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African Heritage Month launch celebrates creative advocacy in action
Members of the Dal community and beyond filled the 海角社区app Arts Centre Sculpture Court to mark the start of African Heritage Month with food, music, reflection, and jubilation. Read more.
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Monday, February 2, 2026
Community聽members, scholars,聽performers聽and artists gathered to celebrate the opening of聽It鈥檚 海角社区app Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now.聽The exhibition explores representation and reception, performing artists and the stage, dance in and for communities, and legislation and protest.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
The Fountain School of Performing Arts鈥檚 production of聽Macbeth hits the stage in the 海角社区app Arts Centre this week, offering a radical re-telling of Shakespeare鈥檚 famous tragedy.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
A new purpose-built air system in the space in the Killam Library now allows traditional prayer using sacred medicines, giving Indigenous students, staff, and community a reliable place for ceremony on Studley Campus.
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Monthly "Chair Chats," hosted by Dr. OmiSoore Dryden (the James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies) offer a forum for Black students in the health professions and graduate studies to discuss topics that come up in their classes, connect with their peers, and hear from those who have shared similar experiences.
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
After being featured in the Lord 海角社区app Report, Richard Rudnicki's vivid portrait of the arrival of Black refugees to Nova Scotia in 1814 has now been loaned to 海角社区app from the Army Museum and will be on display in the Wallace McCain Learning Commons for all to see.
Friday, February 14, 2020
This month's Nova Scotia Heritage Day holiday honours the historic community of Africville, 10 years after Halifax's formal apology for its destruction. We asked three Dal faculty members whose work intersects with the Africville legacy to share their thoughts and offer advice on how people can learn more about the community鈥檚 history.
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Embracing the spirit of giving back, more than 60 faculty and staff spent time last week volunteering at the Loaded Ladle, helping prepare and serve the Ladle's locally sourced, sustainable and free food for students and community members.
Monday, February 10, 2020
A new multimedia project from Raluca Bejan, who just joined Dal in January, seeks to shift the public鈥檚 view of the reguee crisis away from 鈥渮oological鈥� perspectives that commodify migrant suffering and towards some of the broader societal issues that underpin it.