Highlights from our students, faculty and staff are also included.

You can read ��ܽ����Ƶ’s 2020-21 annual report .

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Please remember international students must meet all federal and provincial requirements for travel, which are regularly being updated.

International students who require a letter for their visa application should submit a request for a Confirmation of Enrolment letter . Those who require additional information (e.g confirming courses are in-person, etc.) should indicate the specific requirements in the ‘comments’ section of the Confirmation of Enrolment form.

All international students planning to travel to Canada to attend classes at a post-secondary institution must know the following:

• The must be completed every time international students wish to come to the province.
• Quarantine may not be required for international students who meet the :
  • they are
  • they are asymptomatic
  • they meet the
  • they meet all other , including entering your information in ArriveCAN before arrival
• International students are eligible to receive a vaccine in Nova Scotia, even if they do not have a Nova Scotia Health Card (visit for more information)

If a student does not meet quarantine exemption eligibility and a 14-day quarantine period is required, it must be overseen and arranged by the post-secondary institution at which the student is enrolled. For post-secondary institutions without their own residence facilities (like ��ܽ����Ƶ), the school must directly ensure oversight of the quarantine process ��ܽ����Ƶ.

International ��ܽ����Ƶ students requiring a quarantine (who have been accepted for admission and have their ��ܽ����Ƶ network username/email address and password) must choose between:

• completing their approved 14-day quarantine period at either the Sheraton Four Points Hotel Hotel or the in Halifax ()

• completing their approved 14-day quarantine period in their local residence in Halifax ()

The starting price for the room, transportation to the hotel and three meals per day is��CAN $1,839.27 (taxes included).

For more information or questions related to studying at ��ܽ����Ƶ as an international student, please contact the Office of Opportunity and Belonging at belong@nscad.ca.

We look forward to seeing you in fall 2021!

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��ܽ����Ƶ’s Honorary Degree Committee is charged with selecting individuals, for conferral of the degree of Doctor of Fine Arts (honoris causa) and the new appointment of Life Fellow. To this end, the committee seeks nominations for individuals from the ��ܽ����Ƶ communit.

Doctor of Fine Arts (honoris causa)

By awarding honorary degrees, ��ܽ����Ƶ University seeks to recognize extraordinary achievement, in Canada or abroad, in community, national or international involvement, and to honour those individuals whose accomplishments are of such generally perceived excellence that they provide, through example, inspiration and leadership to the graduates of the University. Their esteem should be such that, by virtue of accepting an honorary degree, their presence will bring honour and distinction to ��ܽ����Ƶ University.

Extraordinary achievement worthy of an honorary doctoral degree is excellence or achievement in creating something important and new – new knowledge, a new value, a new perspective, a new capability, a new appreciation, a new event or a new object.

The committee defines as broad a range of categories for achievement as possible in obtaining and considering nominations. In determining the leaders and exemplars to honour, it will seek over time to achieve a balance across disciplines and backgrounds. The committee also considers the association nominees may have with ��ܽ����Ƶ University or with higher education more broadly. The committee also attempts to reflect the national character of Canada, the desirable features of its regional and cultural diversity, and the character and diversity of the university itself. As such, it is necessary for the committee to have a diverse pool of candidates so that it may consider diversity in all of its dimensions.

The role of the committee is to review and select outstanding candidates for honorary degrees across a range of academic disciplines and non‐ academic areas of achievement. The committee will seek nominations of candidates who have demonstrated:

1. Inspirational leadership in, or service to, society;
2. Outstanding contributions to, or leadership in, a field or discipline of study or a non‐academic area of achievement; or
3. Significant pattern of outstanding achievement at, or contributions to, ��ܽ����Ƶ University.
   Particular consideration will be given to those candidates whose contributions or leadership have not yet been widely recognized, but which merit such recognition. Every effort will be made to select candidates who are reflective of the diversity of the university community and of Canadian society.The following persons are not eligible for consideration for an honorary degree: current members of the faculty, staff, the Board of Governors, or their immediate families. Such members may not be considered for nomination until a minimum of one year has passed since their active connection with the university has ended; Current students; Individuals who are active in any level of Canadian political life, although exceptions may be made for Governors General or Lieutenant‐Governors, judges and others whose appointments place them outside active partisan politics.

Nominators should ensure that their nomination letter and supporting materials provide reasons for the nomination that are as complete as possible. They should cite the pre‐eminence of the individual nominee in their respective field, and/or achievements and accomplishments of an outstanding nature. If submitting multiple nominations, they are encouraged to provide a ranking for those nominations. This will both assist the committee in their deliberations and may reduce the amount of supplementary information requested by the committee. It is important to note that submissions will be accepted at any time during the year, though only those received by the annual deadline will be considered for that year’s nomination cycle. Nominations may be submitted at any time to the Office of University Relations attention Chris McFarlane. All nominees must meet the ethical standards of the university, have no conflicts of interest, and subscribe to the standards of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.Life Fellow ��

By appointing an individual as a Life Fellow, ��ܽ����Ƶ University seeks to recognize former faculty, staff, alumni and other individuals who have made significant, long term contributions to the life and development of the university. The recognition is seen as an appropriate way in which to honour persons who might not be nominated for an Honorary Degree.

The following persons are not eligible for consideration for appointment as a Life Fellow: current members of the faculty, staff, the Board of Governors, or their immediate families; current students; individuals who are active in any level of Canadian political life, although exceptions may be made for Governors General or Lieutenant‐Governors, judges and others whose appointments place them outside active partisan politics.

Nominators should ensure that their nomination letter and supporting materials provide reasons for the nomination and are as complete as possible. They should cite the significant, long term contributions to the life and development of the university by the nominee.

To assure the confidentiality of the process ��ܽ����Ƶ, nominators shall keep the nomination confidential from the nominee. Do not initiate a letter‐writing campaign to support nomination; doing so will not influence the outcome.

Closing date: Friday, April 16, 2021

Additional information:

Please send all nomination documentation in electronic format to:

Att: Honorary Degree Committee
c/o Chris McFarlane
Office of University Relations
5163 Duke Street
Halifax, NS B3J 3J6
cmcfarlane@nscad.ca

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Highlights from our students, faculty and staff are also included.

You can read ��ܽ����Ƶ’s 2019-20 annual report .

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Many students at ��ܽ����Ƶ and other post secondary schools would normally travel outside of Nova Scotia for the long weekend. ��We must now think of Thanksgiving and all holiday plans within the priority of working together to prevent spreading COVID-19 as the pandemic’s second wave is well underway in Canada’s hardest-hit provinces.

When the start of the Fall semester raised concerns about out-of-province university students bringing COVID-19 into to Nova Scotia, you and your peers across the province responsibly followed public health directives to help keep the pandemic at bay and our communities safe. We have some of the lowest infection rates in the world thanks in part to your commitment to following the rules.

The few new cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia have all been related to travel and have been contained by province’s self-isolation requirement for anyone coming from outside of the Atlantic Bubble. I ask you now to think about the risks of travelling out of province for any reason as many places in Canada are seeing a dramatic spike in new cases per day.

Choosing to not travel will help prevent new outbreaks, allow us to maintain the relaxed restrictions we currently have, and avoid the 14-day self-isolation required of anyone returning to the province after leaving the Atlantic Bubble. You can also take advantage of some great local and the surrounding area, and indulge in the renowned beauty of .

As always, I strongly encourage you to maintain the behaviours for safety outlined in our , follow NS Public Health’s , and also suggest that you consider downloading Canada’s�� that lets users know if they may have been exposed to COVID-19. It is available for free download on the����and on��.

If you have any questions abut travelling out of province for Thanksgiving or any other time during the semester, please contact the Office of Student Experience at ose@nscad.ca.

Wishing you a relaxing and safe holiday,

Dr. Ann-Barbara Graff

Vice-President (Academic & Research) and Provost

��ܽ����Ƶ University

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“I’m honoured to be joining ��ܽ����Ƶ. The university plays an important role in the artistic, cultural and social fabric of the community, and I look forward to helping the university move forward with all of its priorities and goals,” said Symonds. “My extensive work in the community over the course of my career has led me to work from a collective viewpoint, with a focus on collaboration and responding to the needs of youth in our society. I’m very excited about working with the dynamic students of ��ܽ����Ƶ, and can’t wait to learn their opinions on issues that are most important to them.”

Symonds comes to ��ܽ����Ƶ with several years of leadership experience with youth and communities, and is highly skilled in community engagement, outreach, and public policy. Most recently, he was the manager of the Youth Advocate Program with Halifax Regional Municipality, where he played an integral role in the Anti-Black Racism working group commissioned by the Chief Administrative Officer.

Symonds also played a lead role in the development of the municipality’s Community Mobilization Teams with the Public Safety Office. Symonds currently serves on the Nova Scotia Criminal Justice Association board of directors, is a founding member of Arts, Community, Culture, Economics (ACCE HFX), and is a co-founder of Game Changers902. Symonds also previously served as the Black Student Support Coordinator at Mount Saint Vincent University.

Symonds has a Masters of Education Degree in Counselling from Acadia University, in addition to holding the Canadian Certified Counselor Designation from the Canadian Psychotherapy Association. He also has an undergraduate degree in Child and Youth Studies from Mount Saint Vincent University.

Among the numerous awards he’s won throughout his career are the Dr. Burnley “Rocky” Jones Nova Scotia Human Rights Award, and the Irving and Ruth Pink Award for youth development and social justice.

“DeRico brings a wealth of skills to this new position at ��ܽ����Ƶ. He is experienced at collaborating broadly and well respected for his ability to listen and build community,” said Dr. Ann-Barbara Graff, Vice-President (Academic and Research), and Provost, ��ܽ����Ƶ University. “He has already displayed outstanding leadership on issues of importance to our students, and is a proven community advocate. His experience working with diverse populations is also a tremendous asset to ��ܽ����Ƶ.”

��ܽ����Ƶ is one of Canada’s oldest independent cultural institutions and offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in fine and media arts, craft, design, art history, art education and critical studies, as well as an array of Extended Studies courses. ��ܽ����Ƶ alumni are among the world’s most highly regarded artists, gallery directors, designers, curators and art educators.

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Varga, an Associate Professor of Art History and Contemporary Culture at ��ܽ����Ƶ University, won Best Atlantic Documentary for Bread in the Bones. Varga created, directed, and produced the documentary that looks at the cultural impact of bread through the eyes of poets, artists, historians, and bread scholars.

“Bread is central to the story of human civilization—it’s in our bones. This humble food made of flour, water, salt and yeast not only provides nourishment for the body, it also feeds our collective desire for a connection to culture and community,” said Varga. “Through the simplicity and universality of bread, I wanted to tell the complex stories of love and loss, work and pleasure, poetry and politics, art and immigration.”

Bread in the Bones takes viewers on an exploratory journey – from Coney Island and rural Vermont to France, Germany, Bulgaria and beyond – to discover stories where bread is always at the centre.

In the documentary, Varga shows us how bread has been essential to of human life and creativity for at least the last 10,000 years, and is the vehicle through which we explore stories of life and death, immigration and refugees, social justice and the counter-culture, and of art, poetry, work and pleasure.

“Love it or hate it, everyone has a relationship with bread,” Varga added. “It’s a witness to history.”

Varga worked on the documentary for seven years, including travel to various parts of the world for research and footage. He saw firsthand how engrained the making and consuming of bread is in the day-to-day lives of people from all kinds of backgrounds and locales. He dedicated the documentary to the late Sandra Alfoldy, a renowned craft historian and beloved ��ܽ����Ƶ professor, and an interview with Alfoldy is included in the film.

Varga teaches film history and documentary filmmaking at ��ܽ����Ƶ, and has been published broadly on all topics related to Canadian cinema. He recently published Shooting From the East: Filmmaking on the Canadian Atlantic, from McGill-Queen’s University Press.

His films include Hunters and Gatherers, screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1994, Working Days for TVOntario and the essay film Fire, Ice and Sky.

Bread in the Bones was also screened at the Lunenburg Documentary Festival, and will be shown at the Devour! Food and Film Festival in Wolfville, with a live online screening on October 23, 2020.

To learn more about Bread in the Bones, visit .

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We have started the 2020 fall semester with a completely revamped online program and a full complement of students, meeting our post-COVID targets. My sincere thanks to the administration and faculty who have worked tirelessly over the past number of months to achieve this incredible success. Bravo!

As a group of dedicated volunteers who care deeply about ��ܽ����Ƶ and its community, the Board of Governors is committed to maintaining the university as an independent and leading centre for education and research that deeply values equity, diversity, and inclusivity. We remain steadfast in our mission to affirm ��ܽ����Ƶ’s position as a leading creative institution in Canada and beyond, providing an innovative and ��comprehensive education for its students, always with the pursuit of a sustainable future and a greater sense of belonging for all.

The Board champions these core values by ensuring good governance, upholding ��ܽ����Ƶ’s mission and vision, and always acting in the best interests of the University as a whole while reflecting the broad diversity of our community.

To help do so for the coming year, it is my great pleasure to introduce the 2020-2021 ��ܽ����Ƶ University Board of Governors, which was ratified during the Annual General Meeting held virtually on September 24.

Jayce Byrne, Vice President, Finance/Equity, SU��ܽ����Ƶ

Dr. Marco Chiarot, Citadel Oral Facial Surgery

Louise Anne Comeau, Vice President, New Energy Markets and Innovation, Emera

Gary Edwards, secretary at Colonel Harland Sanders Charities, musician, lawyer

Joanne Hames, Senior Manager Internal Communications, Crombie REIT

Jim Horwich, Former Partner (Business Advisor), Grant Thornton LLP (retired)

Duane Jones, (BDes 2004), Creative Director, Art Pays Me

Sean Kelly, Partner, Stewart McKelvey

Dean Leland, CEO & Managing Partner, Oceanstone Seaside Resort Indian Harbour

Jamie Loughery, Regional President, BMO Financial Group

Alan MacPherson, President, Duron Atlantic Ltd.

Maggie Marwah, Consultant, Marwah & MacLeod Communications Management

Sarah McKinnon, PhD, ��ܽ����Ƶ University Interim President

Kris Reppas, President, SU��ܽ����Ƶ

Dave van de Wetering, Account Director, Ciena Canada

I extend a special welcome to the seven new board members joining us this year:

Shelley Burke

Managing Director of Operations, NVision Insight Group Inc. Shelley is a senior manager and management consulting professional with over 30 years of experience in strategic and operational planning, business transformation, management of organizational change, program evaluation and review, and facilitating workshops with diverse stakeholder participants.

Fabienne Colas

A woman of action and creative spirit, Fabienne is a charismatic leader with an unwavering persistence to makes things happen. She created and manages nine successful festivals including the Montreal International Black Film Festival, and the very popular Toronto Black Film Festival. Fabienne is an Award-winning actress, filmmaker, speaker, entrepreneur, consultant, President and Founder of the Fabienne Colas Foundation, as well as ��ܽ����Ƶ’s virtual Visiting Artist in Residence in Film and Media Studies.

Jennifer Green

Assistant Professor, Craft, ��ܽ����Ƶ began teaching at ��ܽ����Ƶ in 2016. An alum of the school, she pursued further studies at the Royal College of Art, London. Jennifer brings important international experience in the creative business realm to the Board, having worked with Lee Jeans in Belgium and Fiat Automobile.

Cheryl Hann

CMA, Chief Operating Officer, Viewpoint Realty Services Inc. Cheryl is a seasoned finance and business executive with 25 years of experience in finance, accounting, and operational management, with a focus on small to medium sized companies and start-ups. Throughout her career, Cheryl has demonstrated the ability to develop process ��ܽ����Ƶ, reporting and operational improvements that contribute significantly to her organization’s growth.

John Keating

Regional Vice President, Real Estate Finance, BMO Financial Group. John has 10 years’ experience in real estate banking and has been the Treasurer for the Canadian Homebuilders Association of Nova Scotia for the last eight years. John is accomplished in managing the portfolios of diverse clients, and his real estate expertise will be invaluable to the Board as we continue to advance our infrastructure strategy.

Dr. Charmaine Nelson

Professor, Historical and Critical Studies, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in��Transatlantic Black Diasporic Art and Community Engagement at ��ܽ����Ƶ.�� A highly published author, Charmaine brings a rich academic perspective to the Board, having taught at McGill, Harvard, University of California (as a Fulbright Scholar) and Concordia. Charmaine will also be an important contributor to our ongoing discussions on diversity and inclusivity given her deep expertise in visual culture including critical thought on race and representation.

Anthony Novac

President, Sonco Gaming Inc. Anthony is a highly successful entrepreneur with significant experience in real estate.�� An art collector and past board member of the

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto, Anthony brings invaluable insights into the world of art and implications of a transition to the creative and entrepreneurial world for students. He has long been active in joint ventures with major multi-national gaming/entertainment companies, Aboriginal groups and First Nations.

Welcome also to new Life Governor John Carruthers. ��ܽ����Ƶ Governor-in-Council (2013-2016), ��ܽ����Ƶ Treasurer (Oct. 2014 – Oct. 2016), ��ܽ����Ƶ Chair, Financial and Physical Resources Committee (2013-2016). John understands the importance of an independent fine art and design university, and has carried out a number of challenging roles in a manner that maintained the respect of students, faculty and staff.

I want to thank all of our governors, renewing and incoming, for ��their passion for ��ܽ����Ƶ and their continuing commitment of time and expertise. On behalf of the Board, we appreciate the support we have received from members of the ��ܽ����Ƶ and broader community, including donors, alumni, and government.

Sincerely,

Louise Anne Comeau, Chair

��ܽ����Ƶ Board of Governors

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