, London, ON. 

[conference paper] Weaving C. (2014, September). A girl on a beach as the cure for nothingness: Celebrating 50 years of SISI. Paper 

presented at the 42 nd International Association for the Philosophy of Sport Annual Conference, Natal, Brazil. 

[media interview] Conn JR. (2015, July 23). The Lingerie Trap. Grantland. Retrieved from http://grantland.com/features/legendsfootball-league-womens-lingerie-football-league-mitchell-mortaza/ 

[media interview] Heck A. (2015, July 22). Why are male and female beach volleyball uniforms so different? NOW [Toronto, ON]. 

Retrieved from https://nowtoronto.com/news/if-bikinis-are-so-practical-why-don-t-men-wear-speedos/ 




Human Nutrition 

MARCIA ENGLISH, LECTURER 

[research grant] English M. Nutritional composition of pastured eggs versus conventional eggs. Industrial Research Assistance Program, 

National Research Council of Canada, 2015 ($5,000). 

[conference paper] English M. (2014, August). Interfacial activity of native vs. charge-reduced clupeine in gram-negative model 

biomembranes. Paper presented at the 17 th International Union of Food Science and Technology World Congress of Food Science and 

Technology, Montreal, QC. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Journal of Phycologia. 

[media release] Human nutrition students win prize in Pulse Canada’s ‘Mission: ImPULSEible’ Product Development Competition. 

St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 16 March 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/human-nutrition-studentswin-prize-pulse-canada%E2%80%99s-mission-impulseible-product-development 

DR. DORIS GILLIS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Wood J & Gillis DE. (2015). Exploring dietitians’ engagement with health literacy: Concept and practice. Canadian 

Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, 76(2), 51-55. Retrieved from doi:10.3148/cjdpr-2015-003 

[journal article] Johnson CP, Williams P & Gillis DE. (2015). The capacity building experience of women engaged in determining the cost 

and affordability of healthy food in Nova Scotia, Canada. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, 10(3), 356-378. Retrieved from 

doi:10.1080/19320248.2014.962769 

[journal article] Letourneau N, Whitty P, Watson B, Phillips J, Joschko J & Gillis DE. (2015). The influence of newborn early literacy 

intervention programs in three Canadian provinces. Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 38(4), 245-265. Retrieved from doi:10.310 

9/01460862.2015.1065933 

[technical report] Valaitis R (overall lead). (2015). Strengthening Primary Health Care through Primary Care and Public Health Collaboration 

Toolkit Development. [Advisory team member.] Retrieved from http://www.toolkit2collaborate.ca/en/ 

[technical report] Activating Change Together for Community Food Security: Knowledge Mobilization Working Group. (2014). Knowledge 

mobilization in participatory action research: A synthesis of the literature. Halifax, NS: FoodARC, Mount Saint Vincent University. 

[Academic lead & lead author.] Retrieved from http://foodarc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ACT-for-CFS-Knowledge-Mobilizationin-PAR-Jan-2014.pdf 

[research grant] Gillis DE, Fish K, Johnson C & Langille L. REAL Complex Intervention. Knowledge Translation Workshop Series, Nova 

Scotia Health Research Foundation, 2015-2016. [Travel support to Halifax for workshops but no direct project funding allocated to team.] 

[research grant] L’Abbé MR (principal investigator); De Grandpré E, Gillis DE, Lou W-YW & Mansfield E (co-applicants). PAUSE: 

Prevalence and consumer attitudes, understanding, and use of supplemented foods to inform education in Canada. Operating Grant, 

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2014-2017 ($349,703). 

[research grant] Bigelow AE (principal investigator); Gillis DE, MacLean K (co-investigators); & Ward M (collaborator). Young children’s 

social-cognitive development, attachment security, and their maternal supports: Effects of previous mother-infant skin-to-skin contact. 

Insight Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2013-2017 ($269,101). 


[research grant] Williams P (principal investigator); Anderson B, Druhan-McGinn N, Gillis DE, Johnson C, Langille L, MacAulay R, 

Morley C, Crowell S & Shookner M (co-investigators). Student training: Knowledge mobilization and evaluation. Scotia Support Grant, 

Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation, 2013-2015 ($49,950). 

[contribution agreement] Stone K, Ward N, Fragman S (co-primary investigators); Gillis DE & Clarkin C (co-investigators). Making food 

safe for all: A needs assessment of new immigrant mothers and their families. Contributions Program for Non-Profit Consumer and 

Voluntary Organizations, Industry Canada, 2015-2017 ($99,120). 

[conference poster] Gillis DE, Johnson C, Ngunangwa S, Stothart C & Williams P. (2015, August). Knowledge mobilization and participatory 

action research: A journey to make food matter. Poster presentated at the Critical Dietetic Conference, Manchester, UK. 

[conference workshop] Anderson B, Fox A, Gillis DE & Lordly D. (2015, June). Vision 2020 for dietetics education: Moving forward. 

Workshop presented at the Dietitians of Canada National Conference, Quebec City, QC. 

[invited presentation] Gillis DE. (2014, September). Food Literacy as a sub-set of health literacy: Implications for oral health. Paper 

presented at Modelling the Interaction of Multidimensional Risk Factors in Caries Disparity: Network for Canadian Oral Health Research 

Team Building Workshop. Montreal, QC. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Maternal and Child Health Journal; Canadian Journal Dietetic of Practice and Research; & Practice-based 

Evidence in Nutrition (PEN). 

[media release] StFX students receive CIHR grants, spend summer focused on health research. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 

22 June 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-students-receive-cihr-grants-spend-summer-focused-health-research 

[media release] StFX human nutrition professor Dr. Doris Gillis celebrated for her career achievements. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 17 June 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-human-nutrition-professor-dr-doris-gillis-celebratedher-career-achievements 

DR. LAURA GOUGEON, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Gougeon L, Payette H, Morais JA, Gaudreau P, Shatenstein B & Gray-Donald K. (2015). Dietary patterns and incidence 

of depression in a cohort of community-dwelling older Canadians. Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 19(4), 431-436. Retrieved from 

doi: 10.1007/s12603-014-0562-9 

[thesis abstract] Gougeon L. (2014) Nutritional predictors of depression in a cohort of community-dwelling elderly Canadians: NuAge 

cohort. Applied Physiology and Nutrition Metabolism, 39(12), 1412. Retrieved from doi:10.1139/apnm-2014-0363 

[conference paper & abstract] Gougeon L, Payette H, Morais JA & Gray-Donald K. (2014, November). Diet and late-life depression: A 

reverse causality study in community-dwelling older adults. The NuAge Study. Paper presented at The Gerontological Society of America’s 

67 th Annual Scientific Meeting “Making Connections: From Cells to Societies”, Washington, DC. [Abstract published in: The Gerontologist, 

54 (Suppl. 2), NP. Retrieved from doi:10.1093/geront/gnu106 

[dissertation] Gougeon L. (2014). Nutritional predictors of depression in a cohort of community-dwelling elderly persons: The NuAge study 

(Unpublished PhD dissertation). School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Montreal, QC. 

[supervisor] Ashley Doucette-Tamane A. (2015). Availability and cost comparison of gluten-free and gluten-containing food items in rural 

Nova Scotia (Unpublished BSc honours thesis). Department of Human Nutrition, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 


[board member] Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for the journals Public Health Nutrition; & Psychiatry Research. 

[media release] StFX students receive CIHR grants, spend summer focused on health research. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 

22 June 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-students-receive-cihr-grants-spend-summer-focused-health-research 



DR. JENNIFER JAMIESON, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[supervisor] Weir M. (2015). A comparison of nutritional adequacy of gluten-free and similar gluten-containing products in rural and 

metropolitan Nova Scotia (Unpublished BSc honours thesis). Department of Human Nutrition, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[co-supervisor with Dr. Dan Kane] Mawhinney H. (2015). Is vitamin B6¬ suboptimal for male endurance athletes?: A preliminary 

investigation of a 7-day dietary intervention on running performance after a competitive cross-country season (Unpublished BSc honours 

thesis). Department of Human Nutrition, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. [Poster presentation winner of bronze medal, 

SafetyNet-RX Awards, Student Research Day, St. Francis Xavier University; 2015 Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 

Undergraduate Research Excellence Award, Canadian Science Publishing / Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology / Canadian Nutrition 

Society; currently pursuing MSc at Dalhousie University; Canadian Dairy Commission Graduate Scholarship, 2015-2017.] 

[media release] Human nutrition graduate honoured nationally for undergraduate research excellence. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 10 July 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/human-nutrition-graduate-honoured-nationallyundergraduate-research-excellence 



DR. LAURIE WADSWORTH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] Wadsworth LA. (2015). Il Rapporto psicosociale con il cibo [Psychosocial relationship with food]. In Massari S (Ed.), 

Alimentazione, la sfida del Nuevo millennio [Food, Nutrition and agriculture: The challenge for the new millennium] (p. 40). (2 nd ed.). 

Rome, Italy: Gangemi Editore. 

[encyclopedia entry] Wadsworth LA. (2015) Magazine and newspaper advertising. In Albala K (Ed.), Food Issues Encyclopedia (pp. 

936-939). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 

[encyclopedia entry] Wadsworth LA. (2015) Television advertising. In Albala K (Ed.), Food Issues Encyclopedia (pp. 1360-1365). 

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 

[supervisor] Roberts E. (2015). An exploration of the roles of food in the lives of students in dietetics programs in Atlantic Canada 

(Unpublished BSc honours thesis). Department of Human Nutrition, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[supervisor] Kendall L. (2015). The use of social media by dietitians in Nova Scotia (Unpublished BSc honours thesis). Department of 

Human Nutrition, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 


[co-supervisor with Dr. Patti Hansen-Ketchum] Terrio C. (2015). A critical discourse analysis of food marketing to children and youth 

through social media (Unpublished master’s thesis). Applied Human Nutrition Program, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS. 

[invited panelist] Wadsworth, LA. (2015, July). Everybody’s talking. Presentation at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior 

2015 Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. 

[board member] Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2012-2018. 

[declined editorship] Invited to serve as Associate Editor of Public Health Nutrition. [Declined due to current editorial term with Journal 

of Nutrition Education and Behavior.] 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Public Health Nutrition; Phycologia; Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, 

Illness, and Medicine; Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; & Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 

[invited public lecture] Wadsworth LA. (2015, February 25). What’s the skinny on fats and sugars? Presentation at Adult Learning 

Lunches for StFX University Extension, People’s Place Library, Antigonish, NS. 

Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science 

DR. IKER GONDRA, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[conference paper in proceedings] Akter N & Gondra I. (2015). Attributed relational graph-based learning of object models for object 

segmentation. In Proceedings of 2015 International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition (ICIAR’15) [Niagara Falls, ON, July 

2015], Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 9164, 90-99. 

[conference paper in proceedings] Cabria I & Gondra I. (2015). Automated localization of brain tumors in MRI using potential-K-means 

clustering algorithm. In Proceedings of 2015 Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV’15) [Institute of Electrical and Electronics 

Engineers, Halifax, NS, June 2015], 125-132. 

[journal article] Cabria I & Gondra I. (2014). Potential-K-means load balancing and cost minimization in mobile recycling network. 

IEEE Systems Journal. doi:10.1109/JSYST.2014.2363156 

[supervisor] Akter N. (2015). Attributed relational graph-based learning of object models for object segmentation (Unpublished MSc 

thesis). Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[organizer & presenter] Computer Science session developer and presenter at StFX University Math-CMS Camp. 

DR. RYAN LUKEMAN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Vasey G, Lukeman R & Wyeth RC. (2015). Additional navigational strategies can augment odor-gated rheotaxis under 

conditions of variable flow. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 55(3), 447-460. 

[supervisor] Thomson M. (2015). Inferring the mechanisms of collective human rhythmic behaviour (Unpublished BSc Honours thesis in 

Mathematics and Chemistry). St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[co-supervisor with Dr. Patrick Withey] Vasey G. (2015). A mathematical model of the Nova Scotia lobster industry (Unpublished BSc 

Honours thesis). Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 


[research grant] Lukeman R. Collective biological motion: Connecting empirical and theoretical approaches. Discovery Grant, Natural 

Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2011-2016 ($80,000). 





DR. WENDY MACCAULL, PROFESSOR 

[edited volume] Jaatun EAA & MacCaull W (Eds.). (2015). Special Issue. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 19(3-4). 

[journal article] Faddoul J** & MacCaull W. (2015). Handling non-determinism with description logics using a fork/join approach. 

International Journal of Networking and Computing, 5(1), 61-85. 

[journal article] Rabbi F**, Lamo Y & MacCaull W. (2014). Co-ordination of multiple metamodels, with application to healthcare 

systems. Procedia Computer Science, 37, 473–480. [1 st International Workshop on Metamodelling for Healthcare Systems (MMHS 2014).] 

[introduction] Jaatun EAA & MacCaull W. (2015). Aspects of ubiquitous computing for improved clinical practice [Introduction to 

special issue]. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 19(3-4), 569-571. 

[preface] MacCaull W & Jaatun EAA. (2014, September). Preface to Proceedings of the 4 th International Conference on Current and 

Future Trends of Information and Communication Technologies in Health Care. Procedia Computer Science, 37, 9-11. 

[co-supervisor with Dr Tom Maibaum] Ysanati M. (2015). A metric interval-based temporal description logic (Unpublished PhD dissertation). 

Department of Computing and Software, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. 

[research grant] MacCaull W. Ontology-driven and adaptive workflow in distributed settings. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and 

Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2013-2018 ($100,000). 

[program co-chair with Dr. Ellen Jaatun) 4 th International Conference on Current and Future Trends of Information and Communication 

Technologies in Health Care (ICTH 2014), Halifax, NS, September 2014. 

[workshop co-organizer with Dr. Yngve Lamo and Dr. Adrian Rutle] 1 st International Workshop in Metamodelling for Healthcare Services 

(MMHS 2014), in conjunction with ICTH 2014, Halifax, NS, September 2014. 

[committee member] Member, Program Committee, Pro-Health 2014, 7 th International Workshop on Process-oriented Information 

Systems in Health Care, Haifa, Israel, September 2014. 

[committee member] Member, Program Committee, International Joint Workshop KR4HC [Knowledge Representation for Health Care] 

2015 - ProHealth 2015, Pavia, Italy, June 2015. 

[committee member] Member, Program Committee, 3rd European Workshop on Practical Aspects of Health Information (PAHI 2015), 

The Scottish Highlands, UK, October 2015. 

[referee] Reviewed research proposal for Discovery Grant competition, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2015. 


DR. TARA TAYLOR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Taylor T. (2015). Using epsilon hulls to characterize and classify totally disconnected Sierpinski relatives. Fractals, 23(2), 

1550015-1 - 1550015-11. 

[conference paper] Knoll E, Landry W, Taylor T, Carreiro P & Gerofsky S. (2015, July-August). The aesthetics of scale: Weaving mathematical 

understandings. Paper presented at Bridges Baltimore 2015: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture, The University of Baltimore, 

Baltimore, MD. 

[research grant] Islam S (principal investigator); Mendivil F & Taylor T (co-applicants). Iterated function systems (IFS), fractals, invariant 

measures and applications. Collaborative Research Group Grant, Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences, 

2015-2017 ($40,000). 

[board member] Member (for North & South America), Editorial Board, Fractals, 2014- . 



DR. XU (SUNNY) WANG, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[research grant] Wang X. Statistical learning: Methodology and efficient algorithms. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering 


[invited presentation] Wang X. (2015, July 23). Classifying imbalanced drug discovery data with adaptively chosen k & weighted KNN. 

Paper presented at The Institute of Big Data Analytics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. 

[invited presentation] Wang X. (2015, June). Business failure prediction for Canadian charitable organizations using data mining tools. 

Paper presented at Big Data, 43 rd Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. 



DR. PING ZHOU, PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Bor H, Yu DS & Zhou P. (2015). Some new factor theorems for generalized absolute Cesaro summability. Positivity: An 

International Mathematics Journal Devoted to Theory and Applications of Positivity, 19, 111-120. 

[journal article] Yu DS & Zhou P. (2015). Rates of approximation by neural networks with four layers. Journal of Computational Analysis 

and Applications, 18(3), 551-558. 

[journal article] Wang M, Yu DS & Zhou P. (2014). On the approximation by operators of Bernstein-Stancu types. Applied Mathematics 

and Computation, 246, 79-87. 

[journal article] Bor H, Yu DS & Zhou P. (2014). On local property of absolute summability of factored Fourier series. Filomat, 28(8), 

1675-1686. 


[journal article] Bor H, Yu DS & Zhou P. (2014). A new application of quasi-power increasing sequences. Miskolc Mathematical Notes, 

15(2), 327-332. 

[research grant] Zhou P. Rational approximants, sequences and series, and applications. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering 

Research Council of Canda, 2012-2017 ($60,000). 

Nursing 

DR. PATTI HANSEN-KETCHUM, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] Hansen-Ketchum P. (2015). Engaging with nature in the promotion of health. In. LK Hallström, N Guehlstorf & MW 

Parkes (Eds.), Ecosystems, society and health: Pathways through diversity, convergence and integration (pp. 99-134). Montreal, QC / 

Kingston, ON: McGill-Queen’s University Press. 

[newsletter article] Little V, Hansen-Ketchum P & Purcell L. (2015). Food for thought: The value of nature-based initiatives. CRNNS 

[College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia] Connections. Retrieved from http://crnns.ca/newsletters/connections-september-2015/ 

[co-supervisor with Dr. Laurie Wadsworth] Terrio C. (2015). A critical discourse analysis of food marketing to children and youth through 

social media (Unpublished master’s thesis). Applied Human Nutrition Program, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS. 

[research grant] MacDonald J, Hansen-Ketchum P & Whitty-Rogers J. Evaluating clinical practice guideline integration in professional 

health-care curriculum: A scoping review of quality indicators. Research Grant Award, Atlantic Region Canadian Association of Schools of 

Nursing, 2015-2016 ($2,000). 

[research grant] MacDonald J, Hansen-Ketchum P, Leuschner J & MacDonlad C. Academic-health service partnerships for enhanced best 

practices in academic and health service organizations in Nova Scotia. NSHRF Real Complex Intervention: Knowledge Translation 

Workshop Series, Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation, 2015-2016 (in-kind award). 

[research grant] Hansen-Ketchum P, Chabot G et al. Children and youth engagement with nature and their health: A scoping review of 

interventions. Knowledge Synthesis Grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2013-2016 ($49,995). 

[newspaper interview] MacKenzie R. (2014, September 24). Lyme disease and climate change. The Casket [Antigonish, NS]. 

[magazine interview] (2015, Spring). Promoting healthy environments. StFX Alumni News [Antigonish, NS], 14. 


University, Antigonish, NS, 28 May 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/nine-stfx-masters-students-receive-nova-scotiaresearch-and-innovation-graduate 

DR. CATHY MACDONALD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] MacDonald, C. & Steenbeek, A. (2015). The impact of colonization and Western assimilation on health and wellbeing of 

Canadian Aboriginal people. International Journal of Regional and Local History, 10(1), 32-48 

[journal article] MacDonald C, Steenbeek A, Martin-Misener R & Browne A. (2015). Honoring stories: Mi’kmaq women’s experiences 

with pap smear screening in Eastern Canada. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 47(1), 72-96. 


[co-supervisor with Marie Arnott] Crocker C. (2015). Using art therapy to finding meaning in cancer experiences (Unpublished BScN 

honours thesis). School of Nursing, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[research grant] McMillan LJ (principal investigator); Gilham C, Moseley J [replaced by MacDonald C], Reeves A, Wilcox AC 

(co-applicants); Glode-Desrochers P (principal knowledge user); & Lekas S (knowledge user). Reintegrating well-being, Indigenous 

knowledge in action and building alliances for healthy communities and boys and men. Letter of Intent, Team Grant, Canadian Institutes 

of Health Research, 2014-2015 ($9,315). 

[conference paper] MacDonald C. (2014, May 26). Exploring Mi’kmaw women’s experiences with pap smear screening in Nova Scotia. 

Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing / Canadian Nursing Education Conference, Dalhousie University, 

Halifax, NS. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Canadian Journal of Nursing Research; Nursing and Health Journal; Journal of Healthcare for the Poor 

and Underserved; & Annuals for Nursing and Practice. 

[referee] Abstract reviewer for the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing Conference / Canadian Nurses Education Conference, 

Anticipating and Shaping the Future of Nursing Education, Halifax, NS, 2014. 

[invited speaker] MacDonald C. (2014, November). Ethics: Process and application. Presentation to Honours Students, St. Francis Xavier 


[invited speaker] MacDonald C. (2014, June). Self-care for Oncology and Palliative Care Nurses. Presentation via Polycom to graduate 

students, University of Calgary Qatar. 

[invited participant] Successful Research Proposal Workshop [facilitated by Dr. Dawn McArthur, Simon Fraser University], St. Francis 

Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 17 July 2015. 

DR. DONNA MACDOUGALL, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] MacDougall D, Halperin BA, MacKinnon-Cameron D, Li L, McNeil S, Langley JM & Halperin SA. (2015). Universal 

tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination of adults: What Canadian health care providers know and need to know. 

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 11(9), 2167-2179. Retrieved from doi:10.1080/21645515.2015.1046662 

[journal article] Halperin BA, MacDougall D, MacKinnon-Cameron D, Li L, McNeil SA, Langley JM & Halperin SA. (2015). Universal 

tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination of adults: What the Canadian public knows and wants to know. Vaccine, 33(48), 

6840–6848. Retrieved from doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.09.012 

[journal article] Chambers LW, Crowe L, Lam PP, MacDougall D, McNeil S, Roth V, Suh K, Dalzell C, Baker D, Ramsay H, DeCoutere S, 

Hall HL & McCarthy AE. (2015). A new approach to improving healthcare personnel influenza immunization programs: A randomized 

controlled trial. PLoS ONE, 10(3), e0118368. Retrieved from doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118368 

[journal article] Sanford C, Langley JM, Halperin SA, Zelman M & Maritime Universal Rotavirus Vaccination Program (MURVP) 

(MacDougall D, member). (2015). A universal infant rotavirus program in two delivery models: Effectiveness and adverse events 

following immunization. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 11(4), 870–874. Retrieved from doi:10.1080/21645515.2015.1012028 

[journal article] Zelman M, Sanford C, Neatby A, Halperin BA, MacDougall D, Rowswell C, Langley JM, Halperin SA & Maritime 

Universal Rotavirus Vaccination Program (MURVP). (2014). Implementation of a universal rotavirus vaccination program: Comparison 

of two delivery programs. BMC Public Health, 14, 908. Retrieved from doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-908 


[co-supervisor with Dr. Charmaine McPherson] Tiller V. (2015). When time is of the essence: A case study of the challenges of developing 

and implementing a province-wide influenza control program (Unpublished BScN thesis). School of Nursing, St. Francis Xavier University, 


[research grant] Isenor J (principal investigator), MacDougall D (co-investigator) et al. Pharmacists as immunizers to improve coverage 

and provider/recipient satisfaction: A prospective, controlled, community-embedded study with vaccines with low coverage rates (the 

Improve ACCESS study). Canadian Institutes of Health Research / Canadian Immunization Research Network / GlaxoSmithKline / Sanofi 

Pasteur, 2015-2018 ($670,000). 

[research grant] Langley J (co-principal investigator) & MacDougall D (co-principal investigator). Canadian National Vaccine Safety 

(CANVAS) Network surveillance of adverse events following immunization with meningococcal serogroup B vaccine: Knowledge, attitudes, 

and behaviors related to the vaccine. Canadian Institutes of Health Research / Canadian Immunization Research Network, 2015-2016 

($25,000). 

[research grant] Dubé E (principal investigator), MacDougall D (co-investigator) et al. Vaccinating pregnant women: Why are maternity 

care providers hesitant? Canadian Institutes of Health Research / Canadian Immunization Research Network, 2015-2016 ($35,000). 

[research grant] Halperin SA (principal investigator), MacDougall D (co-Investigator) et al. Canadian Immunization Research Network. 

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2014-2017 ($6,583,497). 

[research grant] MacDougall D (principal investigator) et al. Evaluation of the Nova Scotia District Health Authorities / IWK Health Centre 

influenza control policy. IWK Health Centre Foundation / QEII Foundation, 2014-2016 ($100,000). 

[research grant] Isenor J (principal investigator) & MacDougall D (co-investigator). Summer research student for Pharmacists as 

Immunizers Research Team and Working Group. Drug Evaluation Alliance of Nova Scotia (DEANS), NS Department of Health and 

Wellness, 2014 ($7,303). 

[research grant] Isenor J (principal investigator) & MacDougall D (co-investigator). Survey of conventional providers of immunization in 

the Maritimes. GlaxoSmithKline, 2013-2015 ($49,475). 

[research grant] Isenor J (principal investigator) & MacDougall D (co-investigator). Survey of pharmacists on immunization services. 

Pharmacy Endowment Fund, Dalhousie University, 2013–2015 ($14,755). 

[research grant] MacDougall D & McPherson C (co-principal investigator). Mixed Methods Examination of the 2012-2013 British 

Columbia Influenza Prevention Policy. Canadian Institutes of Health Research / Public Health Agency of Canada / Influenza Research 

Network, 2012-2014 ($206,443). 

[research grant] Halperin B (co-principal investigator) & MacDougall D (co-principal investigator). Tetanus, diphtheria and acellular 

pertussis (Tdap) in adults: Translating recommendations into programs. GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals / Sanofi-Pasteur, 2010-2014 

($540,000). 

[research contract] Halperin SA (co-principal investigator), MacDougall D (co-principal investigator) et al. Evaluation of a universal 

rotavirus program. GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, 2010-2014 ($715,735). 

[conference paper] Alia T, Isenor J, Killen J, Billard B, Halperin B, McNeil S, Slayter K, MacDougall D & Bowles S. (2015, April 28). Impact 

of pharmacists as immunizers on influenza vaccination in Nova Scotia. Paper presented at the joint Dalhousie University 20 th Annual 

Infectious Diseases Research Day and 7 th Annual Symposium of the Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Halifax, NS. 

[conference paper] MacDougall, D. (2015, April 27). Condition of service influenza prevention policies. Paper presented at the joint 


Dalhousie University 20 th Annual Infectious Diseases Research Day and 7th Annual Symposium of the Canadian Center for Vaccinology, 

Halifax, NS. 

[conference poster] Isenor J, Slayter K, McNeil S, MacDougall D & Bowles S. (2015, April 27). Pharmacists as immunizers: A survey of 

New Brunswick pharmacists’ experiences. Poster presented at the joint Dalhousie University 20 th Annual Infectious Diseases Research Day 

and 7th Annual Symposium of the Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Halifax, NS. 

[conference paper] MacDougall D, McPherson C, Kwong J & Henry B. (2014, December). British Columbia influenza prevention policy: 

The 6Ps from the first year of implementation. Paper presented at the 11 th Canadian Immunization Conference, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference poster] Isenor J, Alia T, Billard B, Killen J, Halperin B, McNeil S, Slayter K, MacDougall D & Bowles S. (2014, December). 

The impact of pharmacists as immunizers on influenza vaccination coverage in Nova Scotia. Poster presented at the 11 th Canadian 

Immunization Conference, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference poster] Isenor J, Slayter K, McNeil S, MacDougall D & Bowles S. (2014, December). Pharmacists as immunizers: A survey of 

New Brunswick pharmacists’ experiences. Poster presented at the 11 th Canadian Immunization Conference, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference poster] MacDougall D, Halperin B, MacKinnon-Cameron D & Halperin S. (2014, December). Determining the acceptability 

of a universal rotavirus vaccination program. Poster presented at the 11 th Canadian Immunization Conference, Ottawa, ON. 

[conference paper] McPherson C & MacDougall D. (2014, November). The BC influenza prevention policy: The “Six Ps” from the first year 

of implementation. Paper presented at the 42 nd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group, New York, NY. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for the journal, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 2015-2016. 

[referee] Abstract reviewer for 11th Canadian Immunization Conference, Ottawa, ON, December 2014. 

[newspaper interview] MacKenzie R. (2014, September 24). Lyme disease and climate change. The Casket, Antigonish, NS. 



[media release] StFX nursing honours students addressing health and social concerns. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 8 May 

2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-nursing-honours-students-addressing-health-and-social-concerns 

DR. CHARMAINE MCPHERSON, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[book chapter] McPherson C & McGibbon E. (2014). Intersecting contexts of oppression within complex public systems: A criminal 

justice application. In A Pycroft & C Bartollas (Eds.), Applying complexity theory: A whole systems approach to criminal justice and social 

work (pp. 159-180). Bristol, UK: Policy Press. 

[online resource] Canadian Nurses Association. (2015). Social Determinants of Health e-Learning Course. [McPherson C & McGibbon E, 

lead developers.] Retrieved from https://www.cna-aiic.ca/en/on-the-issues/better-health/social-determinants-of-health/social-determinantsof-health-e-learning-course 


[report] McPherson C, Ndumbe-Eyoh S, Oickle D, Betker C & Peroff-Johnston N. (2015). Learning to work differently: Implementing 

Ontario’s Social Determinants of Health Public Health Nurse Initiative. Antigonish, NS: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants 

of Health, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. Retrieved from http://nccdh.ca/resources/entry/learning-to-work-differentlyimplementing-ontarios-sdoh-public-health-nurse 

[co-supervisor with Dr. Donna MacDougall] Tiller V. (2015). When time is of the essence: A case study of the challenges of developing and 

implementing a province-wide influenza control program (Unpublished BScN thesis). School of Nursing, St. Francis Xavier University, 


[external examiner] Nyika L. (2015). African immigrant secondary school students’ participation in health promoting schools: Exploring the 

role of pre-, in- and post-migration (Unpublished PhD dissertation). Faculty of Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[external examiner] Lukeman S. (2014). Evidence-informed decision making (EIDM) using community networks in public health nursing 

(Unpublished Master of Nursing thesis). School of Graduate Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. 

[research grant] McPherson C, MacDougall D (co-principal investigators), Ashton S & Doucette C (decision makers & co-principal 

investigators). Nova Scotia influenza prevention policy study: Translating research into care. Public System-Based Research Grant, Health 

Improvement Research Program, Capital District Health Authority & the IWK Health Centre, 2014-2017 ($100,000). 

[research grant] McPherson C & MacDougall D (co-principal investigators). Mixed Methods Examination of the 2013-2014 British 

Columbia Influenza Prevention Policy (Phase 2). Canadian Institutes of Health Research/PCIRN [PHAC/CIHR Influenza Research 

Network], 2014-2016, ($21,550). 

[research grant] MacDougall D & McPherson C (co-principal investigators). Mixed methods examination of the 2012-2013 British 

Columbia Influenza Prevention Policy. Canadian Institutes of Health Research / Public Health Agency of Canada / PHAC/CIHR Influenza 

Research Network, 2012-2014 ($206,443). 

[research grant] McPherson C, McGibbon E & Zadeh F. Development of an online social determinants of health-health equity toolkit. 

Canadian Nurses Association, 2013-14 ($26,000). 

[research grant] McPherson C. A case study of the Ontario SDoH public health nurse provincial policy development and implementation: 

Public health leadership for health equity. Public Health Agency of Canada, National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, in 

partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, 2012-2014 ($150,000). 

[invited speaker] McPherson C. (2014, September 14). Vulnerable populations and the social determinants of health: Reconciling within 

a complex public health system. Paper presented at the International Think Tank on the Application of Complexity Science in Public 

Services and Social Justice Fields, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK. 

[conference paper] McPherson C, Ndumbe-Eyoh S, Oickle D, Betker C & Peroff-Johnston N. (2015, June 24). Blueprint for action: 

Challenge the status quo. Paper presented at the 10 th National Community Health Nurses of Canada (CHNC) Conference & AGM, 

Winnipeg, MB. 

[conference paper] National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health Staff [on behalf of McPherson C, Ndumbe-Eyoh S, Oickle 

D, Betker C & Peroff-Johnston N]. (2015, May). Ontario’s Social Determinants of Health Public Health Nurse Initiative. Paper in World Café 

format presented at Public Health 2015, Canadian Public Health Association Conference & AGM, Vancouver, BC. 

[conference paper] MacDougall D, McPherson C, Kwong J & Henry B. (2014, December). British Columbia Influenza Prevention Policy: 

The 6Ps from the first year of implementation. Paper presented at the Canadian Immunization Conference, Ottawa, ON. 


[conference paper] McPherson C & MacDougall D. (2014, November). The BC Influenza Prevention Policy: The “Six Ps” from the first year 

of implementation. Paper presented at the North American Primary Care Research Group North American Conference & AGM, New 

York, NY. 

[referee] Reviewed applications for Policy, Systems, Outcomes Research Grants & Scotia Scholar Research Awards, Nova Scotia Health 

Research Foundation, 2015. 


[media release] StFX nursing honours students addressing health and social concerns. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 8 May 

2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-nursing-honours-students-addressing-health-and-social-concerns 

Physics 

DR. KARINE LE BRIS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Le Bris K & Graham L. (2015). Comparison of laboratory cross sections and integrated intensities of HFC-143a 

(1,1,1-Triuoroethane). Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 151, 13-17. 

[research grant] Le Bris K. High-resolution laser spectroscopy of molecular constituents. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering 


[invited speaker] Le Bris K. (2015, July 27). Broadband mid-IR quantum cascade laser and cavity enhanced absorption techniques for 

spectroscopic in-situ sensing. Paper presented at Atmospheric Physics Seminar, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, 

ON. 



DR. KARL-PETER MARZLIN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Marzlin K-P & Deering S. (2015). The Moyal equation for open quantum systems. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical 

and Theoretical, 48(20), 205301. (13 pp.) Retrieved from doi:10.1088/1751-8113/48/20/205301 

[journal article] Marzlin K-P & Landry T. (2015). On the connection between the theorems of Gleason and of Kochen and Specker. 

Canadian Journal of Physics, 93(12), 1446-1452. Retrieved from doi:10.1139/cjp-2014-0631 

[research grant] Marzlin K-P. Nonlinear and quantum optics in the presence of plasmonic effects. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and 

Engineering Research Council of Canda, 2011-2016 ($75,000). 




DR. DAVID PINK, SENIOR RESEARCH PROFESSOR 

[edited book] Marangoni A & Pink D (Eds.). (2014). Edible nanostructures: A bottom-up approach. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of 

Chemistry. 

[book chapter] DA Pink, MSG Razul, T Gordon*, B Quinn & AJ MacDonald*. (2015). Computer simulation techniques for modelling 

statics and dynamics of nanoscale structures. In AG Marangoni & DA Pink (Eds.) Edible nanostructures: A bottom-up approach (pp. 

230-299). Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry. 

[journal paper] Peyronel F*, Quinn B, Marangoni AG & Pink DA. (2015). Edible fat structures at high solid fat concentrations: Evidence 

for the existence of oil-filled nanospaces. Applied Physics Letters, 106, 023109. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4905876 

[journal paper] Pink DA, Peyronel F*, Quinn B, Singh P* & Marangoni AG. (2015). Condensation versus diffusion. A spatial-scale-independent 

theory of aggregate structures in edible oils: Applications to model systems and commercial shortenings studied via rheology 

and USAXS. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 48, 384003. (13 pp.) Retrieved from doi:10.1088/0022-3727/48/38/384003 

[journal article] Ghazani SM*, Pink DA, Koutchekinia M, Carney JR, Bond R, Rakitsky W & Marangoni AG. (2015). Engineering the 

viscosity and melting behaviour of triacylglycerol biolubricants via interesterification. RSC [Royal Society of Chemistry] Advances, 5, 

37180-37187. 

[journal article] Pink DA, Hasan FM*, Quinn BE, Winterhalter M, Mohan M* & Gill TA. (2014). Interaction of protamine with Gram 

negative bacterial membranes: possible alternative mechanisms of internalization in E. coli, S. typhimurium and P. aeruginosa. Journal of 

Peptide Science, 20, 240-250. 

[journal article] Peyronel F*, Quinn B, Marangoni AG & Pink DA. (2014). Ultra small angle X-ray scattering in complex mixtures of 

Triacylglycerols. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 26, 464110. 

[journal article] Peyronel F*, Ilavsky J, Pink DA & Marangoni AG. (2014). Quantification of the physical structure of fats in 20 minutes: 

Implications for formulation. Lipid Technology, 26, 223-226. 

[journal article] Pink DA & Razul MSG. (2014). Computer simulation techniques for food science and engineering: Simulating atomic 

scale and coarse-grained models. Food Structure, 1, 71-90. 

[journal article] Razul MSG, MacDougall CJ*, Hanna CB, Marangoni AG, Peyronel F*, Papp-Szabo E & Pink DA. (2014). Nanoscale 

characteristics of molecular fluids in confined spaces: Triacylglycerol oils. Food & Function [Royal Society of Chemistry], 5, 2501-2508. 

[journal article] Peyronel F*, Quinn BE, Marangoni AG & Pink DA. (2014). Ultra small angle X-ray scattering for pure tristearin and 

tripalmitin: Model predictions and experimental results. Food Biophysics, 9, 304-313. 

[journal article] Quinn B, Peyronel F*, Gordon T*, Marangoni AG, Hanna CB & Pink DA. (2014). Aggregation in complex triacylglycerol 

oils: Coarse-grained models, nanophase separation, and predicted X-ray intensities. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 26, 464108. 

[journal article] Peyronel F*, Pink DA & Marangoni AG. (2014). Triglyceride nanocrystal aggregation into polycrystalline colloidal 

networks: Ultra-small angle X-ray scattering, models and computer simulation. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 19, 

459-470. 

[report] Papp-Szabo E & Pink DA. (2015). Creating propolis-based products for cosmetic use. Report prepared for Cornect Family Farm. 


[report] Pink DA, Papp A, Quinn B & Papp-Szabo E. (2015). Modelling and computer simulation to enable reduced sodium chloride in 

dough. Report prepared for Canada Bread Company Ltd. 

[report] Papp-Szabo E & Pink DA. (2014). Developing flavoured creamed honey products. Report prepared for Cornect Family Farm. 

[supervisor] Karakashian A. (2015). Modelling the interaction of a gram-negative bacterium with metallic or polymeric surfaces 

(Unpbulished MSc thesis). Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON. 

[co-supervisor with Dr. AG Marangoni] Peyronel F. (2014). Ultra small angle X-ray scattering studies of triacylglycerol crystal networks 

(Unpublished PhD dissertation). Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON. 

[research grant] Pink DA. Goat milk project for Wild Orchid Farms. Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council 

of Canada, 2015 ($5,000). 

[research grant] Pink DA. Partnership with Indigena Skincare. Interaction Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of 

Canada, 2015 ($3,950). 

[research grant] Pink DA. Creating propolis-based products for cosmetic use. Productivity and Innovation Voucher Program Tier II, 

Innovacorp, 2014-2015 ($25,000). 

[research grant] Pink DA. Modelling and computer simulation to enable reduced sodium chloride in dough. Engage Grant, Natural 

Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2014-2015 ($25,000). 

[research grant] Pink DA. Developing flavoured creamed honey products. Engage Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research 

Council of Canada, 2014 ($25,000). 

[research grant] Pink DA. Physical interactions in oils. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 

2012-2017 ($135,000). 

[award] Outstanding Achievement Award (Edible Applications Technology), American Oil Chemists Society, 2015. 

[invited conference paper] (2014). Pink DA. Interactions of a P.aeruginosa PA01 bacterium with surfaces and with other bacteria. Paper 

presented at invited symposium, Boise State University, Boise, ID. 

[conference paper] Peyronel F, Marangoni AG & Pink DA. (2015, October-November). Nano y microestructuras de grasas comestibles 

analizadas por dispersión de rayos X: Resultados estáticos vs. resultados dinámicos [Nano- and micro-structures of edible oils using X-rays: 

Structure and dynamics]. Paper presented at the World Congress on Oils and Fats and 31 st ISF Lectureship Series, Rosario, Argentina. 

[conference paper] Pink DA, Quinn B, Townsend B*, Peyronel F & Marangoni A. (2015, July). Nano- to microscale aggregation of CNPs in 

complex edible oils: TAGwood snakes, shearing, and oil binding capacity. Paper presented at the 6 th International Symposium on Delivery 

of Functionality in Complex Food Systems: Physically-Inspired Approaches from the Nanoscale to the Microscale, Paris, France 

[conference paper] Townsend B*, Quinn B, Gordon T*, Hanna C, Peyronel F, Marangoni A and Pink DA. (2015, June). Modelling shear 

and solid fat aggregation in edible oils. Paper presented at the 7 th International Symposium on Food Rheology and Structure (ISFRS 2015), 

Zurich, Switzerland. 

[conference poster] Peyronel F, Quinn B, Marangoni AG & Pink DA. (2015, June). Solid structures formed by triacylglycerol nanoplatelet 

aggregates, depend upon processing conditions and the amount of tri-, di- and monosaturated fatty acids. Poster presented at the 5 th 

International Colloids Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 


[conference paper] Peyronel F, Marangoni AG & Pink DA. (2015, May). Quantifying aggregation of triacylglycerol systems, in situ, from 

angstroms to micrometers in one shot. Paper presented at the American Oil Chemists Society, Orlando, FL. 

[conference paper] Townsend B*, Quinn B, MacDonald AJ, Gordon T*, Hanna C, Marangoni A and Pink DA. (2015, May). Modelling the 

effect of shear on solid fat structures in edible oils. Paper presented at the American Oil Chemists Society, Orlando, FL. 

[conference paper] Pink DA, Quinn B, Peyronel F & Marangoni A. (2015, May). Self-organizing aggregation in complex edible oils. Paper 

presented to the American Oil Chemists Society, Orlando, FL. 

[invited talk] Peyronel F, Marangoni AG & Pink DA. (2015). Correlating polymorphism with ultra small angle X-ray scattering for static 

structures of selected edible fats. Invited talk to Nestlé Research Group, Lausanne, Switzerland. 

[invited talk] Pink DA & Papp-Szabo E. (2015, May). Modelling dough. Invited Talk to M. Nickerson Research Group, Food Science 

Department, University Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. 

[media release] StFX senior research professor Dr. David Pink honoured with international distinguished achievement award. St. Francis 

Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 2 April 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-senior-research-professor-drdavid-pink-honoured-international-distinguished 

[media release] StFX researchers create buzz around infection fighting bee glue. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 16 December 

2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-researchers-create-buzz-around-infection-fighting-bee-glue 

DR. PETER POOLE, PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Smallenburg F, Poole PH & Sciortino F. (2015). Phase diagram of the ST2 model of water. Molecular Physics, 113, 2791. 

(8 pp.) 

[journal article] Buhariwalla CRC, Bowles RK, Saika-Voivod I, Sciortino F & Poole PH. (2015). Free energy of formation of small ice 

nuclei near the Widom line in simulations of supercooled water. The European Physical Journal E, 38, 39. (11 pp.) 

[supervisor] McGibbon-Gardner S. (2015). Heterogeneous nucleation of a liquid droplet on a soluble impurity (Unpublished BSC honours 

thesis). Department of Physics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[research grant] Poole PH. Nucleation, glass formation, and phase behavior in supercooled liquids. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and 

Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2011-2016 ($285,000). 

[board member] Member, ACEnet Research Directorate, 2013- . 

[chair] ACEnet Fellowships Committee, 2014- . 

[referee] Member, Expert Review Committee, National Resource Allocation Competition, Compute Canada, 2015. 

[adjudicator] Member, Joint Awards Selection Committee, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2012-2014. 

[Selects winners of NSERC’s highest honours: Herzberg, Brockhouse, and Polyani Awards.] 

[media release] StFX students look forward to summer of research thanks to ACEnet Research Fellowships. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 20 April 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-students-look-forward-summer-research-thanksacenet-research-fellowships-0 


DR. MICHAEL STEINITZ, SENIOR RESEARCH PROFESSOR 

[editor] Editor-in-chief, Canadian Journal of Physics, 2006- . 

[adjudicator] Visits to several schools, judging at Mi’kmaq Regional Science Fair. 

DR. BRANDON VAN ZYL, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[journal article] van Zyl B, Kirkby W* & Ferguson W*. (2015). Density-functional theory for the crystalline phases of a two-dimensional 

dipolar Fermi gas. Physical Review A, 92(2), 023614-1-203614-7. 

[journal article] Towers J*, van Zyl B & Kirkby W*. (2015). Testing the nonlocal kinetic energy functional of an inhomogeneous, 

two-dimensional degenerate Fermi gas within the average density approximation. Physical Review B, 92(7), 075129. 

[journal article] van Zyl BP, Zaremba E & Towers J. (2014). Collective excitations of a harmonically trapped, two-dimensional, spinpolarized 

dipolar Fermi gas in the hydrodynamic regime. Physical Review A, 90(4), 043621. 

[journal article] van Zyl B, Farrell A*, Zaremba E, Towers J*, Piskarski P & Hutchinson D. (2014). Nonlocal kinetic energy functional for 

an inhomogeneous two-dimensional Fermi gas. Physical Review A, 89(2), 022503-022514. 

[supervisor] Kirkby W. (2015). A non-local density functional theory for an Inhomogeneous two-dimensional Fermi gas (Unpublished BSc 

honours thesis). Department of Physics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[co-supervised with Dr. Peter Marzlin] Kiefl R. (2015). Visualizing the quantum measurement process (Unpublished advanced major 

thesis). Department of Physics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[research grant] van Zyl B. Theory of degenerate two-dimensional quantum gases. Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering 

Research Council of Canada, 2014-2019 ($125,000). 

[conference paper] Ferguson W & van Zyl B. (2015). Density functional theory for a dipolar 2D Fermi gas. Paper presented at the Atlantic 

Universities Physics & Astronomy Conference, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB. 

[conference paper] Kirkby W & van Zyl B. (2014). Nonlocal kinetic energy functionals for an inhomogeneous two-dimensional Fermi gas. 

Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Congress, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON. 

[invited presentation] van Zyl B. (2015). Quantum mechanics and mysticism. Paper presented at Departmental Seminar Series, Department 

of Physics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Nature: Scientific Reports; Physical Review A; Physical Review B; Physical Review Letters; Journal of 

Mathematical Physics A; Canadian Journal of Physics; Europhysics Letters; Journal of Physics B: Atomic; & Molecular and Optical Physics. 

[editor] Associate Editor (Condensed Matter Physics), Canadian Journal of Physics. 

[media release] StFX physics students achieve incredible success with articles published in leading journal. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 20 August 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-physics-students-achieve-incredible-successarticles-published-leading-journal 




OTHER ACADEMIC PROGRAMS 

Development Studies 

DR. JONATHAN LANGDON, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Langdon J & Larweh K. (2015). Moving with the movement: Collaboratively building a participatory action research 

(PAR) study of social movement learning in Ada, Ghana. Action Research, 13(3), 281-297. Retrieved from doi:10.1177/1476750315572447 

[supervisor] Garbary R. (2015), Indigenous farming knowledges and adaptation to changing farming practices: A case study and critical 

analysis of Ada, Ghana (Unpublished BA honours thesis). Development Studies Program, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[Recipient of a 2014 Student Summer Research Internship, Irving Mentorship Program.] 

[research chair] Langdon J. Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Sustainability and Social Change Leadership. Social Sciences and Humanities 

Research Council of Canada, 2015-2020 ($500,000). 

[research grant] Langdon J. Social movements, community radio and learning: A study of the learning synergies and influences in two 

social movement contexts in Ghana. Insight Grant, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2015-2020 ($367,889). 

[invited conference paper] Langdon J. (2015, September). Potential synergies through community radio between local initiatives for 

sustainability and global action. Invited paper presented at the World Community Radio Association Conference, Accra, Ghana. 

[conference paper] Langdon, J. (2015, June). Dangers and potential of international volunteering: An experiential learning perspective. 

Paper presented at the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development Conference, Ottawa, ON. 

[curated exhibit] Langdon J. (2014). The life of salt: A photographic exhibit of the Ada Artisanal Salt Movement, featuring works by Nyani 

Quarmyne and Nii Obodai. Exhibition presented at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Canadian Journal of Development Studies; Politics; & McGill Journal of Education. 

[board member] Member of Executive, Canadian Association for the Study of International Development. 

[board member] Member, Editorial Review Board, Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society. 

Women’s and Gender Studies 

DR. NANCY FORESTELL, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

[conference paper] Forestell N. (2015, June). Historical feminisms in Canada. Paper presented at the Workshop for Companion to 

Canadian Women’s and Gender History, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. 

[panelist] Forestell N. (2015, April). Commentary on The Hunting Ground and sexualized violence on university campuses. Presentation 

for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Antigonish, NS. 

[organizer] Co-organizer of symposium, Building Alliances and Seeking Reconciliation with Mi’kmaq Women, Antigonish, NS, 

November 2014. 


[organizer] Co-organizer and Facilitator, Unsilence the Violence: An Educational Forum, Antigonish, NS, 30 January 2015. 

[organizer] Member, Organizing Committee, President’s Forum on Sexualized Violence, February 2015. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Labour / Le Travail; & Atlantis. 

[adjudicator] Member, Article Prize Committee, Canadian Committee on Labour History, Canadian Historical Association. 

[board] Co-Chair, Board, Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre and Sexual Assault Services Association, Antigonish, NS. 

[organizer] Member, Organizing Committee, Listening to Women’s Voices: International Women’s Week, Antigonish, NS, March 2015. 

DR. RACHEL HURST, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

[journal article] Hurst R. (2015). Silicone embodiments: The breast implant and the doll. Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, 

11(2/3), 1-19. Retrieved from http://liminalities.net/11-2/silicone.pdf 

[advisor] James B. (2015). Women in the Caribbean: Slavery to present day labour (research paper in Interdisciplinary Studies in Service 

Learning; course taught by Dr. Donna MacDonald). St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[second reader] Pierce K. (2015). Sexuality and imperialism: Gay rights and sexual difference (Unpublished BA honours thesis; supervised 

by Dr. Shiraz Dossa). Department of Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[publication grant] Aid to Scholarly Publications Program Grant for Surface imaginations: Cosmetic surgery, photography, and skin. 

Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014 ($8,000). 

[conference paper] Hurst R. (2015, April). The surface imaginations of injectables, lasers, and chemicals in cosmetic surgery cultures. Paper 

presented at the Body Imaging and the Body Imaginary: An Interdisciplinary Psychoanalytic Conference, Psychoanalytic Studies 

Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. 

[invited talk] Hurst R. (2015, March 16). Skin. Guest lecture for Dr. Catherine Aubrecht’s course, Race, Class, Gender Sex, Department of 

Sociology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

[organizer/facilitator] Main organizer and facilitator for UnSilence the Violence: An Educational Forum, St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 30 January 2015. 

[organizer/facilitator] Sole organizer and facilitator for Gender Failure: A Movie, Panel, and Discussion Night, St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 20 January 2015. 

[organizer] Founder and Member, Hive for Feminist Research, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 2013- . 

[terms of reference] Wrote the terms of reference for the Hive for Feminist Research Annual Lecture Series committee, which were 

approved by University Faculty in April 2015. 

[co-chair with Margie McKinnon] Sexualized Violence Policy Implementation Sub-Committee (that wrote the actual Policy Against 

Sexualized Violence), St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 


[committee member] Member, Planning Committee for President’s Colloquium on Sexualized Violence, St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 11 February 2015. 


[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Journal of Marketing Management. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for Oxford University Press. 



Coady International Institute 

DR. ROBYN BOURGEOIS, SENIOR PROGRAM TEACHING STAFF 

[journal article] Bourgeois R. (2015). Colonial exploitation: The Canadian state and the trafficking of Indigenous women and girls in 

Canada. UCLA Law Review, 62, 1426-1483. Retrieved from http://www.uclalawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Bourgeoisfinal_8.15.pdf 

COLLEEN CAMERON, SENIOR PROGRAM STAFF 

[conference paper] Cameron C & Wasacase T. (2015, June). Community health impact assessment and asset-based community development: 

An innovative path to community well-being. Paper presented at the Asset-Based Community Development Festival, Blackpool, UK. 

DR. MOLLY DEN HEYER, SENIOR PROGRAM ANALYST 

[book] Brown S, den Heyer M & Black DR (Eds.). (2014). Rethinking Canadian aid. Ottawa, ON: University of Ottawa Press. 

[book introduction] Brown S, den Heyer M & Black DR. (2014). Why rethink Canadian aid? In S Brown, M den Heyer & DR Black (Eds.), 

Rethinking Canadian aid (pp. 1-13). Ottawa, ON: University of Ottawa Press. 

[book chapter] den Heyer M. (2014). Power and policy: Lessons from aid effectiveness. In S Brown, M den Heyer & DR Black (Eds.), 

Rethinking Canadian aid (pp. 67-81). Ottawa, ON: University of Ottawa Press. 

[book chapter] Black DR, Brown S & den Heyer M. (2016). Rethinking Canadian development cooperation: Towards renewed partnerships? 

In S Brown, M den Heyer & DR Black (Eds.), Rethinking Canadian aid (pp. 297-311). Ottawa, ON: University of Ottawa Press. 

[book launch] Brown S, den Heyer M & Black DR (Eds.). (2014). Rethinking Canadian aid. Ottawa, ON: University of Ottawa Press. 

Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa, 5 March 2015. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for International Journal. 


CATHERINE IRVING, LIBRARY CO-ORDINATOR 

[book] English LE & Irving CJ. (2015). Feminism in the community: Adult education for transformation. In P Mayo (Series Ed.), 

International issues in adult education: Vol. 16. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publications. 

[journal article] English LM & Irving C. (2015). Feminism and adult education: The nexus of policy, practice, and payment. Canadian 

Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 27(2), 16-30. 

[conference paper in proceedings] Irving CJ & English LM. (2015). Feminism and adult education: The nexus of policy, practice, and 

payment. In Proceedings of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) [CASAE/ICAE, Montreal. 9 th World 

Assembly on Adult Education and Lifelong Learning June 12-14]. 

[conference paper in proceedings] Irving CJ & English LM. (2015). International policies in adult education: A critical feminist analysis. 

In Proceedings of the 34 th annual conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (pp. 160-164), Université de 

Montréal, June 3-5. 

[conference paper in proceedings] Lee N, Irving C & Francuz J. (2014). Community-embedded learning and experimentation: Fostering 

spaces for transformative learning online. In A Nicolaides & D Holt (Eds.), Spaces of transformation and transformation of space: 

Proceedings of XI Transformative Learning Conference, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, October 24-26. 

[encyclopedia article] Irving C. (2014). Antigonish Movement. In D Coghlan & M Brydon-Miller (Eds.), The SAGE encyclopedia of action 

research (pp. 38-40). London, UK: Sage Publications. 

[referee] Manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Transformative Education. 

PAMELA JOHNSON, PROGRAM TEACHING STAFF 

[journal article] Leviten-Reid C, Johnson P & Miller M. (2014). Supported housing in small community: Effects on consumers, 

suggestions for change. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 33(3), 57-69. 

DR. ALISON MATHIE, MANAGER, RESEARCH & DISSEMINATION 

[book] Mathie A & Gaventa J (Eds.). Citizen-led innovation for a new economy. Halifax, NS: Fernwood Press. 

[journal article] Mathie A & Peters B. (2014). Joint (ad)ventures and (in)credible journeys evaluating innovation: Asset-based community 

development in Ethiopia. Development and Practice, 24(3), 405-419. 

[research grant] Mathie A (on behalf of the Coady International Institute). Citizenship as agency: Building an analytical framework to 

explore the dynamic between economic, political, and environmental citizenship. IDRC (International Devleopment Research Centre), 

Hivos (Netherlands), & Inter American Foundation, 2015-2016 ($150,000). [Other Coady participants: Alma E, Ghore Y, Landry J, Lee N 

(associate), Peters B, Schreiber V & von Lieres B (associate).] 

[conference paper] Mathie A. (2015, June). Asset-based community development, economic citizenship, and international development 

practice. Paper presented at the Asset-Based Community Development Festival, Blackpool, UK. 


BRIANNE PETERS, PROGRAM ASSOCIATE 

[book chapter] Peters B. (2015). Humility and audacity: The story of Vivre Saint-Michel en Santé. In Mathie A & Gaventa J (Eds.), 

Citizen-led innovation for a new economy. Halifax, NS: Fernwood Press. 

[journal article] Mathie A & Peters B. (2014). Joint (ad)ventures and (in)credible journeys evaluating innovation: Asset-based community 

development in Ethiopia. Development and Practice, 24(3), 405-419. 

[report] Peters B. (2014). Investing in community-driven development: The case of the Woodford Library [South Africa]. Coady 

International Institute, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS. 

National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health 

CONNIE CLEMENT, SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR 

[journal article] Davison CM, Ndumbe-Eyoh S & Clement C. (2015). Critical examination of knowledge to action models and implications 

for promoting health equity. International Journal for Equity in Health. (11 pp.) Retrieved from https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/ 

articles/10.1186/s12939-015-0178-7 

[journal article] Clement C, Lefebvre S, Dyck L & Ndumbe-Eyoh S. (2014). Canada’s recent experience leveraging opportunities for public 

health action to advance health equity. European Journal of Public Health, 24(Suppl. 2), 352-353. Retrieved from http://eurpub.oxfordjournals. 

org/content/24/suppl_2/cku166.131 

[key concept document] National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health. (2015). Let’s talk: Advocacy and health equity. 

Antigonish, NS: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. Francis Xavier University. Retrieved from http://nccdh.ca/ 

images/uploads/comments/Advocacy_EN.pdf 

[key concept document] National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health. (2015). Equity-integrated population health status 

reporting – Action framework. Antigonish, NS: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. Francis Xavier University. 

Retrieved from http://www.nccph-ccnsp.ca/docs/PHSR%20Action%20Framework%20EN_final.pdf 

[environmental scan] National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health. (2015). An environmental scan and assessment of online 

learning opportunities related to health equity and social determinants of health, for public health practitioners in Canada. Antigonish, NS: 

National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. Francis Xavier University. Retrieved from http://nccdh.ca/images/uploads/ 

comments/NCCDH_Online_Learning_Scan_-_Summary_Report_website_EN-FINAL-MM-PDF.pdf 

[report] Rideout K & National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (2015). Equity in environmental health practice: Findings 

of a pilot study. Vancouver, BC: National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control; 

Antigonish, NS: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. Francis Xavier University. 

Retrieved from http://www.ncceh.ca/sites/default/files/Equity_EH_practice_April_2015.pdf 

[report] National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health. (2015). Learning to work differently: Implementing Ontario’s Social 

Determinants of Health Public Health Nurse Initiative. Antigonish, NS: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. 

Francis Xavier University. Retrieved from http://nccdh.ca/images/uploads/comments/SDOH_Nurse_Study_EN.pdf 

[report] Newbold, B. (2015). Social media in public health. Montréal, QC: National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy [in 

collaboration with the NCCDH]. Retrieved from http://nccdh.ca/images/uploads/comments/2015_TC_KT_SocialMediaPH_en.pdf 


[report] National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health. (2015). Review summary: Community engagement to reduce inequalities 

in health. Antigonish, NS: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. Francis Xavier University. Retrieved from http:// 

nccdh.ca/images/uploads/comments/UK_Community_Engagement_EN_Apr30.pdf 

[report] National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health and Canadian Public Health Association. (2014). Communicating 

about the social determinants of health: Income inequality and health. Antigonish, NS: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of 

Health, St. Francis Xavier University; Ottawa, ON: Canadian Public Health Association. Retrieved from http://nccdh.ca/images/uploads/ 

Income_Inequality_EN.pdf 

[case study] National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health. (2015). The path taken: Developing organizational capacity 

for improving health equity in four Ontario health units. Antigonish, NS: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, 

St. Francis Xavier University. Retrieved from http://nccdh.ca/images/uploads/comments/Ontario_Case_Study_EN.pdf 

[case study] National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health. (2014). Leadership for health equity: Working intersectorally and 

engaging the community in Western Health. Antigonish, NS: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. Francis Xavier 

University. Retrieved from http://nccdh.ca/images/uploads/Western_case_study_EN_web.pdf 

[glossary] National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health. (2014). Glossary of essential health equity terms. Antigonish, NS: 

National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. Francis Xavier University. Retrieved from http://nccdh.ca/images/uploads/ 

comments/Glossary_EN-_FINAL_May_19.pdf 

[media release] NCCDH participates in 10 th national Community Health Nurses of Canada conference. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 7 July 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/nccdh-participates-10th-national-community-healthnurses-canada-conference 

[media release] NCCDH participates in Canadian Public Health Association’s Public Health 2015 conference. St. Francis Xavier University, 

Antigonish, NS, 2 June 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/nccdh-participates-canadian-public-health-association% 

E2%80%99s-public-health-2015-conference 

[media release] StFX sociology student receives Determinants of Health summer research award. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, 

NS, 30 April 2015. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/stfx-sociology-student-receives-determinants-health-summerresearch-award 

[media release] Knowledge translation innovator visits StFX. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 22 September 2014. 

Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/knowledge-translation-innovator-visits-stfx 

Established at St. Francis Xavier University in 2006 by the Public Health Agency of Canada, the National Collaborating Centre for 

Determinants of Health (http://nccdh.ca) undertakes extensive activities each year to translate and disseminate knowledge about 

determinants of health to various sectors of society. These activities include publications, an online resource library, videos, blogs, 

moderated online conversations, workshops, presentations, webinars, e-news, and twitter messages. 


ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS 

Research Services Group 

JOHN BLACKWELL, DIRECTOR, RESEARCH GRANTS OFFICE 

[book manuscript editor] MacLeod DT & Leduc H. (2015). A dirty little skirmish. Vernon, B.C.: JCharlton Publishing Ltd. 

[advisor] Member, Insight Advisory Committee, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2014- 

[board member] Member (for Province of Nova Scotia), Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library Board, 2014- . 

[TV interview] How Canada’s flag was born. CBC News, 15 February 2015. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2653988827 

[panelist] Blackwell J, Cohen A, Dwivdei S, Hampson FO, Ibbitson J & Lawrence MB. “The Canadian flag at 50” on The Agenda with Steve 

Paikin [hosted by Piya Chattopadhyay], TVO [TV Ontario], 13 February 2015. Retrieved from http://tvo.org/video/programs/the-agendawith-steve-paikin/the-great-flag-debate 

and http://tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/the-canadian-flag-at-50 

[op-ed] Blackwell JD & Lawrence MB. (2015, January 17). Time to reject city’s “absurd” birthplace claim. Recorder and Times [Brockville, 

ON]. Retrieved from http://www.recorder.ca/2015/01/20/time-to-reject-citys-absurd-birthplace-claim 

[op-ed] Blackwell J & Lawrence MB. (2014, December 15). The Great Flag Debate [The maple leaf has symbolized Canada for 50 years, 

but its origins are still misunderstood]. National Post [Toronto, ON]. Retrieved from http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/ 

blackwell-beddoe-lawrence-the-maple-leaf-has-symbolized-canada-for-50-years-but-its-origins-are-still-misunderstood 

[letter to the editor] Blackwell J & Lawrence MB. (2015, February 12). Flag fable. Vancouver Sun [Vancouver, BC]. 

[letter to the editor] Blackwell J. (2014, November 20). Brockville’s erroneous claims about flag. The Kingston Whig-Standard [Kingston, 

ON]. Retrieved from http://www.thewhig.com/2014/11/20/letter-to-the-editor-brockvilles-erroneous-claims-about-canadian-flag 

[letter to the editor] Blackwell J. (2014). Correcting the historical record. Queen’s Alumni Review [Kingston, ON], Issue #2. Retrieved 

from http://www.queensu.ca/gazette/alumnireview/stories/letters-editor-5 

[newspaper interview] Hiltz E. (2015, May 7). Maryvale students inspired to design school flag. The Casket [Antigonish, NS]. Retrieved 

from http://www.thecasket.ca/archives/44889 

[newspaper interview] Staseson H. (2015, February 15). Creator of Canada’s maple leaf flag was proud of his Calgary roots. Calgary 

Herald [Calgary, AB]. Retrieved from http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/creator-of-canadas-maple-leaf-flag-was-proud-of-hiscalgary-roots 

[newspaper interview] Hunter P. (2015, February 14). Canada’s maple leaf flag born amid bitter debate. Toronto Star [Toronto, ON]. 

Retrieved from https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2015/02/14/canadas-maple-leaf-flag-born-amid-bitter-debate.html 

[newspaper interview] Hiltz E. (2015, February 14). Students in Maryvale learn about Canadian flag’s history. The Casket [Antigonish, 

NS]. Retrieved from http://www.thecasket.ca/archives/43492 


[newspaper interview] MacAlpine I. (2014, November 19). Historian says Brockville’s claim as birthplace of modern Canadian flag is 

incorrect. The Kingston Whig-Standard [Kingston, ON]. Retrieved from http://www.thewhig.com/2014/11/19/historian-says-brockvillesclaim-as-birthplace-of-modern-canadian-flag-is-incorrect 

[contributor] Doherty S. (2015, February 18). Area residents celebrate Canadian Flag, its creator. Sackville Tribune [Sackville, NB]. 

Retrieved from http://www.pressreader.com/canada/sackville-tribune/20150218/281547994330875/TextView 

[media report] Zajac R. (2015, March 17). Brockville flag claim gone from signs. Recorder and Times [Brockville, ON]. Retrieved from 

http://www.recorder.ca/2015/03/17/brockville-flag-claim-gone-from-signs 

[radio interview] Interview with Ken Kingston about Canadian flag’s 50 th birthday. 98.9 X-FM [CJFX] Radio, Antigonish, NS, 11 February 2015. 

ANDREW KENDALL, MANAGER, INDUSTRY LIAISON OFFICE 

[media release] Local businesses get boost from StFX research. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 12 December 2014. Retrieved 

from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/local-businesses-get-boost-stfx-research 

[media release] Company created by StFX professor and students goes global. St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, 9 December 

2014. Retrieved from https://www.stfx.ca/about/news/company-created-stfx-professor-and-students-goes-global 

Writing Centre 

SHERRY NEVILLE-MACLEAN, INSTRUCTOR 

[newsletter article] Neville-MacLean S. (2015, May). The interview: A success story. TESL NS [Teachers of English as a Second Language 

in Nova Scotia] Newsletter. Retrieved from https://teslnovascotia.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/may-newsletter-2015-final-june-6.pdf 

Note: * = undergraduate student and ** = graduate student. 


STFX RESEARCH STATISTICS 

Externally Funded Research (all values are $000s) 

12000 

10000 

8000 

6000 

4000 

2009 - 2010 

2010 - 2011 

2011 - 2012 

2012 - 2013 

2013 - 2014 

2000 

0 

Univ 1 Univ 2 Univ 3 Univ 4 Univ 5 Univ 6 StFX Univ 7 Univ 8 

Source: CAUBO 

Total externally sponsored research at StFX relative to eight “comparator” Canadian Universities (2009- 

2014). Comparator universities were selected based upon comparable levels of total external research 

funding in 2010 and/or regional considerations. 

Trends in Federal Tri-Agency Funding at StFX (all values are $000s) 

2500 

2000 

1500 

1000 

500 

SSHRC 

NSERC 

CIHR 

Totals 

0 

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 

Source: CAUBO & StFX (Note: does not include Canada Research Chairs, Networks of Centres of 

Excellence, Canada Foundation for Innovation or other federal research support funding). 


Trends in Grant/Contract Funding from Other Sources of Funding at StFX 

(e.g., Industry, NGOs, Provincial, Government Depts.) (all values are $000s) 

3500 

3000 

2500 

2000 

1500 

1000 

500 

0 

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 

Year 

Funding ($000s) 

Source: CAUBO (Note: does not include other sources of federal research funding) 

Key Sources of External Research Funding at StFX (2014-2015) 

Misc. 

2.3% 

NSERC 

19.3% 

Business 

2.4% 

21.3% 

SSHRC 

4.5% 

CRC 

5.6% 

CIHR 

0.3% 

Other 

Federal 

35.8% 

CFI 

4.8% 

Provincial 

3.7 % 

Source: StFX submission to CAUBO 


STFX RESEARCH STATISTICS (CONTINUED) 

Research Universities of the Year (RUY) rankings: Research InfoSource 

http://www.researchinfosource.com/ 

RUY rankings rate the top 50 Universities in Canada. RUY rankings take into account both financial input and research output and impact/ 

quality measures. The financial input measures are total sponsored research income and research intensity. The research output and impact/ 

quality measures are: total number of publications, publication intensity and publication impact. 

Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 

StFX Rank* 43 47 49 46 45 47 

* Rank for Externally Sponsored Research Income 

Research Universities of the Year (RUY): StFX Rankings for 2013 & 2014 

2013 2014 

Externally sponsored research income 45 47 

Research intensity (externally sponsored research $/faculty member) 44 43 

# of publications 45 45 

Publication intensity (publications/faculty member) 46 45 

Publication impact 44 21 

Overall 46 42 

Source: Research InfoSource 


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 

We would like to thank all faculty and staff who contributed their input to the 2014-2015 Scholarship Report. Our special thanks to John Blackwell, 

Director of the Research Grants Office at StFX, for his painstaking work in compiling and editing the content of the Report. We would also like to 

thank the StFX Communications and Marketing team, particularly Kyler Bell and Andrew Conde, for their generous assistance with the design 

and production of this Report. 

Dr. Kevin Wamsley, Academic Vice-President & Provost 

Dr. Richard Isnor, Associate Vice-President, Research & Graduate Studies 


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