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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, December 4, 2015
Funded by Movember Canada, Dal’s PROsocial student group focuses on raising awareness of mental health and substance abuse and provides peer support for students grappling with these issues.
Friday, December 4, 2015
Dal student startup Sol-Ops was the champion of the first Halifax Smart City App Challenge, put on by Innovacorp and the Dal-hosted ShiftKey Labs sandbox.
Friday, November 27, 2015
Student Kelly Lucas's exchange experiences inspired her to become Dal's first ambassador for the German Academic Exchange Service.
Friday, November 27, 2015
From her Foundation Year Programme studies at King's to her Economics courses next door at Dal, Sarah Burns's academic journey is about to take her overseas as a prestigious Rhodes Scholar.
Thursday, November 26, 2015
At the age of eight, John Yool fled his native Sudan. Now, he's partway into his second Ä¢¹½AV degree, having come to the university through the World University Service Canada's Student Refugee Program.