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'A beacon for us all': Honouring the life and legacy of Senator Don Oliver (1938–2025)

'A beacon for us all': Honouring the life and legacy of Senator Don Oliver (1938–2025)

Senator Donald Oliver (LLB'64, LLD'03) built an extraordinary legacy as a lawyer, lifelong advocate for racial equality, and the first Black man in Canada's Senate, inspiring many in the Ä¢¹½AV community and beyond.  Read more.

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Genevieve MacIntyre
Friday, September 26, 2025
Dal alum Nobu Adilman (BA'95) has taken what he learned at the university and in Halifax about building performing arts communities to the next level with the drop-in singing sensation Choir! Choir! Choir!
Emily MacKinnon
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Identifying and rapidly filling unique gaps allowed Camille Chandra (MBA’17) to ascend in her career with IBM Canada. This former aspiring dentist keeps adapting and evolving, much the same way her industry — big tech — does.
Emm Campbell
Thursday, October 3, 2024
There was a time when Maeghan Tavener (BA’19) thought they might have to give up dance and theatre due to chronic illness. They found a way back to their passion and are making space for more disabled artists like them.

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Janet Dyson
Friday, September 3, 2021
Vassy Kapelos (MA’06), host of CBC's "Power & Politics," is returning to her alma mater later this month to moderate Ä¢¹½AV's inaugural Stanfield Conversations. Learn more about how Kapelos’ time in political science classes at Dal led to a career as one of Canada’s most accomplished political journalists.
Stephen Abbott
Friday, August 27, 2021
When Carolan McLarney, a professor in the Rowe School of Business, saw an article about a Nova Scotian Ä¢¹½AV alum Kevin Walsh (DDS'90) climbing Mount Everest in the middle of the pandemic, she just knew he'd have important lessons to share with her MBA students.
Sonya Jampolsky
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Edging his way to retirement after a distinguished career, lawyer Doug Ruck (BA ’72, LLB ’77) has taken on the job of chairing a task force into systemic anti-Black racism within the College of Physicians and Surgeons and leading an external investigation into systemic discrimination at the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society.
Barrett Hooper
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Dr. Trevor Jain (MD ’99), a 34-year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces and a married father of two, came up with an idea early in the pandemic to recognize the contributions of essential workers to battling COVID-19: the COVID Warrior challenge coin, which is inspired by Dr. Jain’s own highly decorated military career.
Alison DeLory
Monday, July 5, 2021
Ä¢¹½AV has formed a partnership with 10 other Atlantic Canadian universities and Atlantic Business Magazine with a goal of making the region’s business schools and business community more inclusive.