Acadia ALERT - Campus Closed (Weather)

Today, Monday, February 23, 2026, Acadia University will remain closed, with the exception of residences and Wheelock Dining Hall, due to the forecasted weather. Wheelock Dining Hall may adjust their hours due to the weather and any change in hours will be communicated through Residence Life.

Employees and students are not expected to come to campus and only employees deemed essential are required to report to work. Non-essential employees are not expected to work during the closure. Any events scheduled for today will be postponed or cancelled.

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 dialing 88 on all 585-phone systems, or by calling 902-585-1103.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Acadia University

Department of Safety & Security

902-585-1103

security@acadiau.ca

(Monday February 23, 2026 @ 5:55 am)

Virtual Event | Has climate change driven human history? Lessons from the past for a climate future

Virtual Event

Climate change is prominent in news media today, often described as the issue of the 21st century. Thirty years into this global experiment, what do we know about the effects of changing climates? This event will review how climate has changed in the past, and its effects on the environment and on human history. How does anthropogenic climate change compare to the events that led to the melting of the icecaps, the extinction of the mega-fauna, the beginning of agriculture and the development of civilization? Can we learn from what happened in the past 10,000 years about what we can expect in the future?

Register here: http://attend.com/ClimateChange

Speaker bio - Dr. Rob Raeside

Rob Raeside is head of the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at Acadia University. He first studied climate issues as a student of geography at Aberdeen University before switching majors into geology. He completed graduate degrees in geology at Queen’s University and the University of Calgary before coming to Acadia, where he has taught courses in Tectonics, Mineralogy and Atmosphere, Weather and Climate for nearly four decades.