By Michael Tutton THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX-Two Halifax universities are sharing a Mi’kmaq “auntie-in-residence” who is assisting Indigenous students to navigate campus life. Mount Saint Vincent University and the University of King’s College said in a release Wednesday they are welcoming Emily Pictou-Roberts as their first Nsukwi’ “auntie” in English, to provide cultural, emotional and spiritual support to students. The 28-year-old said in an interview there are about 164 Indigenous students at Mount Saint Vincent University and about 30 at King’s College. She said she spends one day a week on each campus. Pictou-Roberts she has been quickly accepted by the Indigenous students, adding that she hears her title called out as she makes her way around the campuses “I just hear ‘auntie, auntie, auntie,’ all the time as I’m

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