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Rising above the flood

Rising above the flood

A 2023 flood devastated ҹɫÊÓÆµâ€™s medical research hub. Two years later, labs reopen, revealing a powerful story of recovery, innovation, and community strength.  Read more.

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Tanis Trainor
Friday, July 4, 2025
A partnership with a nearby community school tapped into children's creativity to ensure the new medical sciences building feel inviting once it opens later this year.
Stephanie Rogers
Friday, June 27, 2025
A ҹɫÊÓÆµ-led garden program at a Nova Scotia women’s prison is helping inmates build skills, confidence, and community while growing food and hope. The initiative has been renewed for three more years.
Emm Campbell
Friday, May 16, 2025
Eight vibrant paintings by Mi’kmaq artist Alan Syliboy now grace the halls of ҹɫÊÓÆµâ€™s Weldon Law Building thanks to a donation by alum Allan Silverman. The gift, facilitated through the ҹɫÊÓÆµ Art Gallery, aims to celebrate Indigenous heritage and expand public access to underrepresented voices in Canadian art.

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Kenneth Conrad
Thursday, September 21, 2023
As she progresses through an undergraduate degree in psychology, Gabrielle Close and a team of others have been working to evaluate the accommodations put in place to support blind students like her with the goal improving the experience for visually impaired students.
Stephanie Hurley
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
The inspiration for a new Dal-led website Abajignmuen — which means "giving back" in Mìgmaq — came from recognizing the hard work of students on papers and assignments in Aboriginal and Indigenous law courses and the potential value of this work in providing guidance to others in the broader community.
Stephen Abbott
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Mackenzie Nolan embarks on her post-secondary studies at Dal this fall with a TD Scholarship for Community Leadership, awarded to her in honour of her extensive volunteer efforts helping wildfire evacuees and people struggling with food insecurity.
Amelia St. John
Monday, September 18, 2023
Consent Week organizers aim to build a better understanding of how to put consent into practice. Hint: It’s about better communication.
Words by Matt Reeder, with photos by Nick Pearce
Friday, September 15, 2023
We grabbed a camera and walked alongside some of Dal's newest residents as they took their first steps into university life. Here's what they had to say about their big moment.