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From Dal Tigers to Team Canada, Dal alum returns to the Olympics

From Dal Tigers to Team Canada, Dal alum returns to the Olympics

Former Tigers hockey forward Mike Evelyn O’Higgins (BEng'19) is in Cortina d’Ampezzo to compete in both two and fourman bobsleigh. He balances a demanding sport with a full-time engineering career and intends to embrace every moment of his second Olympic journey.  Read more.

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Ellie Garry-Jones
Friday, January 23, 2026
The Dal-educated (LLB '87) Canadian lawyer and long-time Amnesty International Canada secretary-general shared six principles for rebuilding universal human rights in a fractured world at an event on campus this week.
Stephanie Rogers
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Fifty years after graduation, the Faculy of Agriculture's Class of 1975 came together last year to contribute a custom iron arch at the entrance to the Truro Campus's Herb Garden, bringing a long-envisioned beautification project to reality.
Emm Campbell
Thursday, October 3, 2024
There was a time when Maeghan Tavener (BA’19) thought they might have to give up dance and theatre due to chronic illness. They found a way back to their passion and are making space for more disabled artists like them.

Archives - Alumni

Cheryl Bell
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Last week Karen McLean graduated from Dal's Faculty of Dentistry the same way she entered it: with baby on board.
Fallon Bourgeois
Friday, June 3, 2016
Kaylyn Fraser (BA’09), co-chair of Dal’s London alumni chapter, wasn’t about to miss her brother Cameron’s own graduation from Dal this week — so she made a surprise visit from across the pond to Halifax to officially welcome him into the Dal Alumni family.
Ryan McNutt
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
From alumni offering their homes to individuals opening their pocketbooks, the Dal community has taken up the call to support Fort McMurray following the outbreak of devastating wildfires in the Alberta community last week.
Ryan McNutt
Thursday, April 28, 2016
After completing her PhD at É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ in 1978, Kathryn Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space. Now one of the most senior science administrators in the U.S. government, Dr. Sullivan returned to campus this week to meet with students and talk about different ways of looking at our planet.
Ryan McNutt
Friday, April 8, 2016
Two É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ alumnae — Lucy Maud Montgomery and Portia White — are among the women nominated thus far as part of the Bank of Canada’s "Bank NOTE-able" campaign, which invites Canadians to help select an iconic woman to appear on a new bank note.