student research – Page 2 – K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre and Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens

October 7, 2022

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Beaubassin Student Research Workshop

This past weekend, a group of 11 second and third year Acadia students had the opportunity to experience Beaubassin and learn about field research opportunities in biology and environmental science. Beaubassin Research Station is located on the dykelands at the border between...
August 18, 2022

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First Annual K.C. Irving Centre Summer Student Research Seminar

On August 17th students, professors and staff gathered to celebrate student research over the summer term. The Irving Centre is home to several research labs and the interdisciplinary nature of the science that occurs in the Centre was highlighted through the presentations....
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...
April 21, 2022

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Acadia graduate building research experience

If you’re walking through the research wing at the Irving Centre you’re almost guaranteed to run into Kevindi Gunasekara (BSc Biology 2021). Kevindi works full time as a lab technician for Dr. Kirk Hillier and in addition to that role she works...
December 10, 2021

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Irving Centre Labs providing capacity for Arctic Seabird Research

This week, Dr. Mark Mallory and Dr. Jennifer Provencher of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) assembled a team of researchers to dissect over 175 Arctic seabirds harvested from various Nunavut locations in the Irving Centre labs. The specimens were collected by Inuit hunters...
October 21, 2021

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Field Season 2021: The E.C. Smith Herbarium and Acadia Seed Bank’s contributions to the Irving Biodiversity Collections

This is the first segment of a two-part article showcasing some of the E.C. Smith Herbarium and Acadia Seed Bank’s contributions to the Irving Biodiversity Collections in 2021. The K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre houses the largest biodiversity collection in Atlantic Canada...
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...