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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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Tuesday, May 24, 2016
May is Caregiver Awareness Month, which recognizes those who care for a chronically ill or disabled friend or loved one. To mark the occasion, Dal hosted its first Caregiver Appreciation Day on Wednesday, with a lunchtime event for faculty and staff.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Last week more than 130 leaders from across Canada came to Dal for the 2016 Canadian University Queer Services Conference, hosted by the Dalhousie Student Union.
Monday, May 16, 2016
See how a group of Dal medical students is supporting healthy lifestyles by organizing lunch-time running clubs at Halifax elementary schools.
Friday, May 13, 2016
It began as theoretical quantum physics research made possible by a partnership between Dalhousie and Lockheed Martin. Now QRA, the Halifax-based spin-out company based on that research, is developing groundbreaking software tools to help engineers around the world detect design errors in complex systems.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Dalhousie has established its first full-time Aboriginal student advisor position and created an affiliated campus centre to boost support for students from Indigenous communities attending the university.