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  • April 17, 2022
    CategoriesNews

    A Natural Balance, a book celebrating the K.C. Irving Centre and Harriet Irving Gardens

    A botanical garden should be more than a repository of plants: it should be a place for people to enjoy the natural world and to participate in learning and research. The creators of the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre and Harriet Irving...

  • Sarah on the Woodland Trails
    June 16, 2021
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    Summer Wellness Walk – Sign up today for a 4-week Mindfulness Walking series on Acadia’s Woodland Trails

    We’re pleased to be offering another FREE Mindfulness Walking Series on Acadia’s Woodland Trails. This is a great opportunity to take a midday break to get outside, clear your head and connect with nature. Sign up today and make your mental and physical...

  • Student Claire working in the lab
    May 27, 2021
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    COVID-19 Monitoring Project Provides Opportunity for Engineering Student

    At Acadia, research opportunities are available to undergraduate students from all disciplines throughout their degree programs. Claire Spearns worked throughout the summer after her first year of study and part time during the second year of her Certificate of Applied Science in...

  • Students sitting in the forest
    April 23, 2021
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    Students helping each other find wellness in the woods

    There’s still lots going on behind the closed gates at the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens. While we dearly miss having members of the community in the garden, we have been very happy to be able to offer a safe outdoor space for...

  • March 15, 2021
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    2021: The year of virtual conferences

    This past weekend two important Science Atlantic Conferences took place virtually. The Science Atlantic series of conferences cover many disciplines and are an important opportunity to highlight the science that takes place in our Atlantic Canadian Universities. Many Acadia biology and environmental...

  • Alain and Sarah holding a bag of hemlock seeds they collected
    February 22, 2021
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    Efforts to preserve Hemlock and Ash trees in peril in Nova Scotia

    The near-loss of dominant Acadian Forest tree species is inconceivably detrimental to wildlife and unique habitats, and even the most ambitious in situ (on location) conservation efforts may not protect these ecosystems. Our herbarium director, Alain Belliveau, and herbarium coordinator, Sarah Adams, are involved...

  • Lauren collecting samples at Gaspereau lake, NS
    January 15, 2021
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    Acadia’s first Master of Science in Environmental Science Graduate

    In the fall of 2020 Acadia University announced the launch of a new Master of Science in Environmental Science Program. This is an exciting development for the university, now students engaged in interdisciplinary environmental science research will have the option to choose a degree...

  • December 4, 2020
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    Feeling Festive at the K.C. Irving Centre

    It’s December and that means it is time to embrace the festive spirt! Students are busy using the garden room to prepare for exams and end of semester projects, so we brought in this beautiful balsam fir to raise spirts as the...

  • aerial view of students in outdoor class
    November 20, 2020
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    Acadia’s Environmental & Sustainability Studies students enjoying a fall term in the forest

    Acadia University students have always loved having the opportunity to stroll through the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens, catch up with friends on a walk through the woods or sit and study under a tree. This year they are appreciating having the 6-acre botanical garden on campus more than...

  • Dog Strangling Vine
    November 9, 2020
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    K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre Experts Detect Highly Invasive Plant, Help Slow Spread

    In 2019 and 2020, one of Canada’s most notoriously invasive plant species was found in Kings County, Nova Scotia. E.C. Smith Herbarium’s Irving Biodiversity Collection Manager Alain Belliveau located one occurrence in Wolfville, while Acadia University alumnus Jeffrey White located another one...

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