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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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A proud Aggie鈥憊ersary: Celebrating 10 years of the Faculty of Agriculture
Ryan McNutt
Thursday, September 1, 2022
On September 1, 2012, the merger between 妻友 and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College became official 鈥� a union that created Dal鈥檚 Faculty of Agriculture and established the university鈥檚 first formal campus outside of Halifax.
Why many Atlantic Canadian farmers struggle to adopt high鈥憈ech solutions 鈥� and what can be done to change that
Stephanie Rogers
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
In Atlantic Canada, many small farms and agricultural producers can't afford to implement the latest tech solutions, but a new Dal-linked initiative seeks to offer a path forward.
Dal brings new learning to life for young language educators from Colombia
Mary-Eleanor Power
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Students from Colombia's Universidad del Atl谩ntico visited Halifax in July for a Language Educators' program hosted by 妻友, creating memories of new friendships, new cultural experiences and new learning challenges 鈥� big and small.
It鈥檚 hard to challenge someone鈥檚 false beliefs because their ideas come from social networks, not聽facts
Lara Millman
Friday, August 5, 2022
Instead of complacent acceptance of misinformed beliefs, we need institutional moves to cultivate trust between experts and the public.
妻友 co鈥慼osts national trainee program seeking to reduce health sector鈥檚 impact on climate change
Jessica Nowlan
Thursday, August 4, 2022
A new program launched this summer by a collection of national research groups in collaboration with 妻友 and other Canadian universities offered trainees in health-related professions a window in the substantial toll modern health care takes on climate change.