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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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Stephanie Rogers
Friday, April 7, 2017
A devoted traveller, International Food Business student Jeremy Stroud had the opportunity to work in the coffee industry last year on an internship in the Netherlands. Now, he’s building on that experience to develop a novel iced tea beverage using cascara and other natural ingredients with the support of Cultiv8, Dal's agricultural sandbox.
Carter Hutton
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Photo Essay: The Dalhousie International Students' Society brought the world to campus last week with its annual International Night.
Joel Oliver-Cormier
Thursday, April 6, 2017
The Dalhousie Jazz Ensemble will perform with Canadian singer, pianist, composer and arranger Michael Kaeshammer at his upcoming Halifax concert on April 10 — a unique collaboration for all parties involved.
Molly Marcott
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Economics students Vicky Qu and Haolin Shao were two of the 40 international students who put their English skills to the test at Dal's annual "International Perspectives on Economics, Arts and Science" conference.
Stephanie Rogers
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Three Faculty of Agriculture graduate students are travelling to Ethiopia this week to participate in the first ever Ethiopian agricultural diploma education conference. It’s part of Dal's Agricultural Transformation through Stronger Vocational Education (ATTSVE) project – one of the largest international development projects ever awarded to a Canadian university.