The guidance counsellors arrived in Yarmouth on July 23. While in Nova Scotia, they are visiting the campuses of St. Francis Xavier, Acadia, Dalhousie, King s, Universite Sainte-Anne, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, University College of Cape Breton, Mount Saint Vincent, and Saint Mary s University. Also on the schedule, are visits to the Gaelic College in Cape Breton and the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax. St. Francis Xavier University psychology professor John Edwards is the recipient of a distinguished honour. Dr. Edwards has been elected one of 60 new Fellows to the Royal Society of Canada.
Fellowship is considered Canada s senior academic accolade to which scholars and scientists aspire.
The work and research accomplished by each of these distinguished men and women have had a profound impact on sciences and humanities in Canada, William Leiss, president of the Royal Society of Canada, said in a news release. The Society is proud to welcome them as Fellows, and in so doing to recognize and salute their outstanding contribution to their disciplines. It's a very great honour to be invited into the Royal Society, and I certainly feel privileged to join such illustrious company. The single most satisfying aspect is the endorsement of one's work which election represents. Dr. Edwards first studied social psychology, but his research soon spread further into linguistics, educational research, and the sociology of language.