Acadia ALERT - Campus Closed (Weather)

Today, Monday, February 23, 2026, Acadia University will remain closed, with the exception of residences and Wheelock Dining Hall, due to the forecasted weather. 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.

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 February 23, 2026 @ 5:55 am)

Darren Kruisselbrink

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Director
Email Darren
Ph:  902-585-1564
Office:  AAC 340

Teaching

- Motor Learning

Scholarly Expertise
  • Alcohol consumption patterns, alcohol related harm, and harm reduction strategies in university/college students
  • Effective coaching and coach education
  • Factors affecting the learning and development of motor skills
  • Factors affecting the performance of motor skills
Community Service
  • Postsecondary Education Partnership—Alcohol Harms (PEP-AH) Advisory Committee member
  • Postsecondary Education Partnership—Alcohol Harms (PEP-AH) Data Management Working Group co-chair
  • Community Alcohol Partnership-Annapolis Valley (CAP-AV) member
  • Talking about alcohol in high schools: A Municipal Alcohol Project partnership between CAP-AV, the Nova Scotia Health Authority, Acadia University, the Nova Scotia Community College & the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board    
Publications
  • Kruisselbrink, L.D., Bervoets, A.C., de Klerk, S., van de Loo, A.J.A.E., & Verster, J.C. (2017). Hangover resistance in a Canadian University student population. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 5, 14-18.   
  • Kruisselbrink, L.D., & Van Gyn, G.H.  (2011). Task characteristics and the contextual interference effect. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 113, 19-37.
  • Verster, J.C., Stephens, R., Penning, R., Rohsenow, D., McGeary, J., Levy, D., McKinney, A., Finnigan, F., Piasecki, T.M., Adan, A., Batty, G.D., Fliervoet, L.A.L., Heffernan, T., Howland, J., Kim, D.J., Kruisselbrink, L.D., Ling, J., McGregor, N., Murphy, R.J.L., van Nuland, M., Oudelaar, M., Parkes, A., Prat, G., Reed, N., Slutske, W.S., Smith, G., & Young, M., on behalf of the Alcohol Hangover Research Group (2010). The Alcohol Hangover Research Group consensus statement on best practice in alcohol hangover research. Current Drug Abuse Reviews, 3, 116-126.    
  •   Kruisselbrink, L.D., & Murphy, R.J.L. (2009). Female beer drinking and the morning after. In V.R. Preedy (Ed.) Beer in Health and Disease Prevention (pp. 181-191). London: Academic Press.
  • Kruisselbrink, L.D., Dodge, A.M., Swanburg, S.L., & MacLeod, A.L. (2004). Influence of all-female, all-male, and mixed-sex exercise settings on the social physique anxiety and immediate exercise intentions of males and females. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 26, 616-622.
Presentations
  • Verster, J.C., Bervoets, A.C., De Klerk, S., & Kruisselbrink, L.D. (2015). Alcohol hangover amongst Canadian university students: Can hangover immunity be really claimed? European Neuropsychopharmacology, 25(Suppl 2), S603    
  • Lathem, C., Kruisselbrink, L.D., & Sanford, J. (2014, November). National framework development: A facilitated discussion Part 1—The value of a national collaborative. Canadian College Health Improvement Project (CANCHIP) Planning Meeting. Ottawa, ON. November 13.
  • Lathem, C., Kruisselbrink, L.D., & Sanford, J. (2014, November). National framework development: A facilitated discussion Part 2—A national framework vision. Canadian College Health Improvement Project (CANCHIP) Planning Meeting. Ottawa, ON. November 13. 
  • Kruisselbrink, L.D. (2014, June). Exploring hangover immunity. 6th Annual Meeting of the Alcohol Hangover Research Group: A satellite meeting of the 37th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism.  Seattle, WA. June 21. 
  • Kruisselbrink, L.D. (2013, August). Incidence and severity of hangover in a university student population after an episode of heavy drinking: A descriptive analysis. 5th Annual Meeting of the Alcohol Hangover Research Group. Keele University, Staffordshire, UK. August 1-2.