Student Life
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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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.
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.
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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Wednesday, November 29, 2017
From the 16 Days of Activism campaign to serving as an off-campus lead for the Dalhousie Student Engagement Program, Therapeutic Recreation student Annie Shannon-Dwyer's Dal experience has been all about getting and staying involved.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Oluronke Taiwo, Dalhousie’s Black Student Advisor, was recently named one of the "Top 25 Immigrants in the Maritimes" by myHalifaxExperience magazine.
Monday, November 27, 2017
The Fountain School of Performing Arts continues its 2017-18 season this week with The Man of Mode, a Restoration comedy by George Etherege.
Monday, November 20, 2017
An Engineering co-op student who's written a novel and several plays during her studies, Nayani Jensen is headed to the University of Oxford next year as Dalhousie's 91st Rhodes Scholar.
Friday, November 17, 2017
Nearly a dozen Architecture students have been hard at work over the last few weeks crafting their unconventional entry for Halifax's annual Holiday Parade of Lights.