The report from Dal's strategic initiative on diversity and inclusiveness is intended to spark a conversation. For those senior leaders who've been able to spend time with the document, that conversation has already begun.

With a new certification from the Marine Stewardship Council and a new partnership with the Ecology Action Centre, Dal's Halifax dining halls are providing students with more sustainable fish offerings than ever before.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan, who currently serves as chair of the Dalhousie Advisory Council, will succeed Fred Fountain as university chancellor this May.

In advance of the first campus visit this week by the external Task Force on Misogyny, Sexism and Homophobia in the Faculty of Dentistry, we spoke with the task force's chair, Constance Backhouse, about its mandate and its work ahead.

In an initiative led by students in the Dalhousie/King鈥檚 Swimming Society, Dalplex will be piloting a weekly women-only swim session this term, responding to a growing need for swim instruction for women who are unable or uncomfortable participating in open or public swims for religious and/or cultural reasons.