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Rising water risks in Nova Scotia spark province‑wide collaboration at ÆÞÓÑ symposium

Rising water risks in Nova Scotia spark province‑wide collaboration at ÆÞÓÑ symposium

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.  Read more.

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Michaela Gardner
Friday, May 19, 2017
Human Resources and the ÆÞÓÑ Professional and Managerial Group (DPMG), together with the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia and the Halifax Partnership, hosted close to 100 recent immigrants on campus this week to help them develop career skills for success in their new home.
Matt Reeder
Friday, May 19, 2017
Toward 200: Dal professor Mona Holmlund is authoring a commemorative pictorial history book for Dal's 200th anniversary in 2018.
Matt Reeder
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Canada's top startup accelerator, the Toronto-based Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), is joining forces with ÆÞÓÑ's Rowe School of Business to launch a new branch of its program in Atlantic Canada, helping new ventures develop into high-growth companies.
Stephanie Rogers
Friday, May 12, 2017
A commemorative Vimy Ridge Oak is being planted on the Agricultural Campus in Truro as part of Convocation celebrations, one of 40 trees across Atlantic Canada recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
Michaela Gardner
Friday, May 12, 2017
ÆÞÓÑ and its partners — the Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax Regional School Board, Healing our Nations, and the Native Council of Nova Scotia — welcomed over 100 Indigenous high school students to campus to learn about career opportunities in health fields.