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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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Logan Robins
Monday, November 27, 2017
The Fountain School of Performing Arts continues its 2017-18 season this week with The Man of Mode, a Restoration comedy by George Etherege.
Matt Reeder
Friday, November 24, 2017
Dal’s third-annual 16-day campaign against sex- and gender-based violence is now underway, with dozens of events, activities and initiatives hosted by different groups across campus, all meant to spur awareness and action.
Matt Reeder
Friday, November 24, 2017
Dal students interested in traditional Chinese calligraphy received a first-hand lesson Tuesday from a local master well versed in the art’s many distinct styles.
Molly Marcott
Friday, November 17, 2017
Nearly a dozen Architecture students have been hard at work over the last few weeks crafting their unconventional entry for Halifax's annual Holiday Parade of Lights.
Michele Charlton
Thursday, November 16, 2017
The Atlantic Science Links Association brought dozens of school teachers together with Dal scientists and engineers for a one-day conference focused on creating new opportunities for Nova Scotian youth.