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President Kim Brooks, Dr. Pat Croskerry appointed to Order of Canada

President Kim Brooks, Dr. Pat Croskerry appointed to Order of Canada

The latest set of appointments to one of Canada's highest honours has a number of familiar Dal faces, including President Kim Brooks and retired Faculty of Medicine faculty member Dr. Pat Croskerry.  Read more.

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Matt Reeder, Tanis Trainor, and Ryan McNutt
Friday, December 19, 2025
Our 2025 Year in Review brings together 45 stories of innovation, achievement, and community, offering a vivid snapshot of the moments and milestones that helped shape a transformative year.
Matt Reeder
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Ä¢¹½AV leapt forward in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, with impressive gains across multiple disciplines.
Matt Reeder
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
From varsity swimming to ocean-tech entrepreneurship, Isaac Bahler’s path to Oxford reflects a passion for turning climate research into real-world solutions.

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Matt Reeder and Cody Turner
Friday, November 10, 2023
Dal welcomed 2,525 guests to its Halifax Open House and 122 guests to its Truro event this year for a day of learning and immersive activities from facility tours and residence visits to speed-friending and trivia.
Matt Reeder
Friday, November 10, 2023
See photos from the sixth-annual Legacy Awards ceremony and learn more about this year's recipients.
Wendy Purves
Thursday, November 9, 2023
A Ä¢¹½AV lab built a mock MRI machine to prepare kids to participate in their reading comprehension study. Now, they’re offering the equipment up for use by other researchers who need to build kids’ capacity for ‘lying-still-time.’
Matt Reeder
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
As he looks back on more than two decades with Dal's Faculty of Dentistry, Dr. Sachin Seth speaks about his successes in student education as a labour of love. 
Andrew Riley
Monday, November 6, 2023
Contenders from more than 60 countries will come together in Germany this week to pitch their ideas for a better world at the annual Falling Walls Science Summit, including two Ä¢¹½AV PhD students and the ocean education program Ocean School offered by Dal’s Ocean Frontier Institute.