Explore our strategic plan in action with this recap of news and events for October 2021.
A NEW WAY FORWARD FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Led by Dr. Michael Sheppard, Acadia University's hybrid incubator provides a pathway for student entrepreneurs to take their passion to build a business to the next level. The program is a partnership with the Maple League of Universities (Acadia, StFX, Mount A, and Bishop's). Watch the video and learn more about the impact on student learning!
OCTOBER IN PHOTOS
Check out our photo gallery from October 2021. A Mawio'mi and Vigil, Homecoming, varsity games, and beautiful fall days are featured. Enjoy!
COVID-19 TESTING AND FLU SHOTS
COVID-19 Testing

COVID-19 Rapid Testing
Mondays, 1 - 4 p.m., Manning Memorial Chapel (Basement)

Thursdays, 4:30 - 7:30 p.m., Acadia Athletics Complex (Wolfville Room - enter through main doors)

Take-Away Test Kits
Tuesdays, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Wheelock Dining Hall

Questions?
Acadia Update - In collaboration with Cochrane's Pharmasave in Wolfville, we are offering a flu shot vaccination clinic on Wednesday, November 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Sheldon L. Fountain Learning Commons (second level).

Book online. Once you register, Pharmasave will load the lot numbers of the flu vaccine. Once they have completed this, you will receive an email with an option to book your time at this point.

This clinic is available only to campus members (Acadia students/faculty/staff) and an Acadia ID card is required. There will be a clinic available for Acadia family members later this month.

Nova Scotia Residents
Please bring your Nova Scotia Health Card to direct bill (no charge to the student).

International Students
Please bring your ASU International Student Health Card to direct bill (no charge to the student).

Anyone from another Canadian Province
Please provide your Acadia Student ID number and Acadia will charge your student account. Alternatively, please pay $12 at registration (minimal change available). There will be no debit or credit option available. Please bring your Provincial Health Card so a receipt can be provided.

Questions?
IN THE NEWS
Maclean's magazine - Acadia University continues its reputation as one of Canada's best primarily undergraduate universities in the annual Maclean's magazine ranking of post-secondary institutions.

Acadia ranks in the top five and takes the top spot in the reputational survey among primarily undergraduate institutions. In the 31 years that Maclean's has published its annual comparisons, Acadia has consistently placed in the top five.
Acadia Athletics News - Grace Pinch of the Acadia women's rugby team has been named a finalist in the Canadian Olympic Committee's annual, cross-country talent search - the RBC Training Ground.

Over the past several months, more than 4,000 athletes from a wide range of sports participated, performing core speed, strength, power, and endurance tests for review by talent scouts from eight different Olympic sports
Canadian Architect - "This handsome volume documents a well-loved part of Acadia University—the publicly accessible Irving Centre and Gardens, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2022. Architectural historian John Leroux's essay on the building chronicles its design, led by American architect Robert Stern, who chose a classical style that wed the Centre to the earliest buildings on the nearly 200-year-old campus. Critic Vincent Scully deemed the resulting building to be "one of Stern's most memorable interventions in a campus," and Leroux believes that, following a lacklustre period for Atlantic campus architecture in the 1970s to 1990s, it was the first in a wave of excellent new institutional buildings in the Maritimes."
APPOINTMENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Acadia Sustainability News - Throughout November, students in Environmental and Sustainability Studies present Acadia UN Sustainable Development Goals Month as part of their applied course work in ESST 4003. Events and activities are focused on four sustainable development goals:

Week 1: Good Health & Wellbeing
Week 2: Sustainable Cities & Communities
Week 3: Responsible Consumption & Production
Week 4: Climate Action

Learn more by visiting the calendar of events on the Acadia Sustainability website.
WISE Acadia offers mentoring opportunities from Acadia alumnae in STEM fields
Registration for WISE Works! 2021 is now open! The event is on November 15 from 5:15 to 8:30 p.m. at the Fountain Commons. In-person registration is required and COVID-19 safety precautions and protocols are in place.

The Wise Works event provides an opportunity for students from any academic program to talk with alumnae and Acadia faculty in STEM careers (Science Technology Engineering and Math). This year, there is also a hybrid component and the plenary will be live-streamed. 

Learn more and register. Students register here. Faculty and staff can register here.
Save the Date


November 5 and 25
On-campus Open House for future students

November 5
Fostering prosocial development in Rohingya refugee children: Genocide, forced migration and childhood in a refugee camp

November 8 and 9
Canadian Blood Services Blood Drive in Fountain Commons

November 8
Virtual Event - Celebrating 20 years at the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre and Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens

November 8
Virtual Event - Working toward equitable community recreation through research

November 9
Authors @ Acadia Francesca Ekwuyasi

November 11
Remembrance Day (Holiday)

November 15
Founders' Day celebrations General Assembly
WISE Works!

November 21
Induction Ceremony for the University Chaplain

November 26
BforKai Meningitis B event

Catch the action!

Visit Acadia Athletics for the latest sports schedules, scores, and more.
Acadia News - The Wolfville Legion, Branch 74, and Acadia University are pleased to share the news that the traditional Remembrance Day ceremony will return to Acadia's University Hall this November 11, 2021.

The program will offer an in-person ceremony, commencing at 10:45 a.m. in Convocation Hall, 15 University Avenue, Wolfville. The ceremony will be conducted jointly by Wolfville Legion and Acadia University.

With respect to COVID-19 safety, those who wish to honour Canada's veterans and fallen may instead consider participating in the outdoor act of remembrance at the Town of Wolfville Post Office War Memorial, which will take place at approximately 12:15 p.m.

For health and safety reasons, some aspects of the traditional indoor service have been modified and abridged. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed, including:

  • Proof of complete vaccination and identification, masking, physical distancing, and registration at the door

  • Seating will be limited, and while families will be welcome to sit together, it will be suggested that parties try to sit separately from other groups. Once the Hall is full to COVID-19 capacity, attendees will be asked to remain outside and/or to attend the outdoor ceremony at 12:15 p.m.

  • Those preferring indoor attendance should plan to arrive early to be greeted, registered, and comfortably seated by 10:45 a.m.

To limit movement and interaction in the Hall, relatives and sponsors' usual laying of wreaths will be suspended. All wreaths will be in position before the start of the ceremony, and the names of all those who have sponsored wreaths will be recognized from the stage after the Honour Roll has been read.

Following the service, there will be the usual march to Acadia's War Memorial, led by the Legion flag party, and from there to the newly renovated War Memorial at the Post Office, where there will be a further short ceremony and the playing of the Last Post and Reveille.
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