Community

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.

Featured News

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.

Archives - Community

Paige Black
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Dal's Impact Ethics group teams with the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia for a series of film screenings and public lectures this January.
Matt Semansky
Friday, December 18, 2015
Several of Dal's Therapeutic Recreation students spend their free time volunteering at The Club, a United Way-funded social and recreational program for persons with varied abilities.
Paige Black
Friday, December 18, 2015
The Dal community, along with family and friends, came together Thursday to partake in one of the university's longstanding musical traditions: the Annual Dalhousie Carol Sing.
Matt Reeder
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Dr. Cooper, the James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, was one of two individuals to receive this year's Dr. Burnley Allan “Rocky” Jones Award.
Marie Visca
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
At its Parent Open House event earlier this term, the University Children's Centre unveiled a new logo and showcased the work its staff do, day in and day out, to help children grow and learn.