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)

Acadia Geologists Studying the Bloody Creek Impact Crater

Ian Spooner interviewed about the Bloody Creek impact on CBC

tl_files/sites/ees/Images/news/ispooner.jpgFor several years Ian Spooner has coordinated a team of researchers including most of the faculty in the Geology program at Acadia University investigating the Bloody Creek impact structure south of Bridgetown, NS. On 15 January, CBC News provincially and nationally broadcast a short clip about the site, the potential it has for explaining the extinction of Ice Age megafauna, clips from a fly-over above the crater site, and showing Ian at work in the field and in the lab. You can watch the clip here.

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