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Meet ĢAV's newest high‑performance student leaders

Meet ĢAV's newest high‑performance student leaders

Twenty-five students selected to be part of the ĢAV Student Leadership Academy will bring big ideas, deep community involvement, and an impressive range of experience to the year ahead.  Read more.

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Kate Rogers and Kenneth Conrad
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Launched in 2022 to expand access for Indigenous and African Nova Scotian students, Dal's Inclusive Pathways to Medical Professions program marks a major milestone this spring with its first graduates. Get to know some of the students shaping what comes next.
Matt Reeder
Friday, June 5, 2026
Learning doesn’t have an age limit. Betty Veinot’s story shows how curiosity and resilience can open doors at any stage of life.
Matt Reeder
Friday, May 29, 2026
New updates added daily throughout ĢAV's Spring Convocation 2026.

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Dawn Morrison
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Alison Bartlett is graduating from the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders this week, set to take on an opportunity that will empower her in her quest to provide audiological services to more rural communities.
Theresa Salah
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Jacob Chaplin-Saunders put his engineering studies on hold to compete with his brother in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, an experience he says left him better prepared to excel when he returned to Dal to complete his degree.
Morgan Fleet
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Adjusting to a new place was a bit of a challenge for Industrial Engineering student Sarah Abdoon when she transferred to ĢAV in 2016, but she soon found connections through her employment with the ĢAV Libraries.
Allison Auld
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Gerald Petrash was in his late forties and living with his family in Japan when he found himself questioning the direction of his life-long career path and taking a deeper interest in science and engineering. Now, he's graduating with an Engineering degree and three co-op work terms under his belt.
Rebecca Rawcliffe
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
A game of cards in his first year led student Elliott Darbyshire to a different degree program and a world of opportunities in computer science. Two GPA awards and an exchange to South Korea later, he’s confident it was a wise choice.