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Mount Saint Vincent University. Public Affairs Office

  • AR-013
  • Corporate body

The Public Affairs Office was previously known as the Public Relations Office, University Relations, the Communications Office and the Information Office. Their mandate is to build relationships with the many "publics including government, potential students and their families, alumnae, donors and partners, and the general public."

Smith, Laura

  • AR-008
  • Person
  • 1952-2020

Laura Smith was raised in London, Ontario. She first became interested in music at 19 years old when she began teaching herself to play the piano and guitar. Laura had already been writing poetry for some time and began putting these pieces to music. During these early years, she performed songs at Smale’s Pace, a coffee house in London, Ontario where she also worked as a waitress.

In the 1970s, Laura moved to Toronto where she remained for nearly a decade. During this period, she was able to pursue self-study opportunities at the Royal Conservatory of Music and at York University where she took the Jazz program. She also continued to write songs and supported herself by working in various secretary, clerk, and personal assistant positions. Many of these part-time and summer jobs were with theatre, talent and production companies, instilling an interest in musical theatre.

In 1984, Paul Cranford, a friend who was a lighthouse keeper and fiddler invited her to live with him in Cape Breton Island for a change of pace. For the next four years, Laura lived in the communities around St. Anns Bay, working as a cook at a silviculture camp and performing at cèilidhs and with a local theatre group. She was on the Board of Directors for Theatre 200 which was based in Sydney, NS.

Laura eventually decided to move to Halifax, a move that propelled her musical career. She regularly played at the Flamingo Club (later known as Pub Flamingo) on Gottingen St. on Monday nights, and with the support of the CBC recorded Elemental in 1989 which was rereleased as her debut self-titled album in 1992 under a different label. She recorded and coproduced her second album, b’tween the earth and my soul with her partner David Hillier. It was released in 1994 to critical acclaim and brought on several radio and television appearances as well as a national headline tour and festival performances. A third album, it’s a personal thing was recorded in Hubbards and released in 1997. A compilation album was released in in 1998 after which Laura took a break from recording music, her next album Everything is moving releasing in 2013.

Laura has been nominated and has won numerous awards for her music, including two East Coast Music Awards, two Juno nominations, a Gemini award and an additional six ECMA nominations. In 2003, Laura received an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from Mount Saint Vincent University. Throughout the 2000s, Laura continued to perform music and theatre and at one point pursued a Music Therapy degree but had to drop out due to health reasons.

Laura Smith passed away from cancer on March 7, 2020 in Mahone Bay, NS.

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.

Cormier, Helen Agnes

  • AR-010
  • Person
  • 1895-1972

Helen Agnes Kelly was born June 11, 1895 in Halifax. She was the 10th of 11 children born to John F. and Mary Kelly. Her father was the founder of Kelly's Ltd. and former Deputy Mayor of the City of Halifax. Helen Agnes was a student at St. Patrick's school before coming to Mount Saint Vincent Academy in 1913. She graduated from the Mount in 1916. She was later a president of the Alumnae Association of Mount Saint Vincent from 1930 to 1932.

During her time at the Academy, she was known among her peers as a gifted student of theology and won a good medal in this discipline in 1915. She was proficient in gymnasium work and was particularly talented during debates, her friends describing her as knowledgeable on many topics and able to express herself clearly and accurately.

Helen passed away on January 29, 1972 in Halifax.

Hagen (family)

  • AR-001
  • Family
  • 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.

Mount Saint Vincent University. Humanities Committee

  • 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.

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.

President’s Advisory Committee

  • 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.

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.

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