Acadia ALERT - Campus Closed (Weather)

Today, Tuesday, January 27, 2026, Acadia University will remain closed, with the exception of residences and Wheelock Dining Hall, due to the current campus and travel conditions. Wheelock Dining Hall may adjust their hours and any change in hours will be communicated through Residence Life.

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. Any events scheduled for today will be postponed or cancelled.

Updates will be posted on www.acadiau.ca and pre-recorded on Acadia’s Information Line: 902-585-4636 (585-INFO) and on 585 phone system voicemail. If you need emergency-related information, please contact the Department of Safety and Security by dialing 88 on all 585-phone systems, or by calling 902-585-1103.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Acadia University

Department of Safety & Security

902-585-1103

security@acadiau.ca

(Tuesday January 27, 2026 @ 9:42 am)

Dr. Stephen Maitzen (Retired 2024)

Dr. Stephen Maitzen

W. G. Clark Professor of Philosophy
M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Yale Law School
B.A. with Highest Distinction, Northwestern University

Research interests
Determinism, including its consequences for the rationality of attitudes toward death and the meaning of life; the concept of ultimacy in regard to being, value, and purpose; vagueness and ontology.

Courses taught: 1413, 1423, 2803, 2823, 2913, 3553, 3903, 4853, 4913, 4923, 4996

CV and publications

Interviews

AskPhilosophers.org (panelist)

Amherst College lecture (audio)