Acadia ALERT - Campus Closed (Weather)

Today, Monday, February 23, 2026, Acadia University will remain closed, with the exception of residences and Wheelock Dining Hall, due to the forecasted weather. 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). 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

(Monday February 23, 2026 @ 5:55 am)

Dr. Andrew Biro

 

Selected Recent Presentations

Jan. 2014. “Freedom in the Anthropocene Era” ESS Lecture Series, Dalhousie University College of Sustainability, Halifax, NS.

May 2013. “Political Economy in the Anthropocene” invited presentation at IPE @20: Celebrating 20 Years of Engaged Research at the Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON.

Feb. 2012, “Water Wars from Global to Local” invited presentation at The New School University, New York, NY.

Apr. 2011. “The Good Life in the Greenhouse?” University of Melbourne, School of Social and Political Sciences Public Seminar, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Mar. 2010. “‘Water Wars’ from Global to Local: Violence and the Production of Scarcity,” Keynote address, Forum on Environmental Politics, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB.

Mar. 2010. “Communicating Climate Crisis,” Keynote address to Atlantic Undergraduate English Conference, Wolfville, NS.

Mar. 2010. “Should Canadians Have a Right to Water?” Public debate organized by the Paul Tom Debating Society and Water Watch Acadia, Acadia University.

June 2009. "Will Technology Make Our Water Resources Unlimited?" National
Café Scientifique Series, Halifax, NS.

Mar. 2009. "Privatization and Corporate Control of Water," World Water Day Panel Discussion, organized by the ASU Sustainability Office and Acadia Environmental Society, Wolfville, NS.

Jan. 2009. "Canada Dry? Water Abundance, Scarcity, and National Identity", invited presentation at the 22nd annual Reddin Symposium, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.