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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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Alison Auld
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Dr. Hilary MacCormick, an anesthesiologist in the Department of Women's and Obstetric Anesthesia and assistant professor at Dalhousie, discusses some of the barriers, stress, and marginalization transgender and noxnbinary people face in accessing gender-affirming surgery.
Danny Abriel
Friday, June 28, 2024
Tasty bites, great tunes, fun games, and stellar company — Dal's annual summer social gathering had it all.
Kenneth Conrad
Thursday, June 27, 2024
A new five-day camp showcased the fun side of math and programming concepts and provided a taste of the Dalhousie campus experience.
Jennifer Lambert
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Diving into Dalhousie’s history of generous — and timely—gifts.
Stephanie Rogers
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
The Seven Feathers Crosswalk, or Lluiknek Pi'kunk Assokma'timk, provides safe passage for pedestrians and serves as a powerful symbol of the Seven Sacred Teachings and the unceded territory of the Mi’kmaw people that Dal’s campuses sit upon.