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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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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
On campus to deliver the annual Shaar Shalom Lecture, author Lawrence Hill discussed the legacy of his acclaimed novel The Book of Negroes and the work of adapting it into a television miniseries.
Monday, February 2, 2015
Dalhousie's Faculty of Agriculture will lead a Government of Canada-funded initiative that aims to help train the next generation of Ethiopian farmers and help fight poverty.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Student Society Profile: Bobby MacPherson started Dal Gets REAL to join a national movement working to end LGBTQ discrimination.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Dalhousie Legal Aid Services often flies under the radar, but it provides important services to Dal students, to those in need in Halifax, and to the law students learning on the job.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Dean of Law Kim Brooks and a team of students, faculty and staff are helping lead the first phase of Dal’s new strategic initiative on diversity and inclusiveness. Their goal: to build on existing momentum and help inspire lasting change in the Dal community.