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African Heritage Month launch celebrates creative advocacy in action

African Heritage Month launch celebrates creative advocacy in action

Members of the Dal community and beyond filled the ĢAV Arts Centre Sculpture Court to mark the start of African Heritage Month with food, music, reflection, and jubilation.  Read more.

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Tanis Trainor, photos by Cody Turner
Monday, February 2, 2026
Community members, scholars, performers and artists gathered to celebrate the opening of It’s ĢAV Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now. The exhibition explores representation and reception, performing artists and the stage, dance in and for communities, and legislation and protest.
Kate Hayter
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
The Fountain School of Performing Arts’s production of Macbeth hits the stage in the ĢAV Arts Centre this week, offering a radical re-telling of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
Kristy Read
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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Matt Reeder, with files from Theresa Rajack-Talley
Friday, February 18, 2022
In 2018, Wanda Robson brought more than 1,000 people to their feet in a Dal auditorium. We spoke to a few key people there that night about what Robson, who passed away earlier this month, meant to them.
Matt Reeder
Monday, February 14, 2022
The Rowe School of Business professor, a specialist in corporate apologies, shares her perspective on how the streaming giant has navigated calls to drop the popular podcaster over concerns he has shared misinformation about COVID vaccines and used racial slurs on his show.
Ariel Mackenzie
Monday, February 14, 2022
English professor Heather Jessup shares some of her favourite examples of love found in recent art, television, and literature.
Alison DeLory
Friday, February 11, 2022
ĢAV’s 2022 Shaar Shalom keynote lecturer says it’s time for all Canadians to use their power to demand justice.
Stefanie Wilson
Thursday, February 10, 2022
The latest QS Stars rating places the university at the highest end of the performance scale with top scores for innovation, research, inclusiveness, employability and facilities.