NSAC and our Community

Our community is the local area and it’s more than that. Our community is agriculture and rural communities. Our community is the research world. Our community is our neighbourhood but it’s also Ghana and Ethiopia. Our community is made up of people who want to make a difference, regardless of their geography. Building a community that is strong, vibrant and healthy matters to us.

That’s why we roll up our sleeves and work to make our community better. We use our professional and personal skills to make a difference, each and every day.

Learn more about how our people are making a difference by visiting us during our annual Open House. Keep posted to this website for details as they develop.

Thursday, July 21, 10 -3 p.m.

What's new this Year!

Pause For Some fun

NSAC’s Amphitheatre is going to be crawling with fun, literally. Ken’s Critters and Paws for Fun will be putting on a show! Learn about endangered species, dog training and caring for your pets. Mister J will be creating balloon creatures for the kids. Show starts at 11:30!

Be Great. Do Good.

Visit Cox Institute, Haley, or MacRae Library and let us know what you have been doing in your community to make a difference. Sign an apple and post it on our tree!

Trueman House

Map #41 The NSAC Campus Community Trail is 2.1 km beginning on College Rd leading to the Bible Hill Recreation Park and will be fully complete in September. Watch as the NSAC’s Grounds crew installs a section of wall behind Trueman House to help span a final section of the Trail. The wall is being built with versa lok produced by rice concrete from Bridgetown, NS.

Also visit Baron’s Pride Stable along the Trail open from 2:30- 3:00 p.m.

Find Your Treasure!

For the first time this year NSAC will be hosting a Geocache event, head over to the Horseshoe, get your GPS and go find the treasure! Then enter to win a gift card to Empire Theatres!

Special Attractions Rain or Shine

• Visit the NSAC Rock Garden and watch as the talented artists of the Truro Art Society capture the beauty of the NSAC campus. Don’t miss your chance to purchase some beautiful artwork.
  
• Wagon Rides - Tour the campus the old fashioned way. Wagons will be traveling across the entire campus on a regular basis starting at 10:00 a.m. Stops will be behind Haley Institute, Cumming Hall, Cox Institute and the Ruminant Animal Centre.
  
• Chartwells BBQ - Our campus caterer will at the Centennial Amphitheatre in the centre of campus serving up hotdogs, hamburgers, chicken burgers and beverages for purchase.
• And much more!
• BBQ in the Amplitheatre
  BBQ chicken breast on a bun- $3.50
  BBQ hamburger or hot dog- $2.50
  Home style potato salad- $1.00
  Stirling Apples- $1.00
  Juice or Water - $1.50

Children's activities:

• Young and old alike will enjoy getting up close and personal with our finned friends in an aquaculture touch tank.  Kids will love trying their hand at milking Chloe the cow or bringing their teddy bears to our teddy bear clinic.
  
  
• Watch the Paws for Fun dog demonstration and enjoy entertainment during our lunch time BBQ. 

Research

• Learn why algae may be one of the most promising forms of renewable biofuel.
• Visit our TREEhouse, an on-campus project to convert an older style split-level dwelling into an energy efficient and eco-friendly office space.
  
• Discover how researchers are creating a SMART Christmas Tree that can retain its needles for up to three months!
  

For more information, call (902) 893-7247.