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From Dal Tigers to Team Canada, Dal alum returns to the Olympics

From Dal Tigers to Team Canada, Dal alum returns to the Olympics

Former Tigers hockey forward Mike Evelyn O’Higgins (BEng'19) is in Cortina d’Ampezzo to compete in both two and fourman bobsleigh. He balances a demanding sport with a full-time engineering career and intends to embrace every moment of his second Olympic journey.  Read more.

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Ellie Garry-Jones
Friday, January 23, 2026
The Dal-educated (LLB '87) Canadian lawyer and long-time Amnesty International Canada secretary-general shared six principles for rebuilding universal human rights in a fractured world at an event on campus this week.
Stephanie Rogers
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Fifty years after graduation, the Faculy of Agriculture's Class of 1975 came together last year to contribute a custom iron arch at the entrance to the Truro Campus's Herb Garden, bringing a long-envisioned beautification project to reality.
Emm Campbell
Thursday, October 3, 2024
There was a time when Maeghan Tavener (BA’19) thought they might have to give up dance and theatre due to chronic illness. They found a way back to their passion and are making space for more disabled artists like them.

Archives - Alumni

Alison DeLory
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Launched in September 2020, the online community has attracted more than 585 volunteers, including alumni, donors and friends of Dal who provide monthly feedback to the Office of Advancement on a variety of topics, initiatives and programs.
Janet Dyson
Friday, September 3, 2021
Vassy Kapelos (MA’06), host of CBC's "Power & Politics," is returning to her alma mater later this month to moderate º£½ÇÉçÇøapp's inaugural Stanfield Conversations. Learn more about how Kapelos’ time in political science classes at Dal led to a career as one of Canada’s most accomplished political journalists.
Stephen Abbott
Friday, August 27, 2021
When Carolan McLarney, a professor in the Rowe School of Business, saw an article about a Nova Scotian º£½ÇÉçÇøapp alum Kevin Walsh (DDS'90) climbing Mount Everest in the middle of the pandemic, she just knew he'd have important lessons to share with her MBA students.
Sonya Jampolsky
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Edging his way to retirement after a distinguished career, lawyer Doug Ruck (BA ’72, LLB ’77) has taken on the job of chairing a task force into systemic anti-Black racism within the College of Physicians and Surgeons and leading an external investigation into systemic discrimination at the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society.
Barrett Hooper
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Dr. Trevor Jain (MD ’99), a 34-year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces and a married father of two, came up with an idea early in the pandemic to recognize the contributions of essential workers to battling COVID-19: the COVID Warrior challenge coin, which is inspired by Dr. Jain’s own highly decorated military career.