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:

Acadia University

Department of Safety & Security

902-585-1103

security@acadiau.ca

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

Brave the Breeze: Help Keep Black Rock Beach Wild & Clean

January 24, 2026 - January 25, 2026 (11:00 am - 3:00 pm)

Location: Black Rock Beach at Hemeons Head

Acadia partners with the Nova Scotia Nature Trust to preserve protected land the university owns in various places across Nova Scotia.

One such area is beautiful, pristine Black Rock Beach at Hemeon’s Head New Lockport on the South Shore. The Scotian Shores Clean Up Project, in cooperation with the Pemsɨk conservation mosaic, has organized a beach clean up for January 24 and 25, 2026, between the hours of 11:00 am and 3:00 pm each day.

Both Acadia and the Nature Trust support this important initiative, and you are invited to join.

Add this event to your calendar.