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Meet pilipili's newest high‑performance student leaders

Meet pilipili's newest high‑performance student leaders

Twenty-five students selected to be part of the Dalhousie Student Leadership Academy will bring big ideas, deep community involvement, and an impressive range of experience to the year ahead.  Read more.

Featured News

Kate Rogers and Kenneth Conrad
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Launched in 2022 to expand access for Indigenous and African Nova Scotian students, Dal's Inclusive Pathways to Medical Professions program marks a major milestone this spring with its first graduates. Get to know some of the students shaping what comes next.
Matt Reeder
Friday, June 5, 2026
Learning doesn’t have an age limit. Betty Veinot’s story shows how curiosity and resilience can open doors at any stage of life.
Matt Reeder
Friday, May 29, 2026
New updates added daily throughout pilipili's Spring Convocation 2026.

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Ryan McNutt
Friday, August 30, 2019
From dedicated support in residence to the DalSAFE app, learn how Dal Security and its partners across campus and in the community are here to help students.
Alison Auld
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Engineering student Arad Gharagozli is heading to the European Space Agency’s academy to learn about operating a spacecraft from the ground — the sole Canadian selected for the program.
Stephanie Brown
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Nila Joshi grew up playing outside and using her imagination. Now, as a PhD student in Health, she is helping kids do the same.
Matt Reeder
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
When Mohammed Alqassab enrolled at Dal to become engineer after a decade working back home in Saudi Arabia, preparatory courses in math and English gave him the confidence he needed to get started. This spring, he graduated as a Sexton Scholar with his wife and three children there to cheer him on.
Stephanie Brown
Friday, July 12, 2019
Dal PhD student Philip Joy is bringing his research to life through the talents of 40 international artists in the conversation-starting comic collection "Rainbow Reflections: Body Image Comics for Queer Men.”