Acadia ALERT - Campus Closed (Weather)

Today, Wednesday December 03, 2025, Acadia University will remain closed, with the exception of residences and Wheelock Dining Hall, due to the current weather and travel conditions. Wheelock Dining Hall may adjust their hours due to the weather and any change in hours will be communicated through Residence Life.

Employees and students are not expected to come to campus and only employees deemed essential are required to report to work. Non-essential employees are not expected to work during the closure. Any events scheduled for today will be postponed or cancelled.

Updates will be posted on www.acadiau.ca and pre-recorded on Acadia’s Information Line: 902-585-4636 (585-INFO) and on 585 phone system voicemail. If you need emergency-related information, please contact the Department of Safety and Security by dialing 88 on all 585-phone systems, or by calling 902-585-1103.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Acadia University

Department of Safety & Security

902-585-1103

security@acadiau.ca

(Wednesday December 3, 2025 @ 8:03 am)

Acadia University Research Facilities

Our department is equipped with a wide variety research equipment for our diverse research needs. Most of these are recently purchased through grants from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. These include (list is not comprehensive):

Chemistry Department

  • Varian Analytical HPLC (NSERC RTI)
  • Varian Semi-Preparative HPLC (NSERC RTI)
  • Laser Flash Photolysis System (NSERC RTI)
  • Varian GC-MS (CFI)
  • HPLC-MS-MS (CFI)
  • HP 5890 GC-MS
  • HP 5890 GC with TCD and FID
  • Perkin-Elmer 4100ZL Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
  • Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
  • Gel Electrophoresis Equipment
  • PolarimeterUltraviolet and Visible Spectrophotometers
  • Infrared Spectrometer
  • CEM Discover Microwave Reactor
  • Smog Chamber

Acadia Centre for Microstructural Analysis (ACMA)

  • Bruker 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer
  • Polarization Modulation Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
  • Scanning Electron Microscope
  • Transmission Electron Microscope
  • Confocal Microscope
  • Atomic Force Microscope
  • Electrochemical Quartz Nanobalance

KC Irving Environmental Science Centre (KCIC)

  • PerkinElmer SCIEX ELAN DRC-e Inductively Coupled Plasma - Plasma Mass Spectrometer (CFI LOF)
  • Elemental Analyzer (CHNS)
  • DNA Sequencer
  • Ultracentrifuge
  • Growth Chambers

For more information visit the KCIC website