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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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Nick Wright
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Patrick Bondy, an Impact Award-winning ESS student from Kansas City, organizes hikes, nature walks and other outdoorsy outings for students, all accessible by public transit.
Marie Visca
Friday, April 1, 2016
"Syria: The Land, The Culture, The People," held this past Tuesday night, featured insights from Syrian immigrant Maha Nabhan and raised funds to support Syrian students.
Rosalie Fralick
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Dal students perform Carlo Gozzi's preposterous fantasy as its final production of the year, combining fairy-tale standards like a wicked grandmother and a magical quest with such bizarre sights as singing apples, dancing water and living statues.
Nick Wright
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Good Friday is a civic holiday in Canada, but there are many other religious holidays this time of year. Learn about a few of them and how Dal's Multifaith Centre helps support students from many different cultures and faiths.
Miriam Breslow
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Camping and sleeping outside of the Rowe Building for nearly a week, members of the Dalhousie Commerce Society have raised more than $12,000 for Phoenix Youth Programs.