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 Grad Student Takes Top Thesis Award


Donnelly Archibald is the winner of the 2012 Gelinas Award of the Volcanology and Igneous Petrology Division of the Geological Association of Canada for the best MSc thesis in the field of volcanology and igneous petrology. The medal will be presented at the business meeting of the division during GAC/MAC Annual General Meeting in St. John’s in May. Donnelly's MSc thesis was co-supervised by Drs. Sandra Barr (Acadia) and Brendan Murphy (St. FX) and entitled "Field relations, petrology, and tectonic setting of the Ordovician West Barneys River plutonic suite, southern Antigonish Highlands, Nova Scotia".
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