Deveau Fund Committee Members | St. Francis Xavier University

2024-2025 Members

The following members of the StFX community make up the Jeannine Deveau Educational Equity Endowment Fund Committee:

Akua Amankwah-Poku
Tara Buksaitis (Chair)
Alison Bond
Mary Fisher-MacDonnell
Terena Francis
Krista Hanscomb
Michael Heighton
Tamara Powell

Student Support Offices

Black Student Advising

Akua Amankwah-Poku
apoku@stfx.ca

Indigenous Student Advising

Terena Francis
tfrancis@stfx.ca

Financial Aid

financialaid@stfx.ca

Scholarships Office

scholarships@stfx.ca

Contact

Jeannine Deveau Educational Equity Endowment Fund
(Committee Chair: Tara Buksaitis)

4130 University Ave
Antigonish NS B2G 2W5
Canada

Peer Mentors

Black Student Peer Mentors: Yese Bifakubaho and Ola Abioye
Indigenous Student Peer Mentors: Harmony Bright-Doucette and Maria Young

The L'nu symbol. L’nu is a word the Mi’kmaq use to describe themselves, meaning “human being” or “the people.”

StFX espi-kina’matno’kuom etek Mi’kma’ki, wejkwa’taqanik Mi’kmaq maqamikewmuew mna’q iknmuetu’tik. Nalikitquniejk na Mi’kmawey wisun wjit Antigonish teluek Aklasie’w-iktuk, ‘place where branches are torn off.’

StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaw people. The Mi'kmaw name for Antigonish is Nalikitquniejk, meaning ‘place where branches are torn off.’

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Across the globe, StFX graduates are recognized by the enduring symbol of the X-Ring and the uniquely Xaverian spirit of social justice and community mindedness.