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STUDENTS Are you looking for volunteer experience in ENVS or BIO this spring? We need help surveying queen bumble bees – Sundays from May to 1st week of June We’re looking for student volunteers to help survey queen bumble bees during their...
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The benefits of spending time outside are numerous. On Friday June 13, counsellors and faculty affiliated with the Red Spruce Mental Health Centre, along with current students and graduates of Acadia’s M.Ed. in Counselling program, learned more about outdoor-based therapy methods. This...
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We’re excited to be co-hosting a BIRDING BY EAR workshop with Blomidon Naturalists Society. Saturday, June 28. $60 for this fun, full day event. Space is limited, register today to learn more about the beautiful language of birds. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1n7855X7hNAWypFnTnH1JXU4wByWZ2FIaaFheZ-qtwYs/edit Registration link. Or visit https://blomidonnaturalists.ca/
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On May 9 and 10 the Nova Scotia Envirothon took place at Acadia University. The K.C. Irving Centre is thrilled to have hosted a successful event this year. 10 teams of high school students participated. A huge congratulations to this year’s provincial...
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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...
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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...
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Sarah Lavallée is graduating with a special honour as she was selected as the Athenaeum and Acadia Alumni Student of the Year for 2022. This award recognizes a student who has excelled at Acadia and embodies the Acadia spirit. Sarah fully immersed...
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If you’re a regular walker of Acadia’s Woodland Trails, you may have noticed our newest installation. There are now two mailboxes containing logbooks mounted on the entrance signs at the Park Street and Westwood Avenue trail entrances. We hope hikers will feel...
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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...
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