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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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Lauren Phillips
Thursday, May 4, 2023
A group of Indigenous students from Dalhousie have embarked on a two-week study tour of New Zealand that will transport them deep into the country's rich Māori history and culture.
Genevieve MacIntyre
Thursday, April 27, 2023
A group of Dal students who came together as part of a course to examine ways to help fellow students struggling with housing and food insecurity have created the Dalhousie Mutual Aid Society to ensure continued impact.
Jeff Lawton
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Members of the Dal community honoured Dal's long-time Black Student Advisor Oluronke Taiwo, who retires this month, at a recent luncheon for Black graduates.
Amanda Boone
Friday, April 21, 2023
A Global Game Jam held earlier this year revealed just how much pent-up demand there is in the province for opportunities to experiment with video-game development.
Connor Dalton
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Anik Ahmed, a third-year commerce student from Bangladesh, was one of eight students in Atlantic Canada to win the Frank H. Sobey Awards for Excellence in Business Studies this year.