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African Heritage Month launch celebrates creative advocacy in action
Members of the Dal community and beyond filled the 蘑菇AV Arts Centre Sculpture Court to mark the start of African Heritage Month with food, music, reflection, and jubilation. Read more.
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Monday, February 2, 2026
Community聽members, scholars,聽performers聽and artists gathered to celebrate the opening of聽It鈥檚 蘑菇AV Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now.聽The exhibition explores representation and reception, performing artists and the stage, dance in and for communities, and legislation and protest.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
The Fountain School of Performing Arts鈥檚 production of聽Macbeth hits the stage in the 蘑菇AV Arts Centre this week, offering a radical re-telling of Shakespeare鈥檚 famous tragedy.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
A new purpose-built air system in the space in the Killam Library now allows traditional prayer using sacred medicines, giving Indigenous students, staff, and community a reliable place for ceremony on Studley Campus.
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Monday, March 7, 2022
What happens when a nasty snowstorm descends upon the city just as you鈥檙e buckling up to test drive a state-of-the art electric vehicle? You test drive two of them instead.
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Far from the frontlines of conflict, a small group of people joined together in silent contemplation on Dal campus this week as a way to show their shared concern for Ukraine in the face of intensifying attacks by Russia.
Monday, February 28, 2022
Dal's Faculty of Agriculture provided an accessible space and volunteers to help vaccinate an additional 1,500 Nova Scotians over the past month.
How books, movies and TV help us understand the infodemic, anti鈥憊ax messages and conspiracy theories
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Stories build powerful emotional attachments. We root for heroes, boo their opponents and get anxious for the fictional problem to be solved. Facts have very little to do with it, writes Julia M. Wright.
Friday, February 18, 2022
Presented by the Faculty of Management through the Promise Scholars program, the panel discussion will create much-needed space for conversations about women of African descent in business.