Melanie Priesnitz, Conservation Horticulturist, was our featured speaker on June 7, 2021. She gave a brief introduction to the plant research and conservation work happening at the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre and Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens at Acadia and encouraged guests to learn more about how to garden with nature using native plants.
Acadia professor Dr. Jon Saklofske notes that the construction of game experiences allows us to become conscious of, redesign, and even symbolically re-present systems of human interaction and social/political/economic experience. This research method allows us to experiment with, investigate, and tweak possibilities -- like a humanities lab space -- to potentially reconstitute/recontextualize existing systems in illuminating ways, and/or prototype and model other possibilities.
Alumnus Dr. Trevor Jain ('93) joined us to chat about his remarkable career as a physician, trauma specialist and member of the Canadian military. He also discussed health care issues and concerns that matter to you.
Mayor Wendy Donovan of Wolfville, Mayor Pam Mood ('82) of Yarmouth and Deputy Mayor of Kings County Emily Lutz ('20) discussed the importance of municipal government and women in leadership roles.
Dr. Lesley Frank (’95) shared insights contained in her new book, Out of Milk: Infant food Insecurity in a Rich Nation – the origins of which began as questions she grappled with working as a prenatal/postnatal outreach worker in the Annapolis Valley – a position she took up shortly after graduating from Acadia University
Panel interview with Junior Moaku (’19), Tracey McGillivray (’87, ’15), Zabrina Whitman and Robert Ffrench (’04), highlighting an Acadia-specific initiative supporting black and Indigenous students.
