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New Dalhousie certificate aims to strengthen fire service leadership across Nova Scotia

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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Kenneth Conrad
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.
Stephanie Rogers
Friday, August 21, 2026
Relive highlights from this year's Community Day at the Faculty of Agriculture in photos.
Ryan McNutt
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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Robyn McCallum
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.
Ryan McNutt
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.
Matt Semansky
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.
Misha Noble-Hearle
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.
Amanda Kirby-Sheppard
Friday, February 20, 2015
In an initiative led by students in the Dalhousie/King’s Swimming Society, Dalplex will be piloting a weekly women-only swim session this term, responding to a growing need for swim instruction for women who are unable or uncomfortable participating in open or public swims for religious and/or cultural reasons.