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Successful PhD defences are always a reason to celebrate, even when the circumstances are quite different than anticipated. PhD in Health students Logan Lawrence and Peter Stilwell successfully defended their theses on March 25th and 27th respectively – over video chat from their homes.

During this unprecedented time, we are pleased to bring you stories about how members of our Dal Health community are contributing to the broader societal effort to combat COVID-19. Here we check in with Sydney Miller and Sarah Keeping, senior BScN students who just completed their program and are volunteering with Nova Scotia’s 811 service.

In March 2020 Netflix subscribers will have a chance to see the documentary There's Something in the Water that moved audiences and critics at the TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival ) and FIN (Atlantic International Film Festival) last fall.

We understand that the rapid changes happening this week are stressful, as is the uncertainty around COVID-19. We hope you and your families are well during this trying period. Here is the latest update with respect to COVID-19 and student placements:

Over the past few weeks, I have been working closely with the senior Dalhousie leadership team and our Faculty leaders to prepare for the impacts of COVID-19.

A gift of $100,000 from Hearing and Speech Nova Scotia to the School of Communication Sciences & Disorders (CSD) will help ensure there is more diversity among speech-language pathologists and audiologists throughout the province, while providing support for students from under-represented populations.

A six-year international collaboration between researchers at Dalhousie, Monash University, Menzies School of Health Research, and the University of Queensland (UQ) has culminated in a $2 million award to fight food insecurity among Indigenous communities in remote Australia.

How can we live well if we live with one or more chronic conditions? Dr. Tanya Packer, Professor in the School of Occupational Therapy and Director of the School of Health Administration, is co-lead of an interdisciplinary team that is working to address this important health care challenge.