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Purpose‑driven leadership: Dal students reshaping campus — and beyond — earn top honour
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. Read more.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
See how this year’s top co‑op students turned professional opportunities into impressive results, earning Dalhousie’s highest honour for work‑integrated learning.
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Dal’s 15th annual Impact Awards brought students, faculty, and staff together to celebrate remarkable contributions in community service, student life, leadership, and society involvement across every corner of campus.
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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Monday, April 30, 2018
Dalhousie took its first step toward gender equality in academia when it admitted its first female students in 1881, something Costume Studies students celebrated this year by recreating women’s choice of dress during those early years of change.
Monday, April 30, 2018
First-year student Kendra Slawter finds novel connections between her studies in Health Promotion and her own personal and work experiences.
Friday, April 27, 2018
Students in Dal's “Plants in the Human Landscape" course offered up their takes on redesigning campus space as part of their course-ending project.
Thursday, April 26, 2018
The hands-on experiences that Maddie Empey has had in Dal's Bio-Veterinary Science have reinforced her desire to help animals — and to make a difference in her community.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Growing up on a dairy farm and pursuing a career as an obstetrician-gynecologist (OB/GYN) may seem like two very different paths. But to Julie Vermeer, the two aren’t all that different.