Past Editors-in-Chief
2022-23 - Abby-Jean Gertridge 2021-22 - Axel Eschholz 2020-21 - Rylie Moscato 2019-20 - Ruvimbo Chipazi 2018-19 - Colin Mitchell 2017-18 - Sid Kondapuram 2016-17 - Andrew Haskett 2015-16 - Andrew Haskett 2014-15 - Stephanie Bethune 2013-14 - Iain Bauer 2012-13 - Qasim Kareemi 2011-12 - Vanessa Gallant 2010-11 - Angela Johnson 2009-10 - Tim Hansen 2008-09 - Fraser MacKinnon-Blair 2007-08 - Lucas Timmons 2006-07 - Angela Wilson 2005-06 - Sarah O'Connor 2004-05 - Jon Flemming 2003-04 - Janice Hudson 1965-66 - Adam Sheppard 1964-65 - Michael De Lorey 1963-64 - V. Blaine Allaby 1962-63 - Andrew B. Cann 1961-62 - L.J. Amey 1960-61 - Gregory Cook 1959-60 - Martin E. Morf 1958-59 (Interim) - Phil Roberts 1958-59 - Donald Angus 1957-58 - Robert McConnell Todd 1955-56 - Floyd MacDonald 1953-54 - Shirley Eagles 1952-53 - Wally Matheson 1951-52 - Brooke Earle Sheldon 1950-51 - Winston Churchill 1949-50 - Walter Baker 1948-49 - Ronald E. Nickerson 1947-48 - Victor McLaughlin 1946-47 - Donald Tapley 1945-46 - J.B. Stewart 1942-43 - John Orrell Levine 1939-41 - Robbins Elliot 1938-39 - A. Harry MacLean 1936-37 - Harcourt Cameron 1917-18 - Helen Starr 1912-13 - J.L. Ilsley 1908-09 - Malcolm Robbins Elliot 1895-96 - Alfred Handley Chipman Morse 1889-90 -Funding Struggles
Since 2016 ''The Athenaeum'' has struggled under budget cuts and a lack of support from ''Acadia's Student Union (ASU)''. In 2018–19, Editor-in-Chief Colin Mitchell began the groundwork needed to make ''The Athenaeum'' an independent paper that does not rely on funding from the ''ASU''. Although, independence was not pursued in the years following Mitchell's term. In 2021, the ''ASU's'' current executive team proposed defunding ''The Athenaeum'' to help with their current deficit. This proposal was met with backlash from staff, alumni, students and faculty. Many concerns were brought forth by passionate supporters of ''The Athenaeum'' to the ''ASU''. However, comments made towards ''The Athenaeum's'' performance resulted in a further uproar from the community. Following the comments, alumni and students banded together underneath 2020-21 Editor-in-Chief Rylie Moscato to make a Guerilla print issue of ''The Athenaeum''. The issue included articles of support for ''The Athenaeum'' and critiques towards the ''ASU''. As a result of the issue, Moscato was involved in meetings with VP Student Life Robbie Holmes to strategize a path forward for ''The Athenaeum''. Eventually, both parties agreed upon a referendum question detailing a levy collected from students to fund the paper which will be voted on by the student body in 2022.''The Athenaeum'' Scholarship
In 2020, Colin Mitchell created The Athenaeum Journalism Award for one student journalist to be awarded yearly. Inspired by the misinformation circulated surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, generations of ''The Athenaeum'' alumni are coming together to establish The Athenaeum Journalism Award to support aspiring journalists on Acadia's campus. This will provide those with an interest in this vital field with the funding they need to continue their studies. ''The Athenaeum'' has been absolutely necessary in holding Acadia University to account and asking questions that deserve answers. But today, the very bedrock of journalism is under threat. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the power of misinformation and the need for a truly independent press. A strong fourth estate is needed now more than ever. This award will allow for reporting that is steadfast, unbiased, and accurate to continue at Acadia University. By November 2024 – the 150th anniversary of the first edition of ''The Athenaeum'' – the goal is to have raised $25,000 necessary for an endowment in perpetuity. This will ensure that there will always be a free press at Acadia University.See also
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