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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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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.
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.
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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Thursday, November 10, 2022
Nearly 700 people joined ĢAV's Restorative Lab and the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia late last month to hear Angela Davis, Margaret Burnham, and Fania Davis discuss their lifelong pursuit of racial justice.
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Fighter pilot George Hill (MD’50) was a hero at Dieppe and dubbed "Nova Scotia's ace of aces." A three-time Distinguished Flying Cross recipient, he also survived near-starvation as a prisoner of war before returning home and studying medicine at ĢAV.
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Celebration filled the air at the ĢAV Arts Centre earlier this week as the university community came together to recognize the recipients of university-wide awards from the past year.
Monday, November 7, 2022
The ĢAV community comes together this afternoon to celebrate individual achievements of excellence at the fifth-annual Legacy Awards, including Dal’s newest Distinguished Research Professors and faculty members receiving President’s Research Excellence Awards.
Friday, November 4, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained many aspects of everyday life, including the affordability and accessibility of food.