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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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Matt Reeder
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Nearly 20 African Nova Scotian youth spent part of their summer vacation at Dalhousie last week, exploring everything the health sciences have to offer.
Stephanie Rogers
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
The beautiful gardens of Dalhousie's Agricultural Campus in Truro are a featured destination in Tourism Nova Scotia's "Garden Road Trip" for the second straight year.
Lora Arenburg
Friday, July 3, 2015
About 600 staff and faculty came together at the Strawberry Social in Halifax last week to mark the end of another academic year.
Nick Pearce / Stephanie Rogers
Monday, June 29, 2015
Photo Essay: Employees got their hands dirty and helped out with campus gardening at this month's Boots 'n' Blooms events in Halifax and Truro.
Rosalie Fralick
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Last week Dalhousie honoured faculty and staff who’ve been making their mark on campus for 25, 35 and 45 years.