In Nova Scotia 29,000 children are living in poverty 22 years after the House of Commons pledged to eliminate poverty for children in Canada by the year 2000. Acadia researcher Lesley Frank, author of the 2013 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia, says there has been little change in the 10 years she has written the reports.
It all started with 30 hoodies and 30 friends. Alex MacLean, a 22-year-old business student at Acadia started his clothing line for an entrepreneurship class. Now, sales are booming. CTV News Video
Each summer, millions of migratory seabirds congregate in nesting colonies in Canada’s Far North — and each year Acadia University professor Mark Mallory follows them there and steals their eggs. Canadian Geographic Report.
Thanks to a gift of $1.5 million from the Wu family of Hong Kong, Acadia University has announced plans for construction of the Wu Welcome Centre at Alumni Hall.
Read more … Hong Kong alumni donate $1.5 million for new Welcome Centre
Gary Thurber (’80) of Doctor’s Cove, N.S., was one of seven people to receive a Medal of Bravery from the Province of Nova Scotia on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Mr. Thurber was a member of the four-person dive team that searched the hull of the Miss Ally, a Woods Harbour fishing vessel that had capsized during a severe winter storm in the Atlantic Ocean.
November 15th is Founders' Day at Acadia, and the University today launched a year-long celebration of its 175th anniversary with a community reception featuring leading members of the Acadia community, major gift announcements, and new individual awards and honours.
Acadia University’s arena will be renamed the Andrew H. McCain Arena in recognition of a $1-million gift to the University from Mr. McCain’s children, Nancy (’82), Stephen (’81), Margie (’77), Allison, Kathy, and Linda.
Read more … McCain family honours father with $1 million gift to Acadia
Acadia Hockey's Travis Gibbons was honoured at Rideau Hall by his Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnson. Gibbons is in the CIS Top 8 Academic All-Canadians.
Congratulations to Acadia stidents Jacob Moore, Meg Keevill, Ted Higa, and Brandon Shute - winners of the recent Shaw Group Business Case Competition.
Emma Cochrane ('13) has been named a Young Woman of Distinction by the Progress Club of Halifax.
