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Mar 31/25 7:00 pm

2025 Huggins Science Seminar

March 31st @ 7:00pm

Huggins Science Hall - room 010

Reception to follow

Dr. Emily Haigh - University of Victoria Dr. Emily Haigh

Associate Professor and Chief Mungo Martin Research Chair in Indigenous Mental Health

Centring Indigenous Knowledge in Clinical Psychology: Towards Epistemic Inclusion

Dr. Haigh will describe efforts to build a research program focused on: 1) increasing expertise in applying Indigenous knowledge and methodologies in clinical psychology, and 2) producing Indigenous-led knowledge on new approaches to understanding and promoting mental health. Drawing on insights from three ongoing research projects, Dr. Haigh will highlight the challenges and tensions associated with centering Indigenous ways of being and knowing in mental health research. The goal of this work is to improve the ability of Indigenous Peoples to both benefit from and contribute to the future of clinical psychology, making it a more inclusive and responsive discipline.

The Huggins Science Seminar was established in 1972 on the initiative of Acadia graduate Dr. Charles Huggins, Nobel laureate and former Acadia Chancellor.

Oct 31/24 3:16 pm

2024 Fall FPAS Seminar Series

Tuesday November 5, 1:30-2:30ppm HSH 336

Dr. Liesel Carlsson – Nutrition and Dietetics

Title: The Social Impact Potential of Dietitians on Planetary Health

Description: Food systems and dietary patterns are strong drivers of climate change, ecological and social system instability. Liesel will share some insights from collaborative research that examines the social impact and potential of nutrition and dietetics professionals in four countries on food systems and diets. If time, she’ll also share some of the ways our future workforce are being equipped (or not) to participate as health professionals under a Planetary Health paradigm.

Gratitude to SSHRC for an Insight Development Grant, the Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Practice and Research, a Harrison McCain Visitorship, and the International Confederation of Dietetics Associations for funding this work.

Tuesday November 19, 1:00pm-2:00pm HSH 336

Dr. Allison Walker – Biology

Title: Dispatches from the Bay of Fungi: Coastal fungal biodiversity research at Acadia

Description: Join us for a deep dive into the world of coastal and marine fungi! Dr. Walker and her Fungal Dream Team explore seagrass beds, salt marshes, mangroves and more to characterize unexplored fungal biodiversity, distribution and interactions with other organisms.

This series is made possible by the generous support of the Office of the Dean of Science, the Harrison McCain Foundation and the Office of Research and Graduate Studies

Mar 13/20 2:45 pm

Seminars Happening March 16-20/2020

Please note due to the suspension of classes for this week -- no seminars will be happening this week.

The Faculty of Pure and Applied Science Presents - Please note - this event has now been cancelled.

IMPACT

Undergraduate Science Research Summit

Thursday, April 2/2020 - Huestis Innovation Pavilion - 6:00pm to 9:30pm

Members of the Acadia campus community are invited to discover the far-reaching effects of undergraduate research at Acadia

Biology Department

Speaker: Dr. Mirwais Qaderi - Department of Biology, Mount Saint Vincent University

Topic: Plant-derived methane: what do we know about it?

Thursday, March 19/2020 in Beveridge Arts Centre Room#236 at 11:3am

Earth and Environmental Science Department

Speaker: Dr. Marc Laflamme

Tuesday, March 17/2020 in Huggins Science Hall Room#336

10:00am - The Paleontological Toolset: How fossils help interpret the history of the Earth (classroom talk)

4:00pm - Complexity in the Oldest Animal Ecosystems

Jodrey School of Computer Science

Justin Hiltz - BCSH Thesis Defence: Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Image Classification via Feature Prediction and Localization

Friday, March 20/2020 in Carnegie Hall Room#113 at 2:30pm

Mar 6/20 2:47 pm

Seminars Happening March 9-13/2020

The Faculty of Pure and Applied Science Presents

IMPACT

Undergraduate Science Research Summit

Thursday, April 2/2020 - Huestis Innovation Pavilion - 6:00pm to 9:30pm

Members of the Acadia campus community are invited to discover the far-reaching effects of undergraduate research at Acadia

Biology Department

Speaker: Dr. Anna Metaxas, Department of Biology - Dalhousie University

Topic: Evidence-based conservation: ecological connectivity and the design of marine protected areas

Thursday, March 12/2020 in Beveridge Arts Centre Room#236 at 11:30am

Earth and Environmental Science Department

CSPG East Coast Lecture Tour

Speaker: Dr. Genevieve Bordeleau

Topic: Shale Gas and Groundwater: When Isotopes get together and tell their story

Friday, March 13/2020 in Huggins Science Hall Room#336 at 12:30pm

Psychology Department

Speaker: Rhea Ashley Hoskin, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Reseacher - Queens University

Topic: Femmephobia: A new approach to gender-based discrimination

Friday, March 13/2020 in K. C. Irving Centre Auditorium at 4:30pm

School of Nutrition and Dietetics

Senior Seminar (NUTR 4903) is the capstone course for the Bachelor of Science in Nutrition in the School of Nutrition and Dietetics. Students engage in independent research projects on a topic of their choice related to food, nutrition, and/or dietetics. The course is a celebration of learning, drawing on courses taken throughout the degree. Campus and community members are most welcome.

Presentations for Tuesday, March 10/2020 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm in the K. C. Irving Centre Auditorium.

Three students will defend their Honours thesis. Their thesis presentations will be 30-45 minutes each, including questions.

Alexis Tomchuk (Dr. M. Kaviani, Supervisor) - Effects of New Zealand Blackcurrant Extra Supplementation on Cardiovascular Function and Running Performance in Athletes

Tim Lamont (Dr. M. McSweeney, Supervisor) - Surf'n Bake: Exploring the Sensory Characteristics of Seaweed Composite Bread

Madalyn Higgins (Dr. M. Kaviani, Supervisor) - Assessing Prevalence and Effect of Nutrition Education on Female Athlete Triad Risk at Acadia University

Feb 28/20 2:08 pm

Seminars Happening March 2 - 6/20202

Faculty of Pure and Applied Science

40th Annual Huggins Science Seminar

Speaker: Dr. Jessica Fanzo - Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Global Food and Agriculture Policy and Ethics at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at the Johns Hopkins University in the USA.

Topic: Eating in the Anthropocene - The Seminar will examine the complex interactions among food systems, our diets, human health, and the climate crisis. In doing so, it will describe the changes that must occur in food systems to ensure human health and environmental sustainability.

Monday, March 2/2020 in Huggins Science Hall Room#10 at 7:00pm

Reception to Follow - Everyone Welcome!

Biology Department

Speaker: Dr. Patricia Wright - Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph

Topic: Phenotypic plasticity across life stages: lessons from amphibious fishes

Thursday, March 5/2020 in Beveridge Arts Centre Room#236 at 11:30am

Earth and Environmental Science Department

Speaker: Dr. Tim Fedak - Curator of Geology for the Nova Scotia Museum

Topic: Letters to Dawson - History of Nova Scotia Geoscience (1840-1860)

Wednesday, March 4/2020 in Huggins Science Hall Room#336 at 12:30pm

Jodrey School of Computer Science

Speaker: Hosted by the Acadia Institute for Data Analytics

Topic: Data Science Pioneers Documentary Screening

Friday, March 6/2020 in Carnegie Hall Room#113 at 4:30pm

School of Nutrition and Dietetics

Presentations for Tuesday, March 3/2020 in K. C. Irving Centre Auditorium from 7:00pm to 10:00pm:

Jenn McIntosh - Eating for Two: An Examination of Prenatal Nutrition Education

Ben Brown - What Nutrition Support is Available to Athletes at Small Canadian Universities and is it Useful?

Robin McLennan - Wounds 101: The Role of a Dietician in Pressure Injury Treatment in Long Term Care

Rachel Powell - Family Ties: The Maternal and Infant life-cycle of the "Double Burden" or Malnutrition

Kim Parsons - Standardized Care Protocol vs The 'Whole' Person. The Way Patients Are Being Treated in Hospitalized Settings

Blaine Saulnier - The History of Nutrition Education and Home Economics in Nova Scotia's Middle and High Schools