ACADIA ALERT - Campus Closing Early (Weather)

Today, 11 February 2026 - Acadia University will be closing at 5:30pm due to the forecasted weather conditions. All classes scheduled to start at 5:30pm and later are canceled. Students and employees are not expected to come to campus. Only employees deemed essential are required to report to work. Residence buildings and Wheelock Dining Hall will be operational.

Updates will be posted on www.acadiau.ca and pre-recorded on Acadia’s Information Line: 902-585-4636 (585-INFO) and on 585 phone system voicemail. If you need emergency-related information, please contact the Department of Safety and Security by dialing 88 on all 585-phone systems, or by calling 902-585-1103.

If you have any questions, please contact:

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(Wednesday February 11, 2026 @ 2:00 pm)

Deep cold and hot fire: Don't expect the past year to have a major impact on Nova Scotia tick populations

Nova Scotians hoping that the recent deep freeze will bring some relief from ticks next summer may be disappointed, Dr. Laura Ferguson (Biology) tells the Chronicle Herald.

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Video games ‘are infused in our culture’: Acadia University’s centre aims to study them

The new Acadia Centre for Critical Play is open, and the interdisciplinary directors (Natalie Swain, History; Jon Saklofske, English; Mike Beazley, Academic Librarian) are excited to get people engaged with critical play.

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Mark Carney, the former banker who leads Canada and inspires the resistance to Trump: “Act without fear”

In the wake of Prime Minister Mark Carney's rousing speech in Davos, Dr. Alex Marland (Politics) says it's of note that Carney's training is not in politics, but bureaucracy.

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Kinesiology taping–does it work? If so, how?

A company that began kinesiology taping with horses and dogs is moving into the human world, with the help of researchers at Acadia.

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Deep cold and hot fire: Don't expect the past year to have a major impact on Nova Scotia tick populations

Nova Scotians hoping that the recent deep freeze will bring some relief from ticks next summer may be disappointed, Dr. Laura Ferguson (Biology) tells the Chronicle Herald.

Read more …

Video games ‘are infused in our culture’: Acadia University’s centre aims to study them

The new Acadia Centre for Critical Play is open, and the interdisciplinary directors (Natalie Swain, History; Jon Saklofske, English; Mike Beazley, Academic Librarian) are excited to get people engaged with critical play.

Read more …

Mark Carney, the former banker who leads Canada and inspires the resistance to Trump: “Act without fear”

In the wake of Prime Minister Mark Carney's rousing speech in Davos, Dr. Alex Marland (Politics) says it's of note that Carney's training is not in politics, but bureaucracy.

Read more …

Kinesiology taping–does it work? If so, how?

A company that began kinesiology taping with horses and dogs is moving into the human world, with the help of researchers at Acadia.

Read more …

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