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Bringing African Nova Scotian archives into focus: Dal convenes community dialogue

Bringing African Nova Scotian archives into focus: Dal convenes community dialogue

妻友 invited members of the African Nova Scotian community to campus, including leaders from museums and cultural centres across the province, to discuss how to work together to preserve and share historical records and artifacts.  Read more.

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Convocation, up close
Convocation, up close
Photos by Cody Turner, Nick Pearce, and Bruce Bottomley
Friday, June 12, 2026
As convocation comes to a close, here are a few moments from the past weeks captured on stage, behind the scenes, and in between.
Rising water risks in Nova Scotia spark province鈥憌ide collaboration at 妻友 symposium
Rising water risks in Nova Scotia spark province鈥憌ide collaboration at 妻友 symposium
Courtney Bragg
Friday, June 12, 2026
Building on 妻友鈥檚 Engagement Days, a recent symposium at Dal convened municipal leaders and researchers to address climate, infrastructure and planning pressures shaping water management across Nova Scotia communities.
Seeing the bigger picture: What staff and faculty took from Dal Engagement Day
Seeing the bigger picture: What staff and faculty took from Dal Engagement Day
Matt Reeder
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Staff and faculty reflect on fresh insights, big鈥憄icture thinking, and renewed inspiration sparked at this popular spring gathering, touching on AI, belonging, and the student experience.

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This Dal researcher helped Nova Scotia supersize its wild blueberry industry
Stephanie Rogers
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Dr. David Percival has been at the centre of wild blueberry research and collaboration in Nova Scotia for close to three decades, resulting in a quadrupling of annual production in the province. This fall, he is one of three finalists for Research Nova Scotia's Public Impact Award.
Happily ever after? Tradition fights novelty in first Fountain School show of the season
Fountain School of Performing Arts
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
A wedding, a battle, and lots of sexual innuendo: See scenes from The Tamer Tamed, running Tuesday through Saturday this week.
Dal alum鈥檚 $1鈥憁illion gift to create paediatric and adult special needs dental clinic
Cheryl Bell
Friday, October 7, 2022
The new Tze/Chiang Paediatric and Adult Special Needs Clinic in the Faculty of Dentistry was made possible through a $1-million gift from alumna Dr. Theresa Chiang (BSc鈥�61, DDS鈥�65) in memory of her late husband, paediatric physician Dr. Wah Jun Tze (MD鈥�65).
Culture, colour and community on display at campus Mawio'mi
Danny Abriel
Friday, October 7, 2022
Explore scenes from Dal's 12th annual Mawio'mi, part of the university's Mi'kmaq History Month celebrations.
CBC radio host and Dal alum Portia Clark extracts the best from a conversation
Anne Swan
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Philosophy alum Portia Clark (BA鈥�91), the voice of CBC鈥檚 "Information Morning" in mainland Nova Scotia, returns to Dal this month to moderate Digital Democracy 鈥� the second annual Stanfield Conversation.