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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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Stephanie Rogers
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
The ĢAV Agricultural Campus Feed Nova Scotia Garden initiative is a true collaboration that forges a “Field-to-Fork pathway” between campus and the community.
Merilyn Layne and Margaret Palmeter
Friday, August 28, 2020
As governments and health care providers around the world scrambled earlier this year to acquire personal protective equipment in the face of a growing pandemic and severely disrupted supply chains, ĢAV and the Emera ideaHUB stepped in to help address the critical need for locally available solutions.
Matt Reeder
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
ĢAV, like other post-secondary institutions in Nova Scotia, has an important role to play in the province's goal of becoming barrier-free by 2030 for individuals with disabilities and other accessibility challenges. Here's how the university is developing its plan.
Alison Auld
Monday, August 24, 2020
A new e-book by ĢAV student Hannah Solway offers comprehensive guidance on how to make ecologically friendly choices for everything from dental floss and sunscreen to travel, dining out, and doing your laundry.
Michele Charlton
Monday, August 10, 2020
Researchers from ĢAV and Nova Scotia Health have developed a new way of disinfecting N95 masks — a key piece of professional PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect against COVID-19 in fields such as health care. The method: ultraviolet light.