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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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Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Dalhousie Medical School’s new Service Learning Program, which just completed its first year, pairs second-year Medicine students with community partners to link classroom learning with real-world impact.
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
From the Dalhousie Alumni water station to the "Relay to #Dal200" team raising funds for Phoenix Youth Programs, there was a lot of black and gold to be found all over the Scotiabank Blue Nose Marathon this past weekend.
Friday, May 19, 2017
Human Resources and the Dalhousie Professional and Managerial Group (DPMG), together with the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia and the Halifax Partnership, hosted close to 100 recent immigrants on campus this week to help them develop career skills for success in their new home.
Friday, May 19, 2017
Toward 200: Dal professor Mona Holmlund is authoring a commemorative pictorial history book for Dal's 200th anniversary in 2018.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Canada's top startup accelerator, the Toronto-based Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), is joining forces with Dalhousie's Rowe School of Business to launch a new branch of its program in Atlantic Canada, helping new ventures develop into high-growth companies.