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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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Genevieve MacIntyre
Friday, April 5, 2024
Dal history prof Dr. Lisa Binkley challenged students to take what they were learning in her course about Métis identities, literature, laws, and history and integrate it into a graphic novel adaptation of Métis author K.D. Beckett's book Rocking Ten.
Mia Samardzic
Friday, April 5, 2024
The BIPOC Graduate Student Mentoring Academy, now in its second year, has offered tailored mentorship opportunities, professional development and networking events. Hear from members of the team about what makes the program so powerful.
Kenneth Conrad
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Dr. Manuel Helbig, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Science’s Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, explains what causes a total solar eclipse, why they are so rare, and other questions.
Jeff Lawton
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
The Dalhousie community gathered last week for the 13th annual Impact Awards, celebrating the efforts and achievements Dal students and student groups make outside of the classroom.
Christena Copeland
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Multinational developer, investor, entrepreneur, and Dal alum George Armoyan has built successful business ventures around the world. He visited campus this past week to field questions from first-year students eager to tap into his wisdom.