Deveau Fund Committee Members | St. Francis Xavier University

2025-2026 Members

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

Karen Brebner (Chair)
Akua Amankwah-Poku
Mary Fisher-MacDonnell
Cynthia Sewell
Michael Heighton

Student Support Offices

Black Student Advising

Akua Amankwah-Poku
apoku@stfx.ca

Indigenous Student Advising

Cynthia Sewell
csewell@stfx.ca

Financial Aid

financialaid@stfx.ca

Scholarships Office

scholarships@stfx.ca

Contact

Jeannine Deveau Educational Equity Endowment Fund
(Committee Chair: Karen Brebner)

4130 University Ave
Antigonish NS B2G 2W5
Canada

Peer Mentors

Black Student Peer Mentors: Tobi Sokunbi and Alexander Anyaegbunam
Indigenous Student Peer Mentors: Maria Young and Kaisan Stevens

The L'nu symbol. L’nu is a Mi'kmaw word 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.