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AR-035 · Corporate body · 1974-2004

The Canadian Society for the Study of Religion was founded in 1966. Its objectives are as follows: the society provides a meeting place for all who are involved in the academic study of religion, for example, anthropologists, historians, phenomenologists, philosophers, psychologists, sociologists, theologians; the Society fosters an interdisciplinary discourse in order to arrive at a better, integrated understanding of religious phenomena; the Society encourages research in the development of the study of religion with particular reference to the Canadian scene and the Society promotes a critical examination of the goals, methods, and styles of teaching demanded by the discipline. (Constitution adopted 1977) The business of the Society is transacted by an Executive Committee, composed of the following members: a) a President who shall be elected for a two-year term at the Annual General Meeting of the Society; b) a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Membership Secretary, each of whom shall be elected for a three-year term at the Annual General Meeting of the Society; c) a Past-President whose term shall be for two years; d) three members-at-large elected to a three-year term of office at the Annual General Meeting of the Society. Election of members-at-large will follow a pattern in which one member will be elected each year and one will retire.

Presidents of the Society have included: 2003-2004 Dr. Andre Couture (Universite Laval); 2000-2002 Randi R. Warne (Mount St. Vincent University); 1998-2000 Paul Bowlby (St. Mary' s University) ; 1996- 1998; William Closson James (Queen's); 1994- 1996 Morny Joy (University of Calgary); 1992-1994 Jacques Goulet (Mount St. Vincent University); 1990-1992 Martin
Rumscheidt (Atlantic School of Theology); 1988-1990 Monique Dumais (Universite de Quebec -Rimouski); 1986-1988 Bruce Alton (University of Toronto); 1984- 1986 Roger Lapointe (St. Paul’s University); 1982- 1984 Harold Coward (University of Calgary); 1980- 1 982 Jacques
Langlais (Champlain College); 1978-1980 Peter Slater (Carleton); 1976- 1978 Loui s Rousseau
(UQAM); 1974- 1976 Cathleen Going (Thomas More Institute); 1971-1974 Charles Davis (Concordia); 1969-1971 Fr. Simon Davis (Laurentian); 1967- 1969 Eugene Combs (McMaster); 1966- 1967 M. Giroux (University of Ottawa).

AR-033 · Corporate body · 1955-1959

Mount Saint Vincent College (MSVC) grew out of Mount Saint Vincent Academy, a private school established by the Sisters of Charity at Rockingham, Nova Scotia in 1873.
MSVC was first given degree-granting status in 1925 under its first Charter. Until 1941 Dalhousie University had a contract with MSVC to provide some of the services and
classes for the students. The College building burned to the ground in 1951, but luckily the cornerstone to a new building, Evaristus Hall, had been laid in 1950, and the building was completed and used by MSVC after the fire. Courses of study were offered leading to Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor of Secretarial Studies, diplomas in elementary education and radiological technology, and masters degrees in English and Education. In 1966 a new charter was approved by the Nova Scotia legislature which changed the name from Mount Saint Vincent College to Mount Saint Vincent University.

Mount Saint Vincent Academy
AR-032 · Corporate body · 1915-1916, 1941, 1950-1962

In 1873 the Sisters of Charity established a private school in Rockingham, Nova Scotia and called it Mount Saint Vincent Academy. The Academy was granted a charter by the Legislature of Nova Scotia in 1907. The Academy taught girls between the ages of 10 and 18, French, German, Music, Art, Stenography and Type-writing, and Sewing. There were three levels of classes: Primary, Preparatory and Senior (which was given over four years). Daily classes were also held in physical activities such as fencing and military drill. In 1925, "An Act to Amend and Consolidate the Acts Respecting the Sisters of Charity", passed 7 May 1925, Mount Saint Vincent College was created, and the Academy continued as constituted. The Academy and College buildings burned to the ground in 1951 .

AR-031 · Corporate body · 1974-1976

The University/Congregation Committee is a committee formed by the Board of Governors of Mount Saint Vincent University to investigate acquiring the University from the Sisters of Charity. It was formed in 1973. The efforts of this committee culminated in the Downie Report, presented to the Board in 1973.

Crowe, Michal
AR-027 · Person · 1973-1983

Michal Alexis (Rankin) Crowe was born in Toronto, Ontario and grew up in Bermuda, England, and Newfoundland. In 1967 she moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she worked as an Administrative Assistant for the Atlantic Institute of Education. While living in Halifax she also attended Mount Saint Vincent University where she graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction in Sociology. While attending Mount Saint
Vincent University she was a member of the Senate Committee on Continuing Education and received several merit scholarships. Upon graduating she was hired as the Alumnae Officer (1977-1982), where she was responsible for facilitating programs, projects, and policies with the Alumnae Association, initiating and maintaining student alumnae liaison programs, producing a quarterly newsletter, and co-ordinating an annual fund raising drive.

AR-020 · Corporate body · 1968-1981

The President's Advisory Committee, known at one time as the Administrative Committee of Mount Saint Vincent University, discussed and provided for the ordinary administration of University affairs, recommended guidelines for administrative procedures, formulated general administrative policies, and provided for exchange of information among administrative personnel regarding matters or events pertaining to the University community. The Administrative Committee met once a week. Membership consisted of the President, the Academic Dean, the Registrar, the Director of Student Affairs, the Executive Assistant, the Comptroller, and the Director of Public Relations and Development.

Inter-University Committee
AR-017 · Corporate body · 1970-1971, 1973, 1982

The Inter-University Committee met to discuss cooperative ventures between Mount Saint Vincent University and other universities and colleges in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

AR-016 · Corporate body · 1980-1987

The Humanities Committee met to study the structure of the Bachelor of Arts, to discuss the value of Humanities within the BA, to discuss courses at Mount Saint Vincent University related to the Humanities, and to investigate how these courses interacted with other disciplines in the University, among other things. This Committee also wrote the introduction and did any revisions to the Humanities section of the MSVU course calendar.

LeBlanc, Suzanne
AR-014 · Person · 1956-

Suzanne LeBlanc was born in Moncton, N.B. in 1956 to an Acadian father and American mother with ties to Aberdeen, Scotland. She completed her primary education in French and her high school education in English. In September 1974, Suzanne began her studies at Mount Saint Vincent University where she majored in English and minored in History and French. While at the Mount, Suzanne was the secretary for the university choir, led by Sister Margaret Young. Suzanne remained the choir secretary until she graduated in 1977 but continued to have a life-long passion for classical music.

Suzanne continued her studies at McGill University, graduating with a Master’s in Library Science in 1979. Soon afterwards, she was hired by the Bank of Canada in Ottawa, working primarily in the library but eventually on specific projects concentrating on metadata and digital information in the organization. The metadata standard she created is still largely used at the organization to this day. She had a long and illustrious career with the Bank of Canada, retiring in 2012.

Wills, Dorothy
AR-006 · Person · 1933-

Born in Dominica, Dr. Dorothy Abike Wills (Green), B.Sc., M.S.W., M.A., PhD., LL.D.,DHL (Honoris Causa), C.M., graduated from Mount Saint Vincent College in 1956 with a Bachelor of Science, later obtaining additional degrees at McGill University, Concordia University, and California's Pacific Western University. Dr. Wills went on to become a social worker and educator and spent much of her career dedicated to social justice for racial minorities.
In June 2000, she retired as the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Technologies at Vanier College, Quebec. She served as a member of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Convention Refugee Determination Division, for six years. An Educator in the areas of Business Education, Social Work, and Andragogy (the method by which adults learn), she has taught at the High School, CEGEP and University levels. She has been named to Federal, Provincial and Municipal Committees; and has had extensive involvement in various Black Community organizations. She is the recipient of several awards, including the Mount Saint Vincent University Alumni Jubilee Award of Distinction, an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from both Concordia University (1989) Dalhousie University (1996), an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Mount Saint Vincent University (2007), the Order of Canada (1989), the Martin Luther King Junior Award of Excellence, the Ministers Award for Excellence in Race Relations, and, has been named Woman of the Year by Salon de la Femme du Quebec.