Monthly "Chair Chats," hosted by Dr. OmiSoore Dryden (the James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies) offer a forum for Black students in the health professions and graduate studies to discuss topics that come up in their classes, connect with their peers, and hear from those who have shared similar experiences.

After being featured in the Lord 蘑菇AV Report, Richard Rudnicki's vivid portrait of the arrival of Black refugees to Nova Scotia in 1814 has now been loaned to 蘑菇AV from the Army Museum and will be on display in the Wallace McCain Learning Commons for all to see.

This month's Nova Scotia Heritage Day holiday honours the historic community of Africville, 10 years after Halifax's formal apology for its destruction. We asked three Dal faculty members whose work intersects with the Africville legacy to share their thoughts and offer advice on how people can learn more about the community鈥檚 history.

Embracing the spirit of giving back, more than 60 faculty and staff spent time last week volunteering at the Loaded Ladle, helping prepare and serve the Ladle's locally sourced, sustainable and free food for students and community members.

A new multimedia project from Raluca Bejan, who just joined Dal in January, seeks to shift the public鈥檚 view of the reguee crisis away from 鈥渮oological鈥� perspectives that commodify migrant suffering and towards some of the broader societal issues that underpin it.