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African Heritage Month launch celebrates creative advocacy in action

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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Tanis Trainor, photos by Cody Turner
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.
Kate Hayter
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.
Kristy Read
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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Tanis Trainor
Friday, November 15, 2024
There are no shortage of opportunities this year at Dalhousie for people looking to help tackle challenges facing local communities, such as food insecurity. Learn how you can contribute.
Wyatt Carling
Friday, November 8, 2024
Remembrance Day hits home in a deep way for these Dalhousie students who also serve as reservists in the Canadian Armed Forces.
Matt Reeder
Friday, November 8, 2024
George Stairs set a new academic record for marks when he was a student at Dalhousie. Just a few years later, he perished serving in the First World War — a story of sacrifice captured in compelling fashion in a newspaper found in a trench on the frontlines.
Matt Reeder
Friday, November 8, 2024
A record number of prospective students and their supporters got up close and personal with Dalhousie last weekend at the fall Open House event in Halifax.
Tanis Trainor
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Players and Coach Tye share their excitement about this year’s championship hosted at Dalhousie for just the second time in program history.