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  For Theatre alum Jay Aaron Roy, Cape & Cowl Comics is more than just a place for sharing his geek pride: it's place that proudly advertises as a trans-owned business, and which is going above-and-beyond in creating a space space for youth in the community.
  
• Taxing the matter: Dal prof wins top history award
  Shirley Tillotson, professor emeritus in the Department of History, has recently been named the 2019 recipient of the Governor General’s History Award for Scholarly Research for her book "Give and Take: The Citizen-Taxpayer and the Rise of Canadian Democracy."
  
• Cuban compassion: Training doctors for a Pacific island nation running out of time
  Cuba is offering a compelling example of how we can take care of each other during the climate crisis with its work training doctors on Kiribati. Dal prof Robert Huish and colleague Sharon McLennan look more closely at Cuba's work in a nation being devastated by climate change.
  
• New federal funding empowers Dal's Dallaire Initiative
  The Government of Canada is investing in the Dal-hosted Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative — a partnership set to help the Canadian Armed Forces better prevent the recruitment and use of child soldiers around the world.
  
• Teachers who inspire: Meet this year's recipients of Dal's University‑Wide Teaching Awards
  They help bring the Dalhousie student experience to life in the classroom and beyond. Get to know this year's recipients of Dalhousie's top awards for teaching, presented at this week's Dalhousie Legacy Awards.
  
• Watching the watchers: Edward Snowden talks surveillance and security in Dal lecture
  Whistleblower Edward Snowden earned international infamy when he leaked secret documents that revealed the extent of global surveillance culture. Last week, speaking via livestream to a packed house as part of Dal Alumni Days, Snowden discussed the rise of the surveillance state — and what a “digital arms race” means for our future.
  

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• Taxing the matter: Dal prof wins top history award
  Shirley Tillotson, professor emeritus in the Department of History, has recently been named the 2019 recipient of the Governor General’s History Award for Scholarly Research for her book "Give and Take: The Citizen-Taxpayer and the Rise of Canadian Democracy."
  
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