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New 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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Friday, August 14, 2026
Dal’s 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.
Friday, August 21, 2026
Relive highlights from this year's Community Day at the Faculty of Agriculture in photos.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Faculty member Barb Hamilton-Hinch, Dallaire Institute ED Shelly Whitman, and several Dal alumni are among this year’s appointees to the Order of Nova Scotia, honouring significant contributions to the province.
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Friday, February 21, 2025
’s Black and African Diaspora Studies program aims to deepen understanding of Black histories and cultures. Meet some of the people who helped make it possible.
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
How do you make a deep-sea octopus feel at home? Aquatron aquarist Nayla Sernowsky has learned a lot about cephalopod comforts — insights that will help marine creatures make a successful debut at the new Beaty Centre for Marine Biodiversity when it opens to public.
Friday, February 14, 2025
A Centre for Learning and Teaching course last year offered university teaching staff a supportive environment for learning and reflection on decolonial strategies and approaches to teaching, setting the stage for further courses this year and beyond.
Friday, February 14, 2025
Myrthin Stagg's journey in the film industry has been one of artistic growth and boundary-pushing creativity, most recently thanks to the success of her award-winning short film, Play It Again.
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Members of the Dal community gathered this week to honour the legacy and future of Black creativity and art. The flagship event featured a keynote from the director and curator of the Dal Art Gallery and awards celebrating faculty, staff and students.