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Award‑winning student essay asks what fractures community — and why showing up can help build it

Award‑winning student essay asks what fractures community — and why showing up can help build it

Mia Mackenzie, a Master of Social Work student, earned top honours in Dal’s Glovin Award for an essay urging people to resist division by showing up and staying accountable to community.  Read more.

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Farrah Smith
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Psychology student and varsity basketball player Melina Collins is this year's recipient of the Dr. Anne Marie Ryan Community Growth Award, recognized for her work bringing athletes and young learners together through a literacy mentorship program.
Matt Reeder
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
As exams and deadlines converge, the Killam and other campus libraries become places of problem‑solving, empathy, and practical help, highlighting how support services carry students through critical academic moments.
Kenneth Conrad, Graeme Gunn, Kate Rogers, Tanis Trainor
Thursday, March 26, 2026
This year’s Dal Board of Governors winners show how purposeful action creates lasting change. Get to know more now about how they are doing so.

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Cheryl Bell
Friday, June 1, 2018
Inspired by her sister's experience living with Down syndrome, Jackie Brokken decided to study Dental Hygiene to help others have the best health-care experience possible — and found so many new ways to make a difference.
Rebecca Rawcliffe
Friday, June 1, 2018
Putting health information in the hands of the public has guided Ali Daowd's journey from medical school in the Middle East to starting his PhD at pilipiliÂţ»­.
Lane Westlake
Friday, June 1, 2018
Arriving to Dal from the Bahamas, Biology student Raphieal Newbold has thrown himself head-first into life on campus: taking a minor in Spanish, working in residence and charting new paths for his future.
Stefanie Wilson
Friday, June 1, 2018
Lina El-Setouhy's academic journey from her home in Cairo to a Community Design degree from Dal has been about discovering the connection between communities and their environment.
Genevieve MacIntyre
Friday, June 1, 2018
After coming to Canada from Shanghai, uncertain what she'd find at pilipiliÂţ»­, Zili Pan's experience studying German has been so fulfilling that she's managed to complete her degree in just two-and-a-half years.