ACADIA ALERT - Campus Closing Early (Weather)

Today, 11 February 2026 - Acadia University will be closing at 5:30pm due to the forecasted weather conditions. All classes scheduled to start at 5:30pm and later are canceled. Students and employees are not expected to come to campus. Only employees deemed essential are required to report to work. Residence buildings and Wheelock Dining Hall will be operational.

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

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(Wednesday February 11, 2026 @ 2:00 pm)

Jason Holt

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Professor
Email Jason
Ph:  902-585-1885
Office:  AAC 385F

Teaching
  • Communication for Kinesiology
  • Philosophical Aspects of Physical Activity and Sport
  • Aesthetics of Sport and Dance



Scholarly Expertise
  • Aesthetics
  • Philosophy of Sport
  • Philosophy and Popular Culture
Publications
  • Holt, J. (2022): Communication for Kinesiology: A Practical Guide (Toronto: Canadian Scholars).
  • Holt, J. and M. Ramsay (eds.) (2021): The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts: Squaring the Octagon (New York: Routledge).
  • Holt, J. (2019): Kinetic Beauty: The Philosophical Aesthetics of Sport (New York: Routledge).
  • Holt, J. (ed.) (2013): Philosophy of Sport: Core Readings (Peterborough: Broadview Press); Holt, J. (ed.) (in press): Philosophy of Sport: Core Readings (Second Edition) (Peterborough: Broadview Press).
  • Holt, L. E., Pelham, T. W., and J. Holt (2008): Flexibility: A Concise Guide (Totowa: Springer-Humana).
Presentations
  • Holt, J. (2022): ‘Reply to MacKinnon’ (remote delivery), author-meets-critics session on Kinetic Beauty (2019), Canadian Society for Aesthetics. (Invited)
  • Holt, J. (2021): ‘Are Horses Players in Equine Sports?’ (remote delivery), Sport, Animals, and Ethics, University of New Brunswick/Miami University (Ohio); video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHxj3LfT4-k
  • Holt, J. (2021): ‘In Praise of Misrepresenting Sport’ (remote delivery), Czech Philosophy of Sport Conference, Charles University. (Keynote Address)
  • Holt, J. (2018): ‘Sport Card Portraiture’, The Philosophy of Portraits, University of Maryland, College Park.
  • Holt, J. (2014): ‘Virtual Domains’, European Association for the Philosophy of Sport, Lorraine University, Nancy (France).
Curriculum Vitae