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Community spirit: Dal students and neighbours share a day of connection at Larch and Jennings

Community spirit: Dal students and neighbours share a day of connection at Larch and Jennings

From street hockey and sidewalk chalk to shawarma, Dal's fall community event brought together Dal students and locals for a laid-back day of connection and conversation. Catch highlights in our photo recap.  Read more.

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Kristy Read
Friday, September 12, 2025
Dal Reads selects Son of Elsewhere, Elamin Abdelmahmoud’s moving memoir on identity and belonging, inviting the É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ community to read and reflect together.
Linden Thomas
Friday, August 29, 2025
É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥â€™s O-Week offers inclusive events for queer, rural, and mature students, plus wellness spaces and socials designed to help everyone feel at home on campus.
Emm Campbell
Friday, May 16, 2025
Eight vibrant paintings by Mi’kmaq artist Alan Syliboy now grace the halls of É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥â€™s Weldon Law Building thanks to a donation by alum Allan Silverman. The gift, facilitated through the É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ Art Gallery, aims to celebrate Indigenous heritage and expand public access to underrepresented voices in Canadian art.

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Ryan McNutt
Friday, October 29, 2021
Strange sounds, unexplained happenings and a woman in a blue dress who appears and disappears at whim — just spooky stories, or is É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥'s oldest student residence actually haunted? A closer look at the university’s most famous piece of frightening folklore.
Andrew Riley
Thursday, October 28, 2021
A graduate student advisory council has been established to help build É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥'s new BIPOC Graduate Student Mentoring Academy, a program that connects students of colour with mentors of colour.
Matt Reeder
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Sir Hilary Beckles will offer reflections during a talk next week as part of a pre-conference event — Slavery and Reparations: African Nova Scotia, Canada and Beyond — to help set the stage for the 2023 Universities Studying Slavery (USS) Conference in Halifax.
Erica Gagnon
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
With dozens of recommendations, É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥â€™s updated African Nova Scotian strategy offers the university’s most robust approach ever to increasing support for ANS students, staff and faculty.
Alison Auld
Monday, October 25, 2021
This October, as part of our coverage of Women's History Month in Canada, we ask a few of É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥'s many amazing researchers to reflect on their experiences as women working across a range of different fields.