Very pleased to announce the annual StFXAUT donation to the Antigonish Emergency Fuel Fund (AEFF). As in recent years, the StFXAUT’s donation amount is $2000. As always, StFXAUT funds are earmarked for the pre-purchase of firewood. If you can, please consider giving to the AEFF. Donate here: AEFF Canada Gives page. To learn more about […]
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Fall 2022 Update: Antigonish Emergency Fuel Fund
With winter fast approaching, the Antigonish Emergency Fuel Fund (AEFF) is ramping up activities as it enters its 15th winter season. Despite recent drops in the cost of furnace oil (~40% of AEFF clients use oil), heating costs remain significantly higher than they were at the beginning of last winter and the Fuel Fund anticipates […]
Read More »Antigonish Emergency Fuel Fund Society: 2022 Update
This article, published in the Spring 2022 edition of The Beacon, was written by Philip Girvan, StFXAUT Communications Officer. Wyanne Sandler, former Executive Director of the Antigonish Women’s Centre and Sexual Assault Services (The Women’s Centre), suggests heat poverty as something of a misnomer. Households do not just experience health poverty — there is no […]
Read More »Update on the Antigonish Emergency Fuel Fund (AEFF) Society
This article, published in the Fall 2020 edition of The Beacon, was written by StFXAUT Communications Officer Philip Girvan. The StFXAUT continues to sponsor the Antigonish Emergency Fuel Fund (AEFF). As in years past, the StFXAUT donation of $1800 allowed the AEFF to pre-order 6 loads of wood ($300/load) for households seeking help with firewood. […]
Read More »Antigonish Emergency Fuel Fund (AEFF) Society
This article, written by StFXAUT Communications Officer Philip Girvan, appeared in the Winter 2018 edition of The Beacon. The Antigonish Emergency Fuel Fund (AEFF) offers emergency financial support to individuals and households living on low incomes that are unable to pay the full cost of heating their homes during the winter season. As its name […]
Read More »Getting to Know You: Colleen Cameron
This article, based on a interview with Colleen Cameron conducted by Philip Girvan, appears in the Summer 2016 edition of The Beacon. The Fall academic session marks Colleen Cameron’s last as full-time teaching faculty with the Coady International Institute (she retired from the School of Nursing last year). However, her history with Coady precedes her teaching career: “My […]
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