Science Atlantic Award Winners 2019
Since the beginning of 2019, our Acadia researchers have been attending conferences in their respective areas of research, presenting their projects through posters and oral […]
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Research Feature: Sabrina Nunn
My name is Sabrina Nunn and I am a fourth year Kinesiology with Honours student. My honours research, “Past Action, Current Challenges, and Future Initiatives […]
Research Feature: Aimee Rideout
Plastic pollution is a major environmental stressor for marine life and is both long-lasting and near-ubiquitous in ocean ecosystems due to anthropogenic activity. Since the […]
Research Feature: Alexandra Pulchny
My area of research is within the sociology of education, specifically Indigenous education in Canada. My master’s thesis explores institutional arrangements of the Nova Scotia […]
Family Roles & Sympathy Casseroles
In the event of a death, there is a Western tradition to visit the family to give condolences; this visit is commonly paired with comfort […]
Research Feature: Holly Giacomondonato
The goal of my thesis is to present a history of the Halifax Public Gardens that subverts the nature-culture binary that is fundamental and implicit […]
Research Feature: Katie Campeau
In my undergraduate research, I created and distributed a survey for my honours thesis in Acadia’s sociology program. In it, I questioned how students felt […]
Research Feature: Jill Northcott
Memories of Coming Out: Parents and Adult-Children Recall the Coming Out Experience Coming out, or revealing oneself to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, queer, etc. […]
Research Feature: Katie Winters
My name is Katie Winters and I am a fourth-year Honours Sociology student. I have written my thesis as a content analysis of the multi-media […]
Research Feature: Victoria Taylor
Marine ecosystems are difficult areas to investigate due to their vast ranges, but as a result of technological advancements, our understanding of ocean life including […]