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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, June 21, 2018
For the second year in a row, ShiftKey Labs — the Dal-hosted innovation sandbox in the Goldberg Computer Science Building — co-designed and delivered a province-wide bootcamp for budding entrepreneurs: the Creativity and Innovation Bootcamp.
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
When Lucy Maud Montgomery came to Dalhousie to further her eduction, it solidified her path towards becoming one of the most beloved authors in Canadian history. A new dedication in Dalhousie’s Forrest Building — fictionalized as Redmond College in Montgomery’s novel “Anne of the Island” — pays tribute to one of the university’s most famous alumni.
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
The inaugural recipient of the Dalhousie President's Award for the Advancement of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion — part of the new Dalhousie Legacy Awards — the Imhotep's Legacy Academy has been helping African Nova Scotian youth discover science and technology for more than 15 years.
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Dalhousie is home to Canada's largest aquatic research centre — and it's come a long way from buckets of water carried up from Halifax's Northwest Arm by researchers.
Monday, June 18, 2018
Languages span the university, which is why the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences' language programs teamed up with professionals from the College of Continuing Education’s ESL program and the Centre for Learning and Teaching to hold the first Dalhousie Language Instructors Retreat earlier this month.