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Award‑winning student essay asks what fractures community — and why showing up can help build it

Award‑winning student essay asks what fractures community — and why showing up can help build it

Mia Mackenzie, a Master of Social Work student, earned top honours in Dal’s Glovin Award for an essay urging people to resist division by showing up and staying accountable to community.  Read more.

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Farrah Smith
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Psychology student and varsity basketball player Melina Collins is this year's recipient of the Dr. Anne Marie Ryan Community Growth Award, recognized for her work bringing athletes and young learners together through a literacy mentorship program.
Matt Reeder
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
As exams and deadlines converge, the Killam and other campus libraries become places of problem‑solving, empathy, and practical help, highlighting how support services carry students through critical academic moments.
Kenneth Conrad, Graeme Gunn, Kate Rogers, Tanis Trainor
Thursday, March 26, 2026
This year’s Dal Board of Governors winners show how purposeful action creates lasting change. Get to know more now about how they are doing so.

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Theresa Anne Salah
Friday, January 26, 2024
Pomerleau, a Canadian leader in the construction industry, has made a $50,000 gift to support É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ Engineering’s Inclusive Pathways to Engineering Careers Program.
Matt Reeder
Friday, January 26, 2024
Doctors Without Borders, a global non-profit that taps health professionals to provide humanitarian medical in crisis situations, has friends at É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ — a lot of them.
Stephanie Rogers
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Dal began offering computer science students the option to complete their first year on Dal's campus in Truro last fall, with a further expansion to students entering the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences coming later this year.
Ariel Mackenzie
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Dal student Ariel Mackenzie checks in with some peers to learn more about their resolutions for the year ahead and offers some guidance on how Dal can help.
Matt Reeder
Thursday, December 21, 2023
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