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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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Emily MacKinnon
Thursday, August 31, 2023
On Sept. 1, 1923, the governors of ҹɫÊÓÆµ and King’s College signed articles of association, entwining the two institutions academically and culturally. Now, 100 years later, community leaders pause to reflect on their shared history and path forward.
Simon Sherry
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
We often think of self-esteem as either high or low, but the level of your self-esteem might be less important than the stability of your self-esteem, writes Dal's Simon Sherry.
Emily MacKinnon
Friday, August 18, 2023
K.R. Byggdin is the latest recipient of Atlantic Canada’s most prestigious prize for fiction for their debut novel, Wonder World.
Sara Kirk and Julia Kontak
Friday, August 11, 2023
Involving youth in promoting health in schools can catalyze students’ ability to bring about positive change. On International Youth Day and year round, more adults could lift up youth voices, write Sara Kirk and Julia Kontak.
Kate Rogers
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
The Province of Nova Scotia, in partnership with the Faculty of Medicine, has announced the development and funding of a Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) program at Dal that is poised to help alleviate some of the burden faced by physicians and provide a pathway to meet the health-care needs of Nova Scotians.