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Meet Ä¢¹½AV's newest high‑performance student leaders
Twenty-five students selected to be part of the Ä¢¹½AV 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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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.
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.
Friday, May 29, 2026
New updates added daily throughout Ä¢¹½AV's Spring Convocation 2026.
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Friday, June 30, 2017
Dal's 3M National Student Fellows took centre stage during last week’s Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education conference on campus, inspiring their peers and teachers from across Canada to push for unity, collaboration and empowerment.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
For Rebekah Bailey, travelling across the country to study Food Business at Ä¢¹½AV was just the beginning of a journey that would take her around the world.
Friday, June 23, 2017
Students in one Dal lab are learning from one another, across disciplines, as they try and better understand childhood cancers with the aid of an unlikely accomplice: the tropical zebrafish.
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Plant Sciences student Cheyenne MacDonald, a member of the Sipekne'katik band in Indian Brook, has a passion for traveling and learning from other cultures. But her biggest dream is to start a business using traditional knowledge from her own.
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
As part of a mandatory first-year class focused on design skills, a team of Dal students got a unique hands-on learning experience working on improvements to the special throwing chair of Cape Breton-born Paralympian Pamela LeJean.