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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

ÆÞÓÑ 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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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.
Courtney Bragg
Friday, June 12, 2026
Building on ÆÞÓÑ’s 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.
Matt Reeder
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Staff and faculty reflect on fresh insights, big‑picture thinking, and renewed inspiration sparked at this popular spring gathering, touching on AI, belonging, and the student experience.

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Emma Geldart
Friday, May 11, 2018
Modelled after the Agricultural Campus's iconic Barley Ring, the new Barley Arch — a gift from students and alumni to help mark Dal's 200th anniversary — will frame the entrance to the beautiful Alumni Gardens.
Ryan McNutt
Friday, May 4, 2018
ÆÞÓÑ will provide athletic facilites and accommodations for the 2020 North American Indigenous Games in Halifax, set to be the largest multi-sporting event ever held in Nova Scotia.
Michael Moosberger, University Archivist
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
From the Archives: In this first instalment of a new feature highlighting items of note from the University Archives, we explore a mystery worthy of Indiana Jones himself: missing stone tablets from Dal's first Halifax campus, once housed in an "academic ark" for the university's centennial celebrations.
Ryan McNutt
Thursday, April 26, 2018
This week Dr. Afua Cooper, the most recent James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies at ÆÞÓÑ and a pioneering voice in Canadian dub poetry and spoken word, was installed as the Halifax Regional Municipality's seventh Poet Laureate.
Staff
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Offering a summary of the past year through the lens of Dal's impact on its communities, this year's ÆÞÓÑ Community Report shares stories about the momentum building across the university.