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Award‑winning student essay asks what fractures community — and why showing up can help build it

Award‑winning student essay asks what fractures community — and why showing up can help build it

Mia Mackenzie, a Master of Social Work student, earned top honours in Dal’s Glovin Award for an essay urging people to resist division by showing up and staying accountable to community.  Read more.

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Farrah Smith
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Psychology student and varsity basketball player Melina Collins is this year's recipient of the Dr. Anne Marie Ryan Community Growth Award, recognized for her work bringing athletes and young learners together through a literacy mentorship program.
Matt Reeder
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
As exams and deadlines converge, the Killam and other campus libraries become places of problem‑solving, empathy, and practical help, highlighting how support services carry students through critical academic moments.
Kenneth Conrad, Graeme Gunn, Kate Rogers, Tanis Trainor
Thursday, March 26, 2026
This year’s Dal Board of Governors winners show how purposeful action creates lasting change. Get to know more now about how they are doing so.

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Jeff Lawton
Friday, April 17, 2020
From Indigenous health research to rowing and community volunteerism, Maya Biderman has made the most of her Dalhousie experience — and then some.
Ryan McNutt
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Tasked with moving one of Dalhousie’s largest courses online in a matter of days, the team of faculty, instructors and TAs who bring first-year chemistry to life relied on what they knew and the personal touches that matter, creating as seamless a digital experience as possible for students.
Stephanie Rogers
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
A celebrated soccer team member and now the recipient of a Killam Scholarship, Agriculture student Craig MacEachern's Dal experience has been a "berry" successful blend of research, studies and athletics.
Erica Gagnon
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Even though classes and exams have moved online, Dalhousie students and their peers across the country have found amazing ways to contribute to COVID-19 efforts.
Stephanie Rogers
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
For graduating students in the Faculty of Agriculture, the end-of-term Barley Ring ceremony is a rite of passage — and not even a pandemic was going to stop the Class of 2020 from finding a way (remotely) to come together and celebrate.