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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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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.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
For its final theatre production of the season, the Fountain School of Performing Arts takes on Anton Chekhov's comedy "The Seagull."