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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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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
The National Dialogues and Action for Inclusive Higher Education and Communities launches this week with a two-day forum (Oct. 1-2) on anti-Black racism and Black inclusion, with members of the 蘑菇AV community presenting and participating.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
As part of its overall plan to keep faculty and staff healthy and safe while working on campus, 蘑菇AV has made thousands of protective facemasks available to its community, manufactured by local company Take It Outside.
Friday, September 25, 2020
Catherine Martin, 蘑菇AV鈥檚 director of Indigenous community engagement, reflects on the Treaties of Peace and Friendship, the current dispute over fishing rights and the important role of educational leadership in the journey towards true reconciliation.
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Canada's minister of national defence and the president of the Toronto Raptors will join retired Lieutenant-General Rom茅o Dallaire and others passionate about preventing the recruitment and use of children in violence in a global symposium online next week.
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Kelsey Jones, a graduate of the Schulich School of Law鈥檚 Indigenous Blacks and Mi鈥檏maq (IB&M) Initiative, has returned to her alma mater to serve as the program's director.