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Bringing African Nova Scotian archives into focus: Dal convenes community dialogue

Bringing African Nova Scotian archives into focus: Dal convenes community dialogue

Dalhousie invited members of the African Nova Scotian community to campus, including leaders from museums and cultural centres across the province, to discuss how to work together to preserve and share historical records and artifacts.  Read more.

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Marlo MacKay
Friday, February 24, 2017
Drop by Dalhousie's Libraries this month and discover more about the important role that individuals of African descent have played in our province, region and country.
Niecole Comeau
Thursday, February 16, 2017
It began as a “back of the van” operation with a Dal Physics professor at the wheel. Now, at its new waterfront location, Halifax’s Discovery Centre is set to inspire a whole new generation of young people with fun, hands-on science.
Matt Semansky
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Psychology and Neuroscience faculty member Jason Chatman was one of three speakers at a panel in honour of African Heritage Month this week, hosted by the Black Student Advising Centre.
Matt Reeder
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Legacies of past African Nova Scotian leaders loomed large over the proceedings at Dal's African Heritage Month launch event, which featured several inspiring speeches and the raising of the Pan-African Flag.
Emily Côté
Thursday, February 2, 2017
The Ark, a self-sufficient house built in rural P.E.I. in the shadow of the 1970s energy crisis, is the focus of a new exhibit curated by Dal Professor Steven Mannell.