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(Wolfville,
NS) - Acadia University and Ducks Unlimited Canada
established a partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding today in support of environmental research and
education. The ceremony was held at the K.C. Irving Environmental
Research Centre at Acadia University.
“It is our hope that
this partnership with Ducks Unlimited Canada will be the first of
many agreements with community focused organizations, businesses and
agencies,” said Dr. Gail Dinter-Gottlieb, Acadia University
president. “Acadia will be expanding its research and lab capacity
through new and renovated facilities. Ducks Unlimited Canada is an
important organization to have on campus as this renewal moves
forward.”
Ducks Unlimited Canada
and Acadia University entered into the agreement to establish joint
research initiatives and strategic partnerships which focus on
developing opportunities for salt marsh, dykeland, and wetland
ecosystem research; exploring opportunities with the K.C. Irving
Environmental Science Centre and the Arthur Irving Academy for the
Environment and other research centres at Acadia; supporting
research projects conducted by promising Masters and Honours
undergraduate students and exploring research, funding and outreach
partnerships with third parties.
Click here to view the
complete MOU (pdf doc)
“Our partnership with
Acadia University makes sense on a number of levels,” said John R.
Messer, President, Ducks Unlimited Canada. “Acadia University is a
recognized centre for environmental research and education, and
Ducks Unlimited Canada is a leader in these areas. The University is
also demonstrating its vision for the future by establishing the
Arthur Irving Academy for the Environment, which includes areas of
mutual interest with our organization.”
Since 1938, Ducks
Unlimited Canada (www.ducks.ca)
has conserved, restored and managed wetlands and their associated
habitats for North America’s waterfowl. These habitats – nature’s
water filters – also benefit other wildlife and people.
With its location on
the Bay of Fundy, Acadia University is a unique location for the
study of natural ecosystems. The University is home to the The K.C.
Irving Environmental Science Centre and Harriet Irving Botanical
Gardens, a centre of excellence for the study of the natural
environment concentrating on the ecology of the native flora of the
Acadia Forest Region. Acadia has made the environment a central
focus of its Institutional Research Plan. Building upon its strong
research capabilities in the faculties of Arts, Science and
Professional Studies, and the well-respected Acadia Centre for
Estuarine Research, the University has established the Academy for
the Environment. The purpose of the Academy is to enhance
innovative, interdisciplinary, scholarship that explores processes
at work in the natural environment as well as to explore the
creative, aesthetic, ethical and spiritual relationship of humans
with their environment.
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