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The associate professor, lawyer, Aboriginal women’s rights advocate, author, and public speaker explains what can be done to address the many health disparities experienced by Indigenous peoples when accessing and receiving medical care.

Lissa Skitolsky, the Spatz Visiting Chair in Jewish Studies at Dalhousie, provides a message of support against recent anti-Semitic stickers spotted in Halifax — and helps explain how these messages reflect historic persecution and oppression.

In the second profile in our series highlighting the five Reimagine NS reports, we hear from the authors behind "Support and Protect" on their work examining the provincial government's responses to recent crises and the six areas in need of improvement to better protect and support Nova Scotians.

The creativity of the students and faculty of Dal's Fountain School of Performing Arts gets a spotlight showcase this week, with the school's first-ever digital theatrical performance. Concord Floral streams online this week — live, worldwide, and free for everyone.

Plants have been cherished by the Mi’kmaq as an essential resource for millennia, used as food, in ceremonies and spiritual practices, as materials for living and artistic creation, and even as medicine. Dal student William Johnson, a candidate for the Indigenous Studies and Intercultural Communication certificates at Dal, explains the importance of plants to the Mi'kmaw way of life.