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New Dalhousie certificate aims to strengthen fire service leadership across Nova Scotia
Designed around real-world challenges facing firefighters, the program supports professional growth and helps enhance emergency response capacity in communities throughout Nova Scotia. Read more.
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Friday, August 14, 2026
Dal’s EcoHope encourages small but meaningful actions to combat anxiety around climate change, including bringing together a community of volunteers to plant a pollinator garden at a Halifax park.
Friday, August 21, 2026
Relive highlights from this year's Community Day at the Faculty of Agriculture in photos.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Faculty member Barb Hamilton-Hinch, Dallaire Institute ED Shelly Whitman, and several Dal alumni are among this year’s appointees to the Order of Nova Scotia, honouring significant contributions to the province.
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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).
Thursday, November 26, 2015
At the age of eight, John Yool fled his native Sudan. Now, he's partway into his second Dalhousie degree, having come to the university through the World University Service Canada's Student Refugee Program.