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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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Thursday, May 14, 2015
EUCE held its "Day of Debate" for International Baccalaureate (IB) high school students last month, an annual event that has grown from modest beginnings to host 80 students from across Halifax.
Friday, May 8, 2015
Together with the North End Community Health Centre, students and faculty from Dal's School of Human Communications Disorders and School of Dental Hygiene provided free preschool health screenings for local children.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
For the month of May, the Elizabeth May Chair in Sustainability and Environmental Health and Dal Human Resources are teaming up to encourage outdoor activity with the 30 x 30 Nature Challenge.
Monday, April 27, 2015
Dal's James R. Johnston Chair helps launch Black Halifax, an interactive website telling the historical stories behind Halifax's vibrant Black community.
Friday, April 10, 2015
Students in the fourth-year Marketing Strategy class have been helping local businesses and non-profits like Neptune Theatre, Freak Lunchbox and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia develop marketing plans.