Energy Awareness Week March 15 -19
The NSAC Campus Sustainability Initiative
presents Energy Awareness Week events March
15-19 on the NSAC campus. More...
Former NSAC Student Athlete Honoured!
Former NSAC student athlete Kaili VanVulpen
was one of 12 women honoured Friday, March
5th by the International Women’s Day
Committee, honouring excellence in sport. More...
NSAC student wins new Outstanding Young Farmer
scholarship
Robyn McCallum, a student at NSAC
in Truro, NS, is the first recipient of a new
annual scholarship from Canada’s
Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF) program. Robyn
was chosen from 19 applicants, all pursing
post secondary education in agriculture, for
the $1,000 OYF Memorial Scholarship established
in memory of the late Martin Streef. More...
NSAC Alumni named Atlantic Outstanding Young
Farmers for 2010
Nova Scotia organic vegetable producers Josh
Oulton and Patricia Bishop are Atlantic Canada’s
2010 Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF). The couple
from Port Williams, NS were named at a recent banquet in Charlottetown, PEI
as part of the PEI Potato Expo. They will represent Atlantic Canada at the
national OYF event later this year in Victoria, BC. More... Ron Gargasz to address NSAC
A founding member
of the Organic Crop Improvement Association
International
(OCIA),
Gargasz will
address the need for more generalists, less
specialization, in the way we understand
farming and agriculture. More...
NSAC part of newly formed Nova Scotia Sustainable
Electricity Alliance
Dr. Kenny Corscadden, NSAC’s Industry
Research Chair in Farm Energy Conservation
is one of ten founding members of the Nova
Scotia Sustainable Electricity Alliance, novaSEA. More...
NSAC Welcomes back Regional Gliding School
The Department of National Defense Regional Gliding School will be returning
to NSAC campus this summer as part of its annual conference operations.
More....
Nova Scotia Agri-Innovation Symposium
March 23, 2010, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm,
Holiday Inn, 437 Prince Street, Truro, NS
Farm producers, agri-businesses and researchers
are invited to participate in the Nova Scotia
Agri-Innovation Symposium to learn about leading-edge
techniques on how to adapt and grow your operation
to improve your bottom line. More...
ACAA Volleyball Championships
ACAA Volleyball Championships were held this
past weekend in Saint John New Brunswick. More....
NSAC Launches Official Grad Ring
Universities are steeped in tradition and nothing
captures the spirit of a graduate’s
experience more than its graduation ring.
More....
Holstein cows that last longer - an opportunity
for Nova Scotians to invest
Lower replacement costs, increased milk production and annual profits are just
some of the benefits to farmers of a unique DNA test predicting Holstein fertility
under development by Performance Genomics Inc, (PGI). More....
International Development Week
International Development Week celebrated Feb. 7th - 13th all around the world.... More..
Volunteers needed in Haiti
Food for the Hungry needs French/English speaking volunteers for its emergency
relief project in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
More...
NSAC President's List Posted
Students honoured for academic achievement
NSAC will honour its best and brightest on
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 as 122 student
names are added to NSAC’s President’s
List. This annual event recognizes students
for their outstanding academic achievements
from the winter and fall semesters of 2009. More...
NSAC to receive $1.8 million in partnership
with Genome Atlantic
Nova Scotia Agricultural College and Drs.
Claude Caldwell and Derek Anderson will receive
$1.8 in an effort to help unlock the potential
of Canada’s next oilseed. More...
NSAC receives $2.4 million in support of
Christmas Tree Research
For most of us, thoughts of Christmas and finding the perfect tree are long behind
us, but for researchers at Nova Scotia Agricultural College, it’s Christmas
all over again!
NSAC received nearly $2.4 million from the Atlantic Innovation Fund over a five-year
period to aid in the development of Smart Christmas trees or “A” grade
trees with all the desirable attributes and technologies to control needle drop. More...
Governments
of Canada and Nova Scotia announce major investment
of $7 million for agricultural innovation
in Truro
TRURO (NS) – January 24, 2010 –Nova
Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) will benefit
from $7 million in funding from the Atlantic
Canada Opportunity Agency (ACOA) and the Province
of Nova Scotia for the construction of the
Atlantic Centre for Agricultural Innovation
at NSAC. More...
ACAA Athletes of the Week
Kelsey Harpman and Thomas Patriquin are the
ACAA Athletes of the Week for January 11,
2010.
More....
NSAC Career Fair January 13th 2010
Bible Hill--Bankers, landscapers and researchers
are only a few of the professionals who will
be taking part in NSAC Career Fair 2010 Wednesday,
January 13th at the Langille Athletic Centre
on the university’s Bible Hill campus.
More....
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