ACADIA ALERT - Delayed Campus Opening (Weather)

Acadia University will delay opening campus on Monday, January 19, 2026 until 1:00pm. All classes starting at 1:00pm and later will continue as scheduled. Conditions on campus will be assessed throughout the morning and if there is a need to remain closed a follow up message will be sent.

Employees and students are not expected to come to campus until it opens. Residences will be accessible, and Wheelock Dining Hall will be open.

Updates will be posted on www.acadiau.ca and pre-recorded on Acadia’s Information Line: 902-585-4636 (585-INFO). If you need emergency-related information, please contact the Department of Safety and Security by calling 902-585-1103.

(Monday January 19, 2026 @ 5:51 am)

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Earth and Environmental Science at Acadia offers programs leading to B.Sc. degrees in Environmental Science, Geology and Environmental Geoscience, and M.Sc. degrees in Geology, Environmental Science and Applied Geomatics.

Departmental News

Ian Spooner appointed as Director of Research at the KC Irving Environmental Science Centre

Acadia University today announced the appointment of Dr. Ian Spooner as the Director of Research at the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre and Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens.

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Lauren Muzak-Ruff at Fisheries and Limnology conference in Halifax

Lauren Muzak-Ruff (Acadia University E&ES M.Sc. candidate) presented a poster at the 2020 joint meeting of the Canadian Conference For Fisheries Research and the Society of Canadian Limnologists.

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Clastic Rocks course students present posters

Students in Dr. Snyder's course on Clastic Rocks and Petroleum Geology made posters for their term paper and presented them in a final lab of the fall term.

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