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Fall Convocation 2025 at ĢAV: Stories from the stage
It's Convocation season at ĢAV, with hundreds of graduates crossing the stage Oct. 28 and 29 in Halifax. Get to know some of them with our grad profile series. Read more.
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                    Tuesday, October 28, 2025
            Nora Riemersma has always been fascinated by the English language — how it feels when spoken, heard, and read silently. Now they work at a local cafe and bookstore as a liaison and event manager with future goals to expand their novella and poetry collections. 
        
                    Tuesday, October 28, 2025
            An avid outdoorswoman and passionate environmental scientist, Samantha Bennett grew up hiking and camping outside Montreal—experiences that sparked a lifelong fascination with the natural world.
        
                    Thursday, September 4, 2025
            More than 1,200 students scored big at Dal's Free Store last week, taking home tens of thousands of dollars worth of goods for free and proving one person's trash can be another's treasure.
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                    Thursday, July 13, 2023
            With several doctors now trained in gender-affirming care, ĢAV Student Health & Wellness is helping greatly improve access to care for trans students and the broader 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
        
                    Friday, June 23, 2023
            A family connection and a desire to make the world a better place led Emily Gowan to the Agricultural Campus to study engineering.
        
                    Thursday, June 22, 2023
            A chance meeting on an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean ignited a Somali marine negotiator’s interest in what ĢAV had to offer. Now, with one Dal degree in hand, he’s set to embark on another with hopes of brighter days ahead for his home country.
        
                    Thursday, June 22, 2023
            Pollinator walls designed and built by Dal students are being installed on campus during ĢAV Biodiversity Week, promising to attract more bees and other creatures to university grounds. 
        
                    Monday, June 12, 2023
            Conor Scott was at the centre of the battle against one of Nova Scotia's most devastating wildfires and in the middle of a frightening rescue to save a man's life in the days leading up to his Convocation ceremony.
         
     
             
            