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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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Jennifer Moore
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Dal’s Industrial Engineering students have made their mark on the national stage this year, winning big awards in competition.
Marie Visca
Friday, March 28, 2014
Earlier this month, five Dalhousie Commerce students camped outside the Rowe Building to raise money and awareness about the challenges homeless Canadians face.
Ryan McNutt
Thursday, March 27, 2014
The beloved astronaut will meet with Dal’s first-place Movember team and deliver a lecture, open to the Dal community, during his visit on Monday, April 7.
Ryan McNutt
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Meet this year's Board of Governors Award winners — six outstanding students who, through their efforts, have made Dalhousie a better place to study and play.
Graeme Gunn
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
A capacity crowd helped celebrate Dal's top student leaders at the third annual Impact Awards.