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African Heritage Month launch celebrates creative advocacy in action
Members of the Dal community and beyond filled the Dalhousie Arts Centre Sculpture Court to mark the start of African Heritage Month with food, music, reflection, and jubilation. Read more.
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Monday, February 2, 2026
Community members, scholars, performers and artists gathered to celebrate the opening of It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now. The exhibition explores representation and reception, performing artists and the stage, dance in and for communities, and legislation and protest.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
The Fountain School of Performing Arts’s production of Macbeth hits the stage in the Dalhousie Arts Centre this week, offering a radical re-telling of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
A new purpose-built air system in the space in the Killam Library now allows traditional prayer using sacred medicines, giving Indigenous students, staff, and community a reliable place for ceremony on Studley Campus.
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Thursday, May 23, 2019
Around 20 assorted Dal faculty and staff embarked Wednesday afternoon on a bird-focused nature walk on Studley Campus, the first of seven guided strolls that will cover a range of topics including edible plants, Indigenous knowledge, geology, intertidal communities, mushrooms, and urban forestry.
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Master of Environmental Studies student Jennifer Yakamovich curated the Nature of Communities exhibition on now at the Dalhousie Art Gallery, exploring the intersection of arts and the environment through the works of Canadian artists.
Friday, May 10, 2019
Dalhousie unveiled its new ceremonial object during Spring Convocation ceremonies. Replacing the university mace, the New Dawn Staff of Place and Belonging weaves together the stories and symbols of Dal’s past, present and future in a whole new way.
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
"Imagine: Dalhousie University Community Report 2018-19," released this week, showcases some of the biggest Dalhousie stories and events of the past year, from the university's 200th anniversary and beyond.
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
In the basement of the Sir James Dunn Law Library, behind an unassuming door, is a room on campus like no other: a new escape room that helps law students put their library research skills to the test.