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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 27, 2014
“The Decameron,” a unique, compelling examination of life in the time of the plague, runs through March 29 at the Dalhousie Arts Centre.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Dal students recently hosted a collaborative forum for Halifax-area IB high school students, helping them learn about how they can develop community action strategies.
Monday, March 17, 2014
The annual event, in partnership the DSU, brought together leaders and thinkers to consider "chances worth taking."
Friday, March 14, 2014
A team in Dal's School of Planning is exploring the changing socio-economic profile of Halifax and what it might mean for the city's future.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
The seed library will allow the community to "borrow" seeds to grow over 80 different varieties of edible and ornamental plants.