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Acadia’s tidal energy research gets federal funding boost

A federal funding announcement today marks a significant new chapter for tidal energy research at Acadia University.

Acadia’s leadership in tidal energy research goes back decades. It got a boost today with $2.6 million in funding from Natural Resources Canada for a three-year project to better understand the probability of fish interactions with proposed tidal stream energy devices in the Minas Passage.

Acadia University’s tides of trust

The Bay of Fundy is not to be underestimated. Its tides produce currents that are powerful and challenging and have inspired and upended more than one offshore dream. That’s why Acadia University’s Tidal Energy Institute (ATEI), based in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, has become essential to how Canada develops one of the world’s most powerful and complex renewable energy resources.

Girls Get WISE Science Retreat – a Rousing Success!

WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) Acadia hosted a Girls Get WISE Science Retreat in the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre on March 18^th, 2016. This event was open to girls in grades 7 and 8, as this is a critical age when girls may lose interest in, or are discouraged from, pursuing a career in science or science-related fields.

The girls were welcomed to the science retreat by Barb Anderson (Nutrition and WISE Acadia) and Dr. Anna Redden (Biology), Director of the Acadia Tidal Energy Institute, who set the context for the day’s priority: tidal energy and marine life.

Acadia Faculty voice their opinions on Nova Scotia’s role in harnessing the tides

The Athenaeum, official student newspaper of Acadia University, ran a series of opinion pieces from October 2015 to March 2016 from Acadia Faculty members on their opinions on Nova Scotia’s role in harnessing the tides . The full series can be accessed here or individual articles are listed below: