This course will teach about the design and types of kayaks as well as safe open water paddling techniques, sea kayak self and assisted rescue methods, paddling issues including dealing with rough water, wind, and other weather-related issues. The transportation of the kayak will also be discussed. This course will take place on local lakes.

The focus is on acquiring basic skills in the sport or physical activity, learning the theoretical basis of performance, learning teaching progressions and acquiring an appreciation of the sport or physical activity.

ESST 3993 - Special Topics: Ecological Forestry

An examination of individual theoretical or practical elements in the field of Environmental and Sustainability Studies. This iteration of the course will be an introduction for students to the principles and practices of ecological forestry management. By combining theory-based lectures and an experiential learning approach at the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens and the adjoining Acadian Woods, students will gain a deep understanding of the forest and forest restoration efforts.

ENVS 4023 - Special Topics: Archaeological

This course provides practical training in archaeological field methods including: reconnaissance, excavation and recording. There will be both a field and classroom component to this course. Students will learn basic archaeological excavation skills, artifact identification, processing and interpretation and knowledge of pre-contact history through the analysis of material culture. These skills will be developed during an archaeological field-based research project that will attempt to determine the occupational history of the site. Field trip will be the second week from 8am-4pm.

There is an additional fee of $75 for students requiring field trip transportation. Payment for the field trip transportation is made directly to the Department of Earth and Environmental Science.

ECON 3883 - The Canadian Economy

This course examines Canada’s industrial structure—its primary (resources), secondary (manufacturing), tertiary (services) and quaternary (knowledge) sectors, including their respective contributions to GDP and employment. A significant dimension to this is the subset of export-oriented industries and industries fueled by foreign investment. The course also examines the regional dimension of the economy, including the sources and measurement of regional disparities. Finally, the course examines the role and presence of the public sector in the economy, particularly health care spending, regional development spending and fiscal equalization. No prerequisites.

MUSI 4223 Special Studies in Music History: Music, Spirituality, and Therapy

This course is an exploration of three dimensions of human experience, each extraordinary, and of how they can be integrated with each other. Each dimension will be explained in historical context, drawing on the teachings of cultures east and west, of nations aboriginal and modern. We will determine how these come together: music and spirituality, therapy and music, spirituality and therapy. We will seek out the common threads linking all three dimensions, and how these interdisciplinary insights can lead us to a better understanding of what it is to be human. Recommended for students of music therapy, counselling, and divinity.

CODE 3603 Community Development and Sustainable Food Systems

In this experiential course, participants will gain confidence applying a sustainability lens to food system issues, gain experience with community-based food systems, and explore and develop personal experiences as food citizens.

Students will broaden their capacity as gardeners and food citizens—regardless of prior experience!—through:

readings and critical discussions
independent project work with community organizations
hands-on gardening activities

Instructor Sarah Pittoello is always thinking about tools and practices to deepen and heal our connections with ourselves, each other, our community, and the natural world. She is an organic farmer, a member of the new Maritime Small Farms Co-op, a vendor at the Wolfville Farmers market, and a previous faculty member and farmer-in-residence of the Just Us! Centre for Small Farms. With an M.Sc. in Holistic Science and an M.Ed. in Counselling, she also teaches yoga and meditation, educates on food and sustainability, and works as a counsellor in private practice.

Accommodations information: https://survey-system.acadiau.ca/index.php/256431?lang=en

Schedule: May 28 - June 15, 9am-Noon, M-F

MUSI 2903 P3 Film Music

This course will study a selection of case studies of seminal films from Hollywood, European and Asian cinema which were groundbreaking in their use of music and sound, and use those as the basis for exploring the important role that music and sound play in film.

NUTR 2323 P3 - Food and People

Restrictions

None. The intersession (spring/summer) course is open to any students interested in taking it.

Explore the most pressing issues facing mankind and our use of the food supply
Classes are primarily discussion based
A fun, interactive environment in class
Visit the Acadia Farm
No required textbook

HIST 2693 P3 Canada and the Underground Railway

This course explores Canada’s history as the main terminus of the Underground Railroad, along with the discrimination encountered by incoming refugees from American bondage and ways in which they surmounted such barriers to build home, church and community in a new land. A focus will be on the evolution of antislavery thought in the antebellum period, and on the courage and ingenuity of brave African Americans and African Canadians who facilitated the successful escape of literally thousands of freedom-seekers.