by Turner, Sherri
The Halifax Chamber of Commerce has announced Ray Ivany, the leader behind the Ivany Report which ultimately led to the One Nova Scotia Coalition, as the winner of the 2015 Person of the Year.
Read more … Ivany named Person of the Year by Halifax Chamber of Commerce
by Turner, Sherri
Twenty Habitat Conservation Fund grants totaling $205,900 were announced today, July 6, by Natural Resources Minister Zach Churchill to help conserve wildlife habitats and gather information about wildlife for government, hunters and conservationists.
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The Honourable Peter MacKay (’87), Regional Minister for Nova Scotia, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, was at Acadia University on July 3, 2015 to announce on behalf of the Government of Canada an investment of $65,000 through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s (ACOA) Innovative Communities Fund (ICF) to support the creation of a new online tidal energy atlas.
by Turner, Sherri
Migratory seabirds carry the marine pollution they ingest at sea back to their nesting sites on land, according to a new study led by Canada research chair and associate biology professor Mark Mallory. wildlife.org report
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A new study led by Acadia faculty and students has surprised researchers with the amount of plastic and metal waterfowl are ingesting in Atlantic Canada. CBC Report
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Five researchers from Acadia University’s Faculty of Pure and Applied Science will benefit from more than $650,000 in long-term federal funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
Read more … Faculty awarded Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council grants
Sherri McFarland, a chemistry professor at Acadia, will soon be able to observe how a drug enters and activates within a living cell using a new piece of recording equipment. cbc.ca report
University President Ray Ivany hosted faculty and staff during Summer General Assembly on Thursday, June 11, 2015 in the Sheldon L. Fountain Learning Commons at Acadia University. Fifty-three people were recognized by members of the Acadia community as they celebrated retirements and career milestones of 35, 25 and 10 years of service respectively. For more, please visit our photo gallery.
Kinesiology Professor Jonathan Fowles, who is also Director of the Centre of Lifestyle Studies at Acadia, was in Ottawa recently to speak on behalf of Exercise is Medicine Canada to the Parliamentary Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology. He appears in the first half of the following video.
Some farmers are turning to the green alternative of pheromones instead of pesticide sprays on their fruit, and Acadia biology professor Kirk Hillier’s research is helping to bring more pest control pheromones to market. www.cbc.ca report
