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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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Friday, December 4, 2015
Dal student startup Sol-Ops was the champion of the first Halifax Smart City App Challenge, put on by Innovacorp and the Dal-hosted ShiftKey Labs sandbox.
Thursday, December 3, 2015
"Quality Street" is more than just a candy brand: it's the upbeat, comedic production that brings the Fountain School of Performing Arts' theatre season to its midway point.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
The Gender and Women's Studies program and Dal's Office of Human Rights, Equity and Harassment Prevention, together with many Dal and community partners, have united for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign.
Monday, November 30, 2015
Dal profs Jonathan Wright (Biology) and Eileen Denovan-Wright (Pharmacology) took part in a five-day expedition to Machu Picchu this past September to raise funds for the Arthritis Society of Canada.
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Support from the Johnson Scholarship Foundation will allow Dalhousie to expand the reach and impact of two programs designed to support diversity in health care: Promoting Leadership in Health for African Nova Scotians (PLANS) and the Aboriginal Health Sciences Initiative (AHSI).