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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, March 12, 2015
Nursing student Nik Halldorson had to part with his impressive beard as part of his clinical, so he took the opportunity to raise funds for local women's shelter Bryony House.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
At the first Girls Get Wise event to be hosted by the Faculty of Agriculture's Female Leaders in Academia group, more than 30 junior high girls got a hands-on look at what a career in the sciences is like.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Students from the Dalhousie Commerce Society are spending their week outside the Rowe Building, surviving on the generosity of others, to raise awareness and funds to support homeless and at-risk youth.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
The report from Dal's strategic initiative on diversity and inclusiveness is intended to spark a conversation. For those senior leaders who've been able to spend time with the document, that conversation has already begun.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
After leading the build of a surprise ice wall last February, Dal student Hadrian Laing decided to bring a different kind of winter fun to the Studley Quad this year: a Game of Thrones-style chair of ice.