FASS in Dal News

• Dal alum's life‑changing illness spurs commitment to making the performing arts more accessible
  There was a time when Maeghan Tavener (BA’19) thought they might have to give up dance and theatre due to chronic illness. They found a way back to their passion and are making space for more disabled artists like them.
  
• Why the open work permit for migrant workers is an inadequate solution
  Upcoming changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program should include improvements to the Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers.
  
• How I spent my summer: Sharing cider’s a‑peel with farmers’ markets
  A growing Ontario cidery tapped into Dal student Lauren Hunter’s sustainability skills as part of its expansion into farmers’ markets around the province.
  
• Ask an expert: Yes, slavery happened in Canada — and this Dal prof is helping us understand that history
  Dr. Harvey Amani, a professor of history at Dal and King's and author of the award-winning Biographical Dictionary of Enslaved Black People in the Maritimes, opens up about some of the ways Black people experienced bondage in Canada and where to learn more.
  
• Grand premiere: PhD candidate’s directorial debut set to show at TIFF
  Dal alum and current Interdisciplinary PhD candidate shalan joudry’s short film “welima'q” will have its world premiere this September at the Toronto International Film Festival.
  
• Dal Tigers football team seizes chance to support cancer patients
  When a fellow Tiger was hit by two rare cancers in 2022, teammates on the Dal football team stepped up to raise funds. This year, they're back with even bigger ambitions.
  
• Here’s how progressive, collaborative electoral alternatives can beat the far right
  If political parties respect voters and focus on policy rather than polls and partisan hackery, Canadians might have something substantive to choose from when the next federal election is called.
  
• Kafka at 100: Rawi Hage’s brilliant ‘Cockroach’ invited some comparison to ‘The Metamorphosis'
  Sixty years after his death, the work of German author Franz Kafka continues to resonate. To mark what would have been his 100th birthday, Brittany Kraus of Dal's English department writes about his influence on the 2008 novel Cockroach by Lebanese Canadian writer and photographer Rawi Hage.