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African Heritage Month launch celebrates creative advocacy in action

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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Tanis Trainor, photos by Cody Turner
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.
Kate Hayter
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.
Kristy Read
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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Michele Charlton
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Located at the South Learning Commons of the Killam Library, the new Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Legacy Space is set to be "a place where the minds are going to be changed, and students are learning."
Michele Charlton
Monday, October 15, 2018
Dalhousie University, the National Film Board of Canada, the Ocean Frontier Institute and Ingenium team up to take young learners on an immersive ocean journey like never before.
Danny Abriel
Monday, October 15, 2018
Photo essay: Dal's ninth-annual Mawio'mi celebrated Mi'kmaw tradition and culture with a powwow, market, meal and more.
Staff
Friday, October 12, 2018
As of October 17, cannabis is legal in Canada — but Dalhousie’s smoke-free policy remains in place, and that includes cannabis too. Learn more about rules related to cannabis on campus, including in residence.
Hsiu-Ping (Patrick) Wu
Friday, October 12, 2018
For the fifth-straight year, the Society of Dalhousie Music Students is bringing its creative energies to Halifax's Nocturne: Art at Night festival.