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Former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. urges students to engage across differences

Former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. urges students to engage across differences

Drawing on years navigating Canada-U.S. relations, Kirsten Hillman encouraged Dal students to seek diverse perspectives, strengthen civic discourse and help shape the country’s future during a symposium hosted by the MacEachen Institute.  Read more.

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by Catherine Young
Friday, May 13, 2005
This is part of a series highlighting the outstanding students who are the most recent Board of Governor's Award winners. We are pleased to introduce Oghomwen Ehigie, an international student and an exchange participant, who is graduating this Spring.
by Kristen Loyst
Wednesday, May 4, 2005
The Centre for Foreign Policy Studies launches a new quarterly journal, the Canadian Naval Review on Wednesday, May 4 at a special event from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the WWII Deck at Pier 21 National Historic Site, 1055 Marginal Road, Halifax. 
by Mary Somers
Wednesday, May 4, 2005
When the dust settled and the piles had diminished, more than $9,000 had been raised from this year's Dump and Run garage sale on Saturday, April 30. 
by Charles Crosby
Monday, May 2, 2005
From The Canadian Poetry Journal to Applied Geochemistry to Business and Society- the range of journals available has grown substantially. The campus community now has access to as many as 15,000 electronic on-line journals, up significantly from five years ago. "New worlds have opened up," according to University Librarian Bill Maes, who explains how this turn around has been accomplished.
Dal News Staff
Monday, April 25, 2005
To honour Dr. Lynn McIntyre's accomplishments, the Diversity Institute is sponsoring a farewell reception to be held on Friday, May 6 at the King's College Dining Hall at 6 p.m.