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Dal News Weekly

No. 599 | August 23, 2024

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

Grand premiere: PhD candidate’s directorial debut set to show at TIFF

Dal alum and current Interdisciplinary PhD candidate shalan joudry’s short film “welima'q” will have its world premiere this September at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Ask an expert: Yes, slavery happened in Canada — and this Dal prof is helping us understand that history

Dr. Harvey Amani, a professor of history at Dal and King's and author of the award-winning Biographical Dictionary of Enslaved Black People in the Maritimes, opens up about some of the ways Black people experienced bondage in Canada and where to learn more.

Developing a green thumb — and then some: Dal program cultivates master gardeners

Dal's Agricultural Campus hosts elite gardeners from across Canada for a summer school unlike any other.

Recycling more than pop cans: A circular economy for our energy landscapes

Dalhousie professors Chad Walker and Michelle Adams speak to an expanded version of the circular economy — one that sees items reused and recycled — to the land and infrastructure used to produce our energy.

Tigers assistant coach selected for national female apprentice coach program

Women's Volleyball lead assistant coach Tessa Bulmer has been selected to participate in the 2024 U SPORTS Female Apprentice Coach Program.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Where ideas meet impact: Visionary tech for colourblind clarity

Halifax-based Coloursmith leveraged support from Creative Destruction Lab - Atlantic, the Dalhousie-based arm of the global startup program, and is now working with the vision care industry to commercialize its technology that helps colourblind people see colour more vividly.

Meet the Faculty of Agriculture's new dean

With a background in both industry and academics, Dr. Heather Bruce will lead Dal's growing Faculty of Agriculture at a time of great opportunity. Learn more about her vision.

Read more: Q&A: Get to know Heather Bruce, incoming dean and campus principal, Faculty of Agriculture

Inside one Dal alum's Disney dream job

In a world of timeless tales and Cinderella’s castle, a young Dalhousie engineering graduate is doing her part to put smiles on the faces of millions of people at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

Read more: A fairy‑tale job: Bringing the magic of engineering to the happiest place on Earth

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