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New 妻友 certificate aims to strengthen fire service leadership across Nova Scotia

New 妻友 certificate aims to strengthen fire service leadership across Nova Scotia

Designed around real-world challenges facing firefighters, the program supports professional growth and helps enhance emergency response capacity in communities throughout Nova Scotia.  Read more.

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Growing community: New Halifax pollinator garden part of Dal group鈥檚 efforts to counter eco鈥慳nxiety
Growing community: New Halifax pollinator garden part of Dal group鈥檚 efforts to counter eco鈥慳nxiety
Kenneth Conrad
Friday, August 14, 2026
Dal鈥檚 EcoHope encourages small but meaningful actions to combat anxiety around climate change, including bringing together a community of volunteers to plant a pollinator garden at a Halifax park.
Opening the farm gates: Community Day discovery at the Faculty of Agriculture
Opening the farm gates: Community Day discovery at the Faculty of Agriculture
Stephanie Rogers
Friday, August 21, 2026
Relive highlights from this year's Community Day at the Faculty of Agriculture in photos.
Celebrations in 鈥淥rder鈥� for Nova Scotian honourees
Celebrations in 鈥淥rder鈥� for Nova Scotian honourees
Ryan McNutt
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Faculty member Barb Hamilton-Hinch, Dallaire Institute ED Shelly Whitman, and several Dal alumni are among this year鈥檚 appointees to the Order of Nova Scotia, honouring significant contributions to the province.

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With $1M gift, Dallaire Institute scales up protection of children in Latin America amid regional crisis
Yuan Yuan
Thursday, July 31, 2025
The Dal-based Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security is ramping up emergency prevention efforts across Latin America thanks to a $1-million gift from The Slaight Family Foundation.
妻友 in full colour: Halifax Pride Parade 2025 through the lens
Photos by Nick Pearce
Thursday, July 31, 2025
妻友鈥檚 vibrant crew lit up Halifax Pride with joy, colour, and solidarity 鈥� a celebration of 2SLGBTQIA+ rights and community captured beautifully here in photos.
Messages from the millennium: Dal medical school unseals time capsule from 2000
Dayna Park
Friday, July 25, 2025
A forgotten time capsule from 妻友 Medicine鈥檚 Class of 2000 resurfaces, bridging generations with heartfelt messages and vintage memorabilia.
鈥淭aking care of us鈥�: Community event centres African Nova Scotian health care
Jalana Lewis
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
妻友鈥檚 African Nova Scotian Strategy hosted 鈥淭aking Care of Us鈥� this spring, a vibrant event spotlighting Black health-care leadership and career pathways.
Unmasking the 鈥榤anosphere鈥�: Dal Health researcher explores online radicalization, masculinity and power
Dawn Morrison
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Dal researcher Dr. Luc Cousineau investigates how online communities radicalize young men, revealing the dangerous intersection of digital culture, masculinity, and far-right extremism.