ACADIA ALERT - Delayed Campus Opening (Weather)

Due to the continued weather and ongoing snow clearing efforts, Acadia University will delay opening campus on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 until 12:00pm, with classes resuming at 12:30pm. Conditions on campus will be assessed throughout the morning and if there is a need to remain closed a follow up message will be sent.

Employees and students are not expected to come to campus until it opens. Residences will be accessible, and Wheelock Dining Hall will be open.

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 calling 902-585-1103.

(Tuesday February 24, 2026 @ 5:55 am)

Dr. Kim Borden-Penney

Associate Professor

Office: BAC 222
Phone: 902-585-1535
Email: kim.bordenpenney@acadiau.ca
Office Hours: TBD

Education
  • PhD (University of Toronto)
  • M.Ed. (University of Toronto)
  • BA (McGill University)
Research/Teaching Interests
  • Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Class
  • Non-profit and Corporate Leadership – Culture and HR Policies and Practices
  • Anti-Racism and Employment Equity Policies
  • Civil Rights, Advocacy, and the Canadian Justice System
  • Housing & Environmental Justice
  • Black Nova Scotians and Mi'kmaq Solidarity
  • Reproductive Rights & Freedoms
  • Black Canadian Studies, History, Political and Economic Engagements
  • Queer Studies, Race, Politics, and Social Movements
  • Canadian Immigration Practices
Teaching (2024-25)

WGST 1413 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
WGST 3203 Black Women in Politics
WGST 4913 Women of the African Diaspora

 
Selected Publications

Chapter 8: Understanding Sociocultural Factors of Canadian Newcomer Queer and Trans Young Black Women’s Transitions from High School to Post-Secondary Education, Munroe, Tanitiã, Lance T. McCready, and Kim Borden Penney. Queer, Trans, and Intersectional Theory in Educational Practice: 135.

Task Force on Race and Indigeneity – Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education: publication date Dec 4, 2018, University of Toronto. Working Group Report - Student Recruitment, Admissions, Success and Retention