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November 18, 2022

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Detecting the Spread of Invasive Mosquitoes and Disease Potential in Nova Scotia

Taylor Swanburg, MSc candidate, 2023, is surveying mosquito species in Nova Scotia to give insight into current and projected disease landscape of the province. Taylor says, “with over 20 years since the last survey of mosquitos, we do not know what species...
July 20, 2022

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Sending support to Ukrainian botanical gardens

Ukraine has an extensive network of botanical gardens that are working hard to help preserve natural heritage, connect people to plants, increase biodiversity, conduct plant research and protect plant populations. Some of these gardens have been in operation since the 1800s and...
May 25, 2022

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Acadia Honours Student Seeking Study Participant Volunteers on Woodland Trails

Isabelle McEwen is a fourth year Environment and Sustainability Studies honours student with Dr. John Colton. She is studying the impacts of nature therapy on health using the Acadia Woodland Trails. Isabelle is actively seeking adult volunteer research participants. Volunteers will take...
May 18, 2022

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Nova Scotia Envirothon a Huge Success

The Nova Scotia Provincial Envirothon Competition was held May 12th and 13th at the K.C. Irving Centre, Acadia University. This is the first time the Provincial Envirothon was held since pre-pandemic. The event was an overwhelming success. Four teams of high school students were...
April 22, 2022

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Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens in the News

The Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens were recently featured on CBC News. A journalism team visited the Gardens last week as they were preparing a story on the benefits of planting native species in home gardens this season. Melanie Priesnitz, Conservation Horticulturlist says, “planting...
November 16, 2021

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Students learning about native and invasive plants

Acadia University students had the opportunity to learn about native and invasive plants during the Race to Meet Your Wild Neighbours this month. The event, designed by students from the Community Program Design course (CODE 3023) taught participants about the good and...
October 4, 2021

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Native Plant Research at the Harriet Irving Gardens

The K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre is partnering with Helping Nature Heal Inc. to study the effect of a newly developed seaweed-based product on the growth and development of native plants. This research project has been funded by IRAP (Industrial Research Assistance...