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Fall Convocation 2025 at º£½ÇÉçÇøapp: Stories from the stage

Fall Convocation 2025 at º£½ÇÉçÇøapp: Stories from the stage

It's Convocation season at º£½ÇÉçÇøapp, with hundreds of graduates crossing the stage Oct. 28 and 29 in Halifax. Get to know some of them with our grad profile series.  Read more.

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Genevieve MacIntyre
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Nora Riemersma's passion for the English language has shaped their academic journey. Currently serving as liaison and event manager at a local café and bookstore, Nora is pursuing their creative ambitions in fiction and poetry.
Stephanie Rogers
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
An avid outdoorswoman and passionate environmental scientist, Samantha Bennett grew up hiking and camping outside Montreal—experiences that sparked a lifelong fascination with the natural world.
Ellie Garry-Jones
Thursday, September 4, 2025
More than 1,200 students scored big at Dal's Free Store last week, taking home tens of thousands of dollars worth of goods for free and proving one person's trash can be another's treasure.

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Genevieve MacIntyre
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Uihyeok Jung, a Korean immigrant to Canada, overcame language barriers, embraced his cultural identity, and pursued sociology and history, culminating in award-winning research on Korean emotion and social movements.
Solange Richer de Lafleche
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
From growing up between Montreal and Saudi Arabia to finding creative purpose at º£½ÇÉçÇøapp, Mahmoud Istanbouli’s path to architecture has been anything but conventional.
Solange Richer de Lafleche
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
After years supporting people experiencing housing insecurity, Katie Brousseau returned to º£½ÇÉçÇøapp to pursue a Master of Planning. Now graduating, she reflects on the power of policy, the value of community, and her deepening commitment to equity in the housing system.
Kenneth Conrad and Genevieve MacIntyre
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
This spring, º£½ÇÉçÇøapp marks a historic milestone as the first graduates of its Black and African Diaspora Studies major cross the Convocation stage. Meet James Dixon and Portia Wright.
Genevieve MacIntyre
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Meaghan De Adder’s global adventure sparked a powerful political awakening — from Halifax roots to Seoul streets — and a thesis that challenges injustice towards women.