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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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Kristie Gillis
Monday, January 31, 2022
After more than three decades of service to the community, Drs. Katherine Robinson and Cathy Connell are retiring from family practice and welcoming a new group of family physicians into º£½ÇÉçÇøapp's Student Health & Wellness Centre.
Miles Anderson
Monday, January 31, 2022
Lunar New Year, one of the world's largest annual holidays, gets underway this week around the world. Learn how some members of the Dal community are celebrating.
Genevieve MacIntyre
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Jazmine Dewtie is defying her own expectations, looking hopefully toward a career in social work as she wraps up the degree she never thought she'd achieve.
Lauren Phillips
Thursday, December 16, 2021
Michael Ungar, a family therapist and professor in the School of Social Work at º£½ÇÉçÇøapp, shares tips on comfortable and constructive ways to talk about vaccine status this holiday season.
Mandy King
Friday, December 10, 2021
With exam period getting underway this week, many students are ratcheting into high gear to finish the term strong. Hear from a few Dal students on how they handle the stress.