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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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Matt Reeder, Graeme Gunn, and Stefanie Wilson
Friday, March 24, 2023
Dal's Board of Governors' award winners embody what's possible when passion meets purpose, each contributing in their own important ways to building community on campus, serving the broader community, improving diversity and inclusion, and so much more.
Stephanie Brown and Dawn Morrison
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
PhD in Health candidate Lynette Peters has established the Cerberus Helmet Project, a ceramics studio which provides no-cost access to pottery and glaze work for active and retired Canadian Armed Forces veterans and public service personnel.
Mia Samardzic
Friday, March 17, 2023
Eleven graduate students from across the university have earned a spot in this year's 3MT finals, which take place on campus next Monday evening.
Shiloh Bouvette
Monday, March 13, 2023
The Community Report, released each spring, highlights stories, projects and experiences demonstrating Dal’s important role in our local community and across the region, country and world.
Matt Reeder
Friday, March 10, 2023
Never before has Dal centred equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility so prominently in its strategic priorities. We take a look at Dal's shift toward Inclusive Excellence as part of a new series about the people helping bring Dal's strategic plan to life.