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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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Anne Swan
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Alumna Claire Elizabeth Williams (MPlan’08) is the co-founder and CEO of Foundations for Social Change, where she launched the New Leaf Project in 2018 — North America’s first direct giving project for people experiencing homelessness.
Niecole Killawee
Friday, May 14, 2021
Ä¢¹½AV’s Schulich School of Law is hosting Climate Law and Human Rights next week, an Open Dialogue Live panel discussion about how human rights law can help bring more urgency to the climate change problem.
Stephanie Rogers
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
What’s a kid to do when his parents won’t let him get a Holstein cow as a pet? Start farming goats of course. At least that’s what Adam Scanlan did as a 13-year-old in Whiteside, Cape Breton.
Niecole Killawee
Friday, April 16, 2021
Join Ä¢¹½AV's Faculty of Dentistry next week for Oral Health is Health, an Open Dialogue Live panel discussion that will address current oral health care issues facing Canadians across the lifespan, from children under the care of government to aging populations in long-term care facilities.
Ryan McNutt
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Current student Fatima Beydoun and recent graduate Caroline Merner — both from Dal's Environment, Sustainability and Society and International Development Studies programs — have been selected from more than 730 applicants to receive Canada’s first comprehensive leadership-based scholarship for master’s and professional studies.