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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, September 15, 2016
Nearly 200 Dal students spent their first Saturday of the school year volunteering with 14 different community organizations across Halifax.
Friday, September 9, 2016
The Fountain School of Performing Arts is participating in a Canadian concert series called ”Mysterious Barricades" bright and early Saturday morning (September 10) for World Suicide Prevention Day.
Friday, September 2, 2016
Partners like Dalhousie and Halifax Regional Police are working to help keep the university and its surrounding communities safe during “back to school” season and beyond.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
The Dal-hosted Imhotep’s Legacy Academy teamed up with the Department of Education’s Summerslide day camps this summer, helping African Nova Scotian youth learn about science and technology by building and launching rockets.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
The new Global Connections Welcome Ambassador program from Dal’s International Centre has upper-year international students helping first-year newcomers navigate their first steps into university life in Canada.