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)

Dr. Johannes Wheeldon

Assistant Professor

Office: BAC 223
Phone: (902) 585-1799
Email: johannes.wheeldon@acadiau.ca
BlueSky: @jwheeldon.bsky.social

Education

Ph.D. (SFU), LL.M. (Durham), B.A. Hons (Dalhousie)

Research/Teaching Interests

  • Canadian criminal justice
  • Philosophy of law
  • Drugs and Society
  • Visual research and methods

Teaching (2025-2026)

  • LAWS 1003: Introduction to Law and Society
  • LAWS 3003: Approaches to Law and Society
  • LAWS 3013: Law, Society, and Cannabis
  • LAWS 4003: Issues in Law and Society

Curriculum Vitae

 

Selected Publications

Heidt, J. & Wheeldon, J. (2024) Visions of Cannabis Control. Oxford University Press

Wheeldon, J. & Heidt, J. (2023). Cannabis Criminology. NY: Routledge

Wheeldon, J. (Ed.) (2022). Visual Criminology: From History and Methods to Critique and Policy Relevance. NY: Routledge

Wheeldon, J., & Heidt, J. (2023). Cannabis, research ethics, and a duty of care. Research Ethics, 19(3), 250-287. [Available here]

Wheeldon, J., & Heidt, J. (2023). Cannabis and international criminology: tolerance, aversion, and legal technical assistance. Crime, Law and Social Change, 1-23. [Available here]

Wheeldon, J., & Heidt, J. (2023). Cannabis and criminology: A history of race, addiction, and inconvenient research. Journal of Criminal Justice, 85, 101991. [Available here]