Student Housing NS housing purchase brings affordable housing to Acadia community

Non-profit Student Housing Nova Scotia recently purchased a five-storey building in Wolfville, which will be used to provide affordable housing to the Acadia University community in Wolfville. The building is located a ten-minute walk away from the university and contains 46 units. Acadia Students’ Union President Emma Boles explained that finding affordable housing challenging in […]

Acadia University is exploring a restructuring as it contends with the potential impacts of Nova Scotia’s Bill 12 and other pressures. Acadia Provost and VPA Ashlee Cunsolo explained that the current moment of upheaval in NS has forced “critical thinking about where we go and what we do as universities.” The proposed changes include grouping […]

This week, student unions from four universities in Nova Scotia are holding a student strike called by the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) focused on tuition affordability and divestment from weapons manufacturers. CFS Nova Scotia chapter Chairperson Alexina St Pierre-Farrow told CityNews that students want their tuition to be standardized and reduced by 20%. “The […]

Acadia University, Fanshawe College, and North Island College each announced cuts to their programming or staffing last week, due to financial pressures. At Acadia, 31 staff in administrative and service roles were laid off, including the entire department responsible for the university’s Wong International Centre. Fanshawe announced cuts to nine programs last week, which Fanshawe […]

In a recent article for the Chronicle of Higher Ed, Jeffrey Sachs (Acadia University) discusses institutional neutrality, self-censorship, and freedom of speech. Sachs argues that institutional neutrality has little meaningful impact on campus and is ultimately a public relations move meant for the general populace. The author argues that faculty and student self-censorship typically stems […]

Acadia University has opened its AI literacy course to the public at no cost, following the success of the course among its student population. Offered in a self-paced format, the course discusses ethical concerns surrounding AI and the basic ideas underlying large language models. “It was really coming from a place of we have something […]

In honour of Valentine’s Day, CourseCompare has released a ranking of the top universities in Canada for “finding love.” The ranking considers a variety of factors including campus density, residence culture, walkability, shared rituals, and alumni network cohesion. Queen’s University took first place, with blogTO highlighting the campus’s cozy cafes and hangout spots. Queen’s was […]

Acadia University has opened a new centre—the Acadia Centre for Critical Play—to support academics and students looking to study video games. Acadia Assistant Professor Natalie Swain, Professor Jon Saklofske, and Academic Librarian Mike Beazley founded the centre with the hope that the growing interest in video games will fuel research efforts. The centre contains 50 […]

CBC reports that some Nova Scotian universities are at risk of losing funding if they continue to be unable to meet NS’s campus residence targets. The Government of Nova Scotia’s two-year funding agreement included a clause requiring universities to fill on-campus housing to at least 95% to avoid funding holdbacks. Representatives from Acadia University, Mount […]

Acadia University’s Archives at the Vaughan Memorial Library has received the entire collection and archive of the Nova Scotia publishing house Gaspereau Press. Gaspereau Press was originally founded in 1997 by Acadia alumni Andrew Steeves and Gary Dunfield; with the press coming under new ownership at the end of 2025, Steeves explained that the donation […]