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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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Friday, January 24, 2020
This year on Martin Luther King Day, 蘑菇AV's Black Student Advising Centre brought together a panel of guests from Dal and beyond to discuss the enduring legacy and relevance of one of the most consequential figures in modern history.
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
A workshop led by Mi'kmaq artist Michelle Sylliboy last week explored the theme of Mi鈥檏maq (L鈥檔uk) symbolic language by letting participants draw their own hieroglyphic message on a piece of birch bark.
Monday, January 13, 2020
Nearly a thousand people packed into the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium Saturday afternoon to mourn and remember those who lost their lives in last week鈥檚 airplane disaster in Iran.
Friday, January 10, 2020
When Dal prof Robert Huish was in Australia on academic business last month, he got to experience first-hand some of the intense effects of the mammoth fires spreading across the country鈥檚 southeast. Now, he's spreading the message about how others can help provide support.
Friday, December 20, 2019
Photo Essay: With classes over, exams finished and the holiday break quickly approaching, the Dal community gathered together one last time in 2019 for the beloved Annual 蘑菇AV Carol Sing.