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)

Our Faculty

Faculty contributing to the Law and Society Program are scholars engaged in interdisciplinary teaching and research from a range of disciplines, including business, criminology, economics, history, legal theory, philosophy, political science, and sociology.

 

Faculty Teaching LAWS Courses (2025-26)

Natalie Ghosn
LAWS 1003 Introduction to Law and Society (Summer 2025)

Emily Lockhart
LAWS 1003 Introduction to Law and Society (Fall 2025), LAWS 2003 Theories of Law and Justice (Winter 2026), LAWS 3013 Justice in the Spotlight: Law, Society, and High-Profile Trials (Winter 2026), LAWS 4003 Issues in Law and Society (Fall 2025)

Marc Ramsay
LAWS 2003 Theories of Law and Justice (Fall 2025)

Jeffrey Sachs
LAWS 1013 Introduction to Law and Society for Majors (Winter 2026)

Allison Smith
LAWS 3013 Human Rights Law and 2SLGBTQIA+ History (Fall 2025)

Johannes Wheeldon
LAWS 1003 & 1013 Introduction to Law and Society (Fall 2025 & Winter 2026), LAWS 3003 Approaches to Law and Society (Fall 2025), LAWS 3013 Law, Society, and Cannabis (Winter 2026), LAWS 4003 Issues in Law and Society (Winter 2026)

Contributing Faculty Members

Kate Ashley
Professor, Centre for Interdisciplinary and Language Programs
Research and Teaching Interests: Education Law; Language Law; Labour and Employment Law; Human Rights; Dispute Resolution.

Mike Beazley
Academic Librarian for Law and Society

Mariah Cooper
Instructor, Department of History and Classics
Research Interests: Medieval History, Gender and Legal History, Medieval Criminality and Victimology

Erin Crandall
Coordinator, Law and Society Program; Professor, Department of Politics
Research and Teaching Interests: Canadian law and politics; constitutionalism; judicial appointments; election law; gender and law

Kelly Dye
Professor, Manning School of Business Administration
Research and Teaching Interests: Gender and Diversity, Employment Law, Financial Inclusion, Human Rights Law

Emily Lockhart
Assistant Professor, Law and Society Program
Research and Teaching Interests: Gender and Sexuality, Sexual Citizenship, Critical Youth Studies, Feminist and Critical Legal Theory, Social Justice, Digital Technology and Communication Studies

Jennifer MacDonald
Associate Professor, Department of History and Classics
Research and Teaching Interests: Medieval Europe, Medieval law and society, history of material culture

Marc Ramsay
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Research and Teaching Interests: Ethics and Philosophy of Law, Constitutional Rights and Judicial Review, Children's Rights, Philosophical Issues in Private Law, Theories of Equality

Jeffrey Sachs
Assistant Professor, Department of Politics & Department of History and Classics
Research and Teaching Interests: Islam and Politics, Judicial Politics, International Law, Academic Freedom

Allison Smith
Adjunct Professor, Law and Society Program
Research and Teaching Interests: Human rights law, 2SLGBTQIA+ rights and inclusion, Sexual violence, consent, and the law, Social justice, Dispute resolution

Johannes Wheeldon
Assistant Professor, Law and Society Program
Research and Teaching Interests: Canadian Criminal Justice, Philosophy of Law, Drugs and Society, Visual Research and Methods

Barry Watson
Professor, Department of Economics
Research and Teaching Interests: Health Economics, Labour Economics, Applied Economics, Well Being

 

Staff
Elke Willmann

Administrator for Interdisciplinary and Language Programs

Office: Beveridge Arts Centre (BAC) 333
Telephone: (902) 585-1500
Email: elke.willmann@acadiau.ca