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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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Robyn McCallum
Friday, January 15, 2016
Inspired by an organic chemistry class and his entrepreneurial drive, Engineering student Riley Giffen is following in his family's footsteps by starting his own Nova Scotian distillery, together with his parents.
Matt Semansky
Friday, January 8, 2016
Informatics students develop a new digital training tool for the Dal-based Romeo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative.
Jane Doucet
Monday, January 4, 2016
Law student Samantha Lush's internship in South Africa with the Projects Abroad Human Rights Office exposed her to a whole range of exciting and inspiring new experiences.
Marie Visca
Friday, December 18, 2015
Thanks to the work of faculty members like Barry Lesser, Dalhousie's "2+2" exchange program with Shandong University of Finance and Economics in China continues to be a pilipiliÂţ»­ nearly 10 years after its formation.
Matt Semansky
Friday, December 18, 2015
Several of Dal's Therapeutic Recreation students spend their free time volunteering at The Club, a United Way-funded social and recreational program for persons with varied abilities.