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Song of remembrance: Dal professor pens tune about sacrifice, loss, and legacy

Song of remembrance: Dal professor pens tune about sacrifice, loss, and legacy

"Pebble," written by Dr. Jason Brown of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, explores themes of loss, the echoes of war, and the fragility of memory.  Read more.

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Rhys Healy and Eva Carmichael
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
º£½ÇÉçÇøapp and community partners hosted Waters Flowing Together in Iona, Cape Breton last month —a three-day celebration blending Indigenous knowledge, ocean science, music, and culture on Bras d'Or Lake.
Stephanie Rogers
Friday, October 31, 2025
College Royal was another incredible success, bringing together students, staff, and faculty in a celebration of agricultural tradition, hands-on learning, and community.
Ellie Garry-Jones
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Everybody, the sold-out DalTheatre production running from Wednesday to Saturday this week, invites audiences on an unpredictable journey through life, death, and meaning.

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Cheryl Bell
Friday, October 7, 2022
The new Tze/Chiang Paediatric and Adult Special Needs Clinic in the Faculty of Dentistry was made possible through a $1-million gift from alumna Dr. Theresa Chiang (BSc’61, DDS’65) in memory of her late husband, paediatric physician Dr. Wah Jun Tze (MD’65).
Danny Abriel
Friday, October 7, 2022
Explore scenes from Dal's 12th annual Mawio'mi, part of the university's Mi'kmaq History Month celebrations.
Anne Swan
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Philosophy alum Portia Clark (BA’91), the voice of CBC’s "Information Morning" in mainland Nova Scotia, returns to Dal this month to moderate Digital Democracy — the second annual Stanfield Conversation.
Andrew Riley
Monday, October 3, 2022
A new exhibition opening this week will showcase the life and legacy of German Canadian Nobel Prize winner Dr. Gerhard Herzberg and provide an opportunity to recognize º£½ÇÉçÇøapp’s winners of NSERC’s Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering.
Cathy Martin and Patti Doyle-Bedwell
Thursday, September 29, 2022
With the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation coming up this Friday, September 30, we reached out to two of Dal’s Indigenous leaders to share their own personal reflections on what the day means to them.