Acadia ALERT - Campus Closed (Weather)

Today, Monday December 08, 2025, Acadia University will remain closed, with the exception of residences and Wheelock Dining Hall, due to the current weather, poor travel conditions and King's Transit cancelling service for the day. Wheelock Dining Hall may adjust their hours due to the weather 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. All exams scheduled for today will be rescheduled to a later date.

Updates will be posted on www.acadiau.ca and pre-recorded on Acadia’s Information Line: 902-585-4636 (585-INFO). 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

(Monday December 8, 2025 @ 11:34 am)

Dr. Susan Markham-Starr

 
Professor Emerita
Pronouns: She/her
 
Education
  • PhD, University of Alberta (Recreation and Leisure Studies)
  • MSc, Dalhousie University (Leisure Studies)
  • Certificate in Municipal Management, Dalhousie University
  • MS, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (City and Regional Planning)
  • BSc, University of Saskatchewan (Geography)
Research Websites
Selected Contributions to the Profession

Markham-Starr, S.E. and M.S. Wells. “Public Parks and Recreation in the United States and Canada.” In Introduction to Recreation and Leisure. (3rd edition) Champaign, IL.: Human Kinetics Press, 2019

Markham-Starr, S.E. “The Halifax Common: 250 Years of Community Use and Debate (cows, cricket, circuses, Catholics, The Stones and The Friends).” Paper presented at the Canadian Parks Conference, March 2017.

Markham-Starr, S.E. “A History of Leisure Provision in Canada.” In Leisure for Canadians, (2nd edition) pp. 251-259. Edited by R. McCarville & K. MacKay. State College, PA: Venture Publishing, 2014.

Stanton, T., S.E. Markham-Starr, and J. Hodgkinson, “Public Parks and Recreation in the United States and Canada.” In Introduction to Recreation and Leisure. (2nd edition) Champaign, IL.: Human Kinetics Press, 2013.

Markham-Starr, S.E. “A Place for Research: Priority Considerations for the National Recreation Agenda.” Invited contribution for the background documents to the National Recreation Agenda meetings, 2013.

Markham-Starr, S.E. “Building A Canadian Applied Recreation Research Agenda: Priority Considerations.” Commissioned paper for the 2011 National Recreation Summit, 2011.

Markham-Starr, S.E. “A History of Leisure Provision in Canada.” In Leisure for Canadians, pp. 203-211. Edited by R. McCarville & K. MacKay. State College, PA: Venture Publishing, 2007.

Did You Know?
  • I received the first PhD in Recreation and Leisure Studies in Canada.
  • I was President of the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies from 1999 to 2005 and continued on the Board until 2013.
  • I was the founding Managing Editor of the online, open access journal
  • In retirement I continued to serve the profession through contributions to the Leisure Information Network, The National Recreation Summit, and the National Parks Conference.
  • I work backstage and out of sight for annual productions of Fezziwig and the Women of Wolfville.