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For February 01, 2021

African Heritage Month

Today marks the start of African Heritage Month. Through this year’s theme, Black Health Matters: Listen, Learn, Share, and Act, we are urged to not only recognize barriers but to actively work to remove them.

Watch Dals virtual flag raising ceremony today at 12 p.m. Atlantic on the university's YouTube channel and visit the Human Rights & Equity Services website for more on the month and upcoming events.  

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Pets of Dalhousie: Meet Charlie

Get to know Charlie, a mystery mutt belonging to Megan Cox, a co-op support specialist with Science, Information Technology, Engineering Co-operative Education.

Studying for Success Virtual Workshops (Halifax)

Faculty/Staff: Would you like your students to be more engaged in their studies this Winter? Students: Would you like to learn how to study smarter? Well the Dalhousie Study Skills Program (Halifax campuses) has virtual workshops aimed at helping all students to become more effective learners

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Curriculum Coordinator (Undergraduate Medical Education)

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Recognizing the rich diversity of Dal research

Meet the newest recipients of the Belong Research Fellowship Award, which provide pre-tenure, tenure-track faculty members from equity-seeking groups with support to further research in their respective fields.

Ask an expert: Isaac Saney on the significance of African Heritage Month and the legacy of African Nova Scotians

Historian Isaac Saney, a university teaching fellow and director of Dal’s Transition Year Program, explains the history, contributions and legacies of African Nova Scotian communities that have been here for more than 400 years.

New partnership opens doors to post‑secondary computer science education

A new partnership between Dalhousie and the Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development improves access for high school students from across the province to explore computer science and post-secondary education options.

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