Student Life

First-year students Kayla Thomson of Kentville, N.S. and Anna Minarik of Edmonton are this year's Dal recipients of the Schulich Leader scholarship — one of the top awards of its kind in Canada.

"My work has always been political," says History master's grad Mercedes Peters, "because my identity is something that’s been politicized." In studying the self-expression of Mi'kmaw women, she strives to find lessons to inform and shape Indigenous stories today.

From video games to ocean data, Computer Science grad Johna Latouf has been taking advantage of every opportunity she can to showcase her skills.

Looking back on his childhood growing up in the Bahamas, Mario Rolle points to two main things that shaped him as a person: growing up in poverty, and discovering that even from a young age, he was driven to make a difference.

As Mi’kmaq History Month gets underway, we sit down with Aaron Prosper, Dalhousie’s first Indigenous student union president. It’s a role he’s been preparing for his entire life.