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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.
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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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Jason Bremner
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
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Allie Fournier
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During the past four years of medical school, Tiffany Brooks learned how to integrate her personal and cultural experience into her education — leaving a legacy of inclusion and belonging at º£½ÇÉçÇøapp Medicine New Brunswick.
Tammi Hayne
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For Haneen Al-Noman, being involved with the law school community made her experience all the more rewarding and meaningful.
Tammi Hayne
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When Harry Critchley decided to go back to school after years spent working as an educator and researcher focused on access to justice and legal reform, the Schulich School of Law proved an ideal fit.
Kate Rogers
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From children’s books to ophthalmology residency, Freddy Lee’s journey to medicine has left him eager to apply what he has learned to patient care.