The Department of Religious Studies at Mount Allison University

Joined January 2017
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The Religious Studies Society is back in action! Join your fellow students on Jan 17th from 6-8pm for a potluck social in Chapel's Manning Multifaith Room.
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We're on the road again! 🚌On Nov 24th will visit the Moncton Mosque to sit in on their Friday prayer service (jumma) and learn about how Islam is practiced in New Brunswick. religion@mta.ca for details. Thanks to @CEWILCanada for the funding.
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Earlier this month we also traveled to the historical Tiferes Israel Synagogue, followed by the innovative Visions United. Thank you to Frances Weil and Rev. Redden for hosting us in their places of worship, Cewil for funding, & Rev. Ellie for the help! #judaism #christianity
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On Saturday, our students were hosted by the GWBI Tibetan Buddhist monastery for women on PEI. Thank you to Ven. Sabrina for organizing such an interactive and memorable afternoon! Thanks to CEWIL for funding. #GWBI #buddhism #bustrip #mountallison #religiousstudies
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It's a sunny, fall day and Cassandra's ready to work on the Healing Forest! Check out Insta @ecoactionmta for more info. #davidsuzukifoundation #healingforest
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Mount Allison is #1 and Dr. Clayton's RELG 3981: Religious Ethics and the Environment got special mention as a "cool course!"
🎉 Mount Allison has been named the top undergraduate university in Canada by Maclean’s magazine for a record 24th time! Full story: mta.ca/about/news/mount-alli… #MountiePride
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The Aleotti Audio Installation is on tour in Sackville. Our own Dr. Wilson is a soloist! @Sfearlym @Relgprof createsend.com/t/j-F2CB19E6A…

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Calling all hungry students! 🍪Religious Studies and Community Engaged Learning are hosting a social for students and their profs at the newly renovated University Club. Join us next Thursday at 5pm.
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🌿Join Dr. Clayton and colleagues to learn about Mindful Eating.🌿 This fall w/ @HealthNS, the Atlantic Buddhist Society is launching 4-week, in-person Mindful Eating sessions in Halifax and Springhill, NS. Find Atlantic Buddhist Society in Facebook to register. #mindfuleating
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We still have room for you in RELG 1681! 🚫 prereqs. Fall Term • Tues & Thurs • 10-11:20am What is the best life one can live? And what roles do yoga, meditation, Qigong, and other contemplative bodily practices play in this context? #religiousstudies #enlightenment
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CENL 2101 introduces you to the field of community engaged learning through an immersive experience at Marshview Middle School. More info lshumka@mta.ca. Funding from @CEWILCanada #communityengagedlearning #mountallisonuniversity @AnglophoneEast
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What a beautiful photo of Dr. Susie Andrews and her students! The students are learning about religion and material culture in RELG 2541: Sacred Stuff. #mountallisonuniversity #religiousstudies #schooltrip #ottawa #parliamenthill 🙏🙏🙏👇👇👇
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This wonderful experience couldn't have happened without support from Dr. Jenny Ellison at the Canadian Museum of History, funding from Cewil Canada and Steve Geier and Rebecca Leaman from the MTA Experiential Learning office. @canmushistory @cewilcanada
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Religious Studies retweeted
David Spence (’19) shares his journey from high school dropout to working for the UN — spoiler — Mount Allison plays a big role. “Mount A is where I became the best version of myself.” Full story: mta.ca/record/issues/2023-su…
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Another great story from the Record. Our Community Engaged learning students working with the Autism Resource Centre and Prt Elgin Regional School. @Informed_Autism @AnglophoneEast mta.ca/record/issues/2023-su…
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Throwback to earlier this year when Jessie and Charles from Wysmykal Farm came to visit campus and taught Dr. Andrews' students how to make #okonomiyaki, a Japanese dish that uses a lot of cabbage. Mmmm! Thanks to @CEWILCanada for the funding. #eatlocal #mountallison
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👏👏👏 Looking good Dr. Andrews! Congrats to you and Toni! @drsusieandrews
Congratulations to Toni Roberts and Dr. Susan (Susie) Andrews, both named 3M National Teaching Fellows: mta.ca/about/news/two-mount-… This prestigious national award recognizes educational leadership, pedagogy, and innovation. Ten recipients are recognized annually.
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Holy deliciousness! Cassandra and Ava finished their maple syrup project. After collecting sap from campus trees, they boiled it down to make syrup and shared it at our end-of-term department social. #religiousstudies #maplesyrup #mountallisonuniversity
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