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A Homegrown Celtic Harp By Anna Horsnell When Timothy Habinski and his wife Shelly moved their family from Ontario to rural Nova Scotia in 2009, they were seeking a more relaxed lifestyle in an area rich in music and culture. Habinski was especially drawn to our strong Celtic and traditional music scene, and he had something special to contribute: his very own, hand-crafted harps. Inspired by the hunting bow, the harp can be traced from ancient Egypt to the green hills of Ireland through a long and storied evolution. The Irish or Celtic harp was the first frame-style harp to…
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Wolfville Collaborative Family Practice Leads the Way with Team-Based Health Care Model By Emily Leeson The newly-established Wolfville Collaborative Family Practice is offering patients a new model of primary care delivery with a focus on team- based, patient-centred care.“This model allows us to start thinking bigger, broader, and more patient-first,” says Dr. Alison Wellwood. “We can do really innovative things that are meaningful for our patients and they can now access a broader range of health care services right in our building at the Wolfville Professional Centre [WPC].” Located across from the Eastern Kings Memorial Community Health Centre (EKM), the…
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Acadia Faculty Q & A: Dr. Can Mutlu By Omar Bhimji This past summer, Dr. Can (pronounced: John) E. Mutlu of Acadia’s Department of Politics received a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for a new project: “Designing Border Security.” Omar Bhimji (OB): What’s your new research project about? Can Mutlu (CM): The Designing Border Security project is about the relationship between architecture and security. We’re going to be looking at four recently renovated border facilities in order to understand the process that leads to the creation of secure, yet aesthetically pleasing, border-crossing infrastructures. OB: It doesn’t…
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