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Purpose‑driven leadership: Dal students reshaping campus — and beyond — earn top honour

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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Ryan Shields and Meredith Murray
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.
Jeffrey Lawton
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.
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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Delainey Wescott
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Oluronke Taiwo, Dalhousie’s Black Student Advisor, was recently named one of the "Top 25 Immigrants in the Maritimes" by myHalifaxExperience magazine.
Logan Robins
Monday, November 27, 2017
The Fountain School of Performing Arts continues its 2017-18 season this week with The Man of Mode, a Restoration comedy by George Etherege.
Ryan McNutt
Monday, November 20, 2017
An Engineering co-op student who's written a novel and several plays during her studies, Nayani Jensen is headed to the University of Oxford next year as Dalhousie's 91st Rhodes Scholar.
Molly Marcott
Friday, November 17, 2017
Nearly a dozen Architecture students have been hard at work over the last few weeks crafting their unconventional entry for Halifax's annual Holiday Parade of Lights.
Graeme Gunn
Friday, November 17, 2017
At Dal's Indigenous Student Centre, students like Ali Barnaby, Karlee Johnson and William Johnson are helping plan and coordinate programming that’s building a stronger sense of community on campus.