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Mount Allison is, and will continue to be recognized as, Canada’s premier undergraduate liberal arts and sciences university, preparing students for meaningful lives and sustaining lifelong connections to community.

Mount Allison is in the highest echelon of Canadian universities, offering an immersive undergraduate experience steeped in the traditions of the liberal arts and sciences. We are a tight-knit community of approximately 2,500 students, situated within the interconnected lands of Tantramar, in Mi’kma’ki, where Indigenous and settler histories continue to shape our shared future. This small, rural, and diverse collection of communities provides and receives resources, values, and learning experiences in a continuous exchange.

It is a place of dynamic learning and research, where faculty and students engage at the frontiers of knowledge and creativity. These foundations are our defining strengths.

Looking ahead, the commitment remains clear: to continue as one of the world’s finest undergraduate liberal arts and sciences universities — small, mighty, and unwavering in our dedication to academic excellence and rigour, achievement, and extraordinary student experience.

A liberal arts and sciences education at Mount Allison is about broad minds and bold futures. It supports students in building successful, meaningful, connected, and fulfilling lives. Small class sizes, caring community, rural setting, outstanding faculty, and dedicated staff combine to provide a truly distinctive student experience.

��Ʒ������ faculty and staff are award-winning researchers, educators, and practitioners, fostering an environment in which learners pursue personalized courses of study, undertake independent research projects, and discover interdisciplinary connections.

The integration of academics and student life is deeply valued, creating accessible support systems that nurtures student success. Students build enriching relationships with faculty, form lifelong friendships with peers, and develop an enduring connection to this remarkable place.

This is a legacy shaped by shared commitment carried forward through relations and intention. Upon these distinct strengths, a future takes shape, grounded in purpose. 

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Mount Allison is synonymous with academic excellence and rigour. We have been named the #1 undergraduate university in Canada more than any other. With 57 Rhodes Scholars and counting, on a per capita basis we produce more Rhodes Scholars than any other Canadian university.

We are a university of firsts, a place of higher learning whose academic mission has been positively changing the future since 1839. ��Ʒ������:   

• was the first university in the British Commonwealth in which a woman earned a university degree, Grace Annie Lockhart, B.Sc. (1875)
• was the first university in Canada to grant a Bachelor of Arts to a woman, Harriet Starr Stewart (1887)
• welcomed the Owens Art Gallery, the first university art gallery in Canada (1895)
• was the first university in Canada to offer a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (1941)
• was the first university in Canada to create a Canadian Studies program (1969)
• pioneered the provision of academic support for students with learning disabilities with the launch of the Meighen Centre (1994)
• was the first fully internet-connected campus in Canada (1993)

Generations of graduates have, and continue to make, meaningful contributions to communities around the globe, guided by values of reciprocity, respect, and collective well-being.

Allisonians walk many paths, as caregivers, scientists, entrepreneurs, business leaders, surgeons, educators, advocates, and much more. They contribute with humility and strength across communities, organizations, and Nations, supporting shared well-being.

Rooted in Sackville, many carry their connections outward, fostering relationships across the world and generations. Others stay close to home, deepening their connections to place and people. 

This plan celebrates the journeys taken and guides us in enabling the diverse journeys to come, fostering curiosity, care, and a commitment to contribute to a better world. 

Questions? Email strategicplan@mta.ca.