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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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Erin Stewart
Friday, October 5, 2012
Ian Heystee aims to freshen up and fundraise for this year's Dalhousie United Way Halifax campaign, which kicks off next Wednesday.
Rebecca Schneidereit
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Convocation 2012: Fergus Tweedale hasn't looked back since a first-year elective solidified his interest in geology.
Rebecca Schneidereit
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Convocation 2012: Laura Boudreau's Masters of Science continues her lifelong love of animals.
Rebecca Schneidereit
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Convocation 2012: Donovan Parks, Phd grad, applies computers and computer science techniques to solve problems in the life sciences.
Ryan McNutt
Monday, October 1, 2012
For the first time, most students are eligible to vote in this fall’s municipal election, and students are hosting debates, workshops and other events to mobilize the vote.