Talk:Saint Mary's University (Halifax)
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a significant amount of the contents of this article has been pulled from several st. mary's websites. The sources can be found by putting any segment of the text into google. -PullUpYourSocks 20:10, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
- Should be all good now, I redid most of the page the one source I did use (academic calender) is credited. Lord of Haha 17:36, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Category:Roman Catholic universities and colleges in North America
Does the above category apply? --YUL89YYZ 19:37, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
-- Sorry for taking some time to respond hadn't looked at the talk page in a while. SMU is a Jesuit founded school, which is a branch off of Roman Catholism (as a religious order - think monks) so in my opinion yes it would apply - Even if the school is more or less secular (for example an old church is now classrooms/computer labs) it still has a few religious elements left (ie: an associated Archbishop) Lord of Haha 03:25, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
-- It definately does, the Chancellor is the Archbishop, and a Sacred Heart school is on Campus property.
-- Thanks, I have added the category. --YUL89YYZ 19:14, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
-- Saint Mary's should not be listed as a Roman Catholic institution. It was founded and run by groups affiiliated with the RC church (i.e. The Jesuits, the Irish Brotherhood), but since 1970, it was been a completely secular institution. The Chancellor may be the Archbishop of Halifax, but this is a largely ceremonial post; only 4 of 34 member of the Board of Governors are affiliated with the church. All academic decisions are made by a Senate completely independent of the Church. The School does not have a faculty of theology, and has a prominent diversified, multi-cultural student body. Finally, the Sacred Heart School of Halifax, a private Catholic dayschool, is not on campus property, but in an old church-hall owned by the Diocese of Halifax. The private elementary dayschool and Saint Mary's have no formal or legal connections to one another. SMU was once a religiously-affiliated institution, as St. Jerome's College at uwaterloo.ca, or St. Michaels College or Victoria College, at utoronto.ca are, but is now a completely secular institution..
The school's organizational structure can be found at: http://www.smu.ca/ug/documents/UnivOrgChart2006.pdf Its Board of Governors can be found at: http://www.smu.ca/ug/documents/BoardofGovernors2005-06.pdf
- The school, while founded with affiliations to the Catholic Church, was not founded by the Jesuits. They were invited to teach at the school many years after it was founded. CMacMillan 01:39, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
-- since the Act of 1970 includes among the objects of the University "to give special emphasis to the Christian tradition and values in higher education" it might not be 100% accurate to say it is completely secular, although it might be in practice. Also, the published list of governors includes 4 ex officio Catholics, but allows for 5 (one is vacant) and the Act allows for a representative of the Jesuits, so a total of 6 is foreseen. 142.177.138.17 03:19, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
