Acadia University is a predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level.

The enabling legislation consists of: Acadia University Act and the Amended Acadia University Act 2000.

Acadia University / 106681893RR0001 was registered as a charitable organization in Canada on 1967-01-01.

Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Acadia University is located in the town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, approximately 100 kilometres northwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia the provincial capital.

In 2010, Acadia was ranked second in Maclean's Magazine for Best Overall in the Primarily Undergraduate University category.

Acadia also received several A-level grades in the 2010 Globe and Mail Canadian University Report, receiving highest marks in six of seventeen categories.

University Hall at Acadia University

University Hall at Acadia University

Acadia College awarded its first degrees in 1843 and became Acadia University in 1891, established by the Acadia University Act.

Many individuals who have made significant contributions to Acadia University, including the first president John Pryor, were members of the First Baptist Church Halifax congregation.

Clara Belle Marshall, from Mount Hanley, Nova Scotia, became the first woman to graduate from Acadia University in 1879.

are landmark buildings on the campus of Acadia University.

Two granite shafts, which are part of the War Memorial Gymnasium complex at Acadia University, are dedicated to the university's war dead.

In October 2006, Dr. Dinter-Gottlieb established a commission to review the Acadia Advantage learning environment 10 years after inception.

In 1605, French colonists established the first permanent European settlement in Canada and the first north of Florida at Port Royal, founding what would become known as Acadia.

Francis I of France ; established colonies in Acadia and Canada, 1534

The first capital of Acadia, established in 1605, was Port-Royal.

The first French settlement was established by Pierre Dugua Des Monts, Governor of Acadia, under the authority of King Henry IV, on Saint Croix Island in 1604.

To secure New France's claim to Acadia, it established Catholic missions ( churches ) among the four largest native villages in the region: one on the Kennebec River ( Norridgewock ); one further north on the Penobscot River ( Penobscot ), one on the St. John River ( Medoctec ).

In 1598, a trading post was established on Sable Island, off the coast of Acadia, but was unsuccessful.

A fur trading post was established on the site from 1651 – 1659, but Île Royale languished under French rule as attention was focused on the St. Lawrence River / Great Lakes colony of Canada ( which then comprised parts of what is now Quebec, Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois ), Louisiana ( which encompassed the current Mississippi Valley states and part of Texas ), and the small agricultural settlements of mainland Acadia.

Acadia was first established as a settlement on Saint Croix Island, in the Saint Croix River between modern day Maine and New Brunswick, in 1604 by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts and his navigator Samuel de Champlain.

Its founding coincided with that of the national park, which was established as Lafayette National Park in 1919 and became Acadia in 1929.

The provisional government of Massachusetts established after the arrest of Andros was called on to respond to these raids, and in March 1690 Phips was appointed by the General Court to lead an expedition against the French in Acadia.

Acadia is the region of northeastern North America which was established as a French colony in the 17th century.

The initiative went beyond leasing notebook computers to students during the academic year, and included training, user support and the use of course-specific applications at Acadia that arguably revolutionized learning at the Wolfville, N. S.

The mandate of the commission was to determine how well the current Advantage program meets the needs of students, faculty, and staff and to examine how the role of technology in the postsecondary environment has changed at Acadia, and elsewhere.

Notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement, convocation, and athletic games are: Stand Up and Cheer, the Acadia University fight song.

Notable among a number of fight songs commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement, convocation, and athletic games are: the Acadia University alma mater set to the tune of " Annie Lisle ".

Colonial administration by France throughout the history of Acadia was contemptuous at best.

While the Massachusetts provincial governor William Shirley was given the task of fortifying Fort Oswego and attacking Fort Niagara, Sir William Johnson was to capture Fort St. Frédéric ( at present-day Crown Point, New York ), and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Monckton was to capture Fort Beauséjour on the frontier between Nova Scotia and Acadia.

John D. Rockefeller sought out and funded Farrand to design planting plans for subtle carriage roads at Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, Maine, near her Reef Point home ( c. 1930 ).

In 1632, Isaac de Razilly became involved, at the request of Cardinal Richelieu, in the colonization of Acadia, by taking possession of the Habitation at Port-Royal ( now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia ) and developing it into a French colony.

During much of the 17th and early 18th centuries, Norridgewock on the Kennebec River and Castine at the end of the Penobscot River were the southern-most settlements of Acadia.

The other front was in Nova Scotia and involved preventing New Englanders from taking the capital of Acadia, Port Royal ( See Queen Anne's War ), establishing themselves at Canso ( See Father Rale's War ) and founding Halifax ( see Father Le Loutre's War ).

During King William's War, some Acadians, the Wabanaki Confederacy and the French Priests participated in defending Acadia at its border with New England, which New France defined as the Kennebec River in southern Maine.

In retaliation, the New Englanders, led by Benjamin Church, engaged in a Raid on Chignecto ( 1696 ) and the siege of the Capital of Acadia at Fort Nashwaak.

During Queen Anne's War, some Acadians, the Wabanaki Confederacy and the French Priests participated again in defending Acadia at its border against New England.

During the escalation that preceded Father Rale's War ( 1722 – 1725 ), some Acadians, the Wabanaki Confederacy and the French priests participated again in defending Acadia at its border against New England.

The College operates as the Faculty of Theology at Acadia University and is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.

Also hosted at Acadia University are the Esther Clark Wright Archives, which includes an extensive collection of material relating to the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches.