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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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Ryan McNutt
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
With baseball's playoffs getting underway, English prof Bart Vautour will be watching not only as a fan, but as the instructor behind Dal's new course offering on baseball and literature.
Connor Dalton
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Raju Mitra was once forced to choose between his personal goal of a master’s degree, a steady income, or the possibility of being of service to Canada with the RCMP. Now he graduates this fall as a member of the Class of 2023 and manager of the BC RCMP Federal Policing Prevention and Engagement unit.
Connor Dalton
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
It's not easy balancing family life, working full-time and being a student. When Lisa Colangelo thinks about her experience pursuing an online/blended MBA, it's how her sense of leadership — personally and professionally — has grown significantly.
Emily MacKinnon
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Kayla Bernard uses her background in recreation therapy and community development to help Indigenous students feel at home at Dal.
Amanda Boone
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Bachelor of Computer Science student Jesse Guzman got an up-close look at how computer science and medicine intersect by supporting a Dalhousie tool used by scientists to test their calculations.