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Canadian Society for the Study of Religion

  • AR-035
  • Collectivité
  • 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 Louis 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).
(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).

Davison, Blossom

  • AR-007
  • Personne
  • 1903-unknown

Lena Florence Bennett Davison was born in Halifax on April 14th 1903 to Robie, a lumber merchant, and Celina Davison. She was known to all her friends and peers as Blossom, a name her father gave to her because he thought she was pretty like a flower. Likely, this name also helped distinguish herself from her mother Celina who was also known as ‘Lena’, for short. She had a brother named Ronald.

Blossom was a student at Mount Saint Vincent Academy, graduating in the class of 1921. During her time at the school, Blossom was recognized as an accomplished musician. She was the star violinist at the May 1921 Recital, though she also excelled at the piano. Blossom was also a great athlete, and won the top prize at the school’s 1920 tennis tournament.

When Blossom was 18 years of age, census records note that her family sometimes used the last name ‘Davis’.

When Blossom married, she took the last name Agnew.

Hagen (family)

  • AR-001
  • Famille
  • 1872-1993

Alice Hagen (née Egan) and her daughters Kathleen Hagen (Fay) and Rachel Hagen (Dickinson) were students at Mount Saint Vincent Academy.

Alice, born in 1872, graduated in 1887 and went on to study and teach at the Victoria School of Art and Design. Alice was an artist, specializing in pottery and china painting, and is considered a founder of the studio pottery movement in Nova Scotia. She was given medals in 1913 and 1916 for her involvement in the arts in Kingston, Jamaica. She remained an active potter well into her 90s. She passed away in 1972.

Alice's eldest daughter Rachel was born in 1902 and graduated in 1922 with a degree in Music (violin). Rachel was an accomplished musician and taught violin for many years in Bridgewater, N.S. Like her mother, Rachel also made pottery and promoted her mother's works by ensuring they were preserved in museums in Nova Scotia and Canada. Rachel passed away in 1993.

1897

d'Assisi, Sister Francis

  • AR-047
  • Personne
  • 1898-[1978?]

Margaret McCarthy was born November 8, 1898, to Timothy and Ellen McCarthy of Bantry Bay, Ireland. The McCarthy’s belonged to Saint Patrick’s parish in Halifax, and Margaret attended Saint Patrick’s High School, eventually joining the Sisters of Charity in 1915 where she made her profession of vows in 1918. Sister Francis d’Assisi received a Bachelor of Arts at Mount Saint Vincent College in 1921, and a Master of Arts in History in 1926. In 1932 she received a doctorate degree at Fordham University; her thesis was ‘The changing religious liberty in Nova Scotia, 1604-1827.’ After returning to Nova Scotia, she taught history at Saint Patrick’s High School before becoming Dean at Mount Saint Vincent College in 1938.

Following her tenure as dean, Sister Francis D’Assisi became the President of Mount Saint Vincent College from 1954 to 1965, where she oversaw the school’s expansion, both in campus buildings and enrolment. She was a founding member of the Association of Atlantic Universities (AAU), and maintained Mount Saint Vincent’s membership in the National Conference of Colleges and Universities (NCCU) since 1950. She was also largely responsible for the seal of the college, which first appeared in publications in the mid-fifties.

When she retired as President in 1965, she received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal and became the Congregational Historian (Archivist) for the Sisters of Charity, a position she held until 1978.

Mount Saint Vincent University Alumnae Association

  • AR-055
  • Collectivité
  • 1921-

In 1921, Sister Mary Columba Hayes, Mary Reardon (Mitchell), and a group of about 12 other Mount graduates formed the idea for an alumnae association. They sent out invitations, and nearly 200 women arrived for the first alumnae meeting in December. After this initial meeting, a formal Alumnae Association was formed in June of 1922, where committees were established to plan future meetings, various chapters were formed, and the constitution and by-laws were drafted and approved. Elections were also held for the association’s officers and Nan O’Mara (Emerson) was elected president. This meeting also established the motto: Fides, Sapientia, Amicitia-Alumnae.

Formal meetings were held at the Mount in October and at Saint Theresa’s Retreat in Halifax during winter months. News of these meetings was also published in Folia Montana, the school’s paper and later yearbook which was designed to keep graduates in touch with each other.

Mount Saint Vincent University. Senate

  • AR-022
  • Collectivité
  • 1957-2003

The Senate of Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, was created in 1966 when Mount Saint Vincent College became Mount Saint Vincent University under Bill 85, granting the University a Charter. Some of the Committees that are now standing committees of Senate do predate Senate, such as the Student Affairs Committee and the Committee on Academic Policy and Planning. The Senate is responsible for the academic policy of the University and regulates the academic programs of the University. The size and membership of the Senate, and the terms of office of its members, are determined by the by-laws of the Senate, subject to Section 8 of the University Charter. Voting members are the President; the Academic Vice-president of the University; the Administrative Vice-president of the University; the Deans; the University Librarian; the Registrar; faculty members elected by the faculty; students elected by the students and such other persons as the Senate from time to time determines. The Chair of Senate is the University President. Senate meets on the last Monday of each month throughout the University session. These meetings are generally open to the University community, subject to limitations including special considerations of confidentiality. All Senate standing and ad-hoc committees report directly to Senate.

Mount Saint Vincent University. Department of Office Administration

  • AR-019
  • Collectivité
  • 1925

In 1925 a Bachelor of Secretarial Science, which later became, a Bachelor of Science in Secretarial Studies was offered at Mount Saint Vincent College in the “commercial department” and later the business department. The program offered a variety of subject courses as well as secretarial courses. In the 1950s, the business department became a separate unit and courses became less broad and more business orientated. In 1958, two-year diploma programs were introduced in Secretarial Science and Medical Secretarial Science. The Bachelor of Science in Secretarial Studies was phased out in 1966 and replaced with a new degree called the Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics. In 1971 the Bachelor of Business Administration was introduced and in 1972, men were admitted for the first time as part-time students into the program. In 1973, the diploma in Secretarial Studies changed to an Executive Secretarial Diploma and a new diploma in Legal Secretarial Studies was offered. In 1976 the Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics, which had been phased out in 1972, was replaced with the Bachelor of Secretarial Arts degree. In 1977 the Business Administration Department and the Secretarial Department separated, however students in the Secretarial program continued to take Business Administration courses. In 1988 the Secretarial Department became the Office Administration Department. That same year the Executive Secretarial Diploma changed to the Diploma in Office Administration: Executive, the Legal Secretarial Diploma became the Diploma in Office Administration: Legal and the Medical Secretarial Diploma became the Diploma in Office Administration: Medical. In 1992 a new degree was developed called the Bachelor of Applied Arts (Information Management). It was the first of its kind in Atlantic Canada and it offered classes in arts, business and information management. The title changed again in 1999 to a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Information Technology, as it is known today. Sister Mary Assisium was in charge of the Secretarial Studies department from 1925 to 1945, followed by Sister Katherine Meagher in 1950. Other known department heads were Sister Anne Fintan (1964-5), Sister Marion Power (1967), Sister Brenda Helton (1970s) and Jean Mills (1990s).

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