ACADIA ALERT - Campus Closed - Monday January 26, 2026

Acadia University will be closed on Monday January 26, 2026 due to expected weather conditions.

All classes are cancelled for the day. 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. Residence buildings will be accessible, and Wheelock Dining Hall will be open but at reduced hours.

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 calling 902-585-1103.

(Sunday January 25, 2026 @ 6:00 pm)

Previous Award Winners

And the winners of our 25th MiniFest produced in January 2018 are:

  • Best Playwright:  Joe Starzyk for What's a Little Ax Between Friends
  • Best Set Design:  Stranger Danger by William H. Sikorski
  • Best Actor in a Male Role:  Tristan Kenny as The Prisoner in What's a Little Ax Between Friends
  • Best Actor in a Female Role:  Katie Chevel as Ava in She's Not There
  • Best Overall Production: What's a Little Ax Between Friends
    • As voted by the actors and backstage crew:
      Best Director:  Andrea Switzer for What's a Little Ax Between Friends
      Best Stage Manager:  Oliver Richard for Tactile Creatures
      Best Techie:  Robin Moir, Sound Crew Head
      Best Elijah:  Elijah Boulton

And the winners of our 24th MiniFest produced in January 2017 are:

  • Best Playwright:  James Hutchison for Death and the Psychiatrist
  • Runner-up Best Playwright:  Michael Pisaturo for Paper Planes
  • Best Actor in a Male Role:  Lewis Coverdale (Chandler) in Paper Planes
  • Best Actor in a Female Role - Madeline Cox (Stella) in Paper Planes
  • Best Director:  Robin Moir for The First Last Time
  • Best Design/Set:  The First Last Time
  • Best Overall Production: Paper Planes
  • Runner-up Best Overall Production:  The First Last Time
    • As voted upon by the actors and backstage crew:
      Best Stage Manager:  Amelia George
      Best Techie:  Rowena Martin

And the winners of our 23rd MiniFest produced in April 2016 are:

  • Best Director:  Jenna Newcomb Fish Tank
  • Best Male Actor:  Colin Mcguire Fish Tank
  • Best Female Actor: Anna VanHoof Rise and Fall
  • Best Play:  Rise and Fall
  • Best Stage Manager:  Andrea Switzer
  • Best Techie:  Kira Awrey

And the winners of our 22nd MiniFest produced in January 2015 are:

  • Best Play:  For Unto Us by Stephen Kaplan, directed by Charissa Sanche
  • Best Female Actor:  Katie Chevel, as Gil in Sleeves
  • Best Male Actor:  Steve Roberts, as Joseph in For Unto Us
  • Best Director:  Kaitlin Ead, If I Were a Man
  • Best Set:  For Unto Us