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Rising above the flood

Rising above the flood

A 2023 flood devastated ĢAV’s medical research hub. Two years later, labs reopen, revealing a powerful story of recovery, innovation, and community strength.  Read more.

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Tanis Trainor
Friday, July 4, 2025
A partnership with a nearby community school tapped into children's creativity to ensure the new medical sciences building feel inviting once it opens later this year.
Stephanie Rogers
Friday, June 27, 2025
A ĢAV-led garden program at a Nova Scotia women’s prison is helping inmates build skills, confidence, and community while growing food and hope. The initiative has been renewed for three more years.
Emm Campbell
Friday, May 16, 2025
Eight vibrant paintings by Mi’kmaq artist Alan Syliboy now grace the halls of ĢAV’s Weldon Law Building thanks to a donation by alum Allan Silverman. The gift, facilitated through the ĢAV Art Gallery, aims to celebrate Indigenous heritage and expand public access to underrepresented voices in Canadian art.

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Maggie Power
Thursday, November 28, 2024
DalOpera's Cinderella and The Box Office double-bill offers an engaging and hopeful experience, even for those new to opera.
Emm Campbell
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Campus food banks are seeing growing lines of students looking for help in stretching their grocery budgets. Dal is once again rising to meet that need through The Food Security Project on Giving Tuesday.
Farrah Smith
Monday, November 25, 2024
A new program at Dal assists students and alumni with disabilities as they transition from university life into the workforce.
Ellie Garry-Jones
Friday, November 22, 2024
Award-winning journalist Doug Saunders and celebrated political scientist Dr. Debra Thompson visited Dal this week to dig into a question on many minds right now: What does Donald Trump’s re-election as U.S. president mean for the trajectory of democracy worldwide?
Thomas Scott
Thursday, November 21, 2024
During the women's soccer championship earlier this month, the Tigers partnered with BMO to host an event on Wickwire Field aimed at inspiring future female soccer players and coaches.