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                            Alumni, Research, Women In Research
                    
            
                    Friday, May 21, 2021
            As part of Dal Alumni Days next week, the Faculty of Medicine and the ±«Óătv Medical Research Foundation will host a special Open Dialogue Live featuring three ±«Óătv researchers in pain management.
        
                    
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                            Research, Science, Women In Research, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Thursday, May 20, 2021
            Solutions for Kids in Pain recently partnered with Pulse, ±«Óătv's health innovation sandbox, to offer a program engaging students from multiple disciplines in a semester-long knowledge mobilization program.
        
                    
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                            News
                    
            
                    Thursday, May 20, 2021
            Dianne Tyers, dean of the Faculty of Open Learning and Career Development, shares her thoughts on name changes, navigating COVID-19, and what’s next for her Faculty.
        
                    
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                            Alumni, Social Work, Architecture and Planning, Health Professions, Planning
                    
            
                    Wednesday, May 19, 2021
            Alumna Claire Elizabeth Williams (MPlan’08) is the co-founder and CEO of Foundations for Social Change, where she launched the New Leaf Project in 2018 — North America’s first direct giving project for people experiencing homelessness.
        
                    
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                            Human Resources
                    
            
                    Wednesday, May 19, 2021
            The Human Resources program provides equity-deserving, job-ready candidates an opportunity to gain valuable working experience, while developing skills and competencies that may assist in finding further employment at ±«Óătv.
        
                    
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                            Research, News, Engineering
                    
            
                    Monday, May 17, 2021
            Dal ranked among the top 20 universities in the world and third in Canada in the 2021 Time Higher Education Impact Rankings for its research, outreach and stewardship in the 'Clean Water and Sanitation' category. Learn more about Rob Jamieson, one of the university's leading researchers in the area.
        
                    
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                            Alumni, Research, Law, Women In Research
                    
            
                    Friday, May 14, 2021
            ±«Óătv’s Schulich School of Law is hosting Climate Law and Human Rights next week, an Open Dialogue Live panel discussion about how human rights law can help bring more urgency to the climate change problem.
        
                    
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                            International Development Studies, Arts and Social Sciences, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Friday, May 14, 2021
            Tackling rising anti-Asian racism is at the heart of this year’s theme for Asian Heritage Month in Canada: Recognition, Resilience, and Resolve. We spoke to Ajay Parasram, an assistant professor in the departments of International Development Studies and History, about the history of anti-Asian racism in Canada and ways people can help help combat it now.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Thursday, May 13, 2021
            Members of the ±«Óătv community gathered last week for a virtual Iftar, forging new friendships and connections online during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
        
                    
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                            Arts and Social Sciences, Graduate Studies
                    
            
                    Wednesday, May 12, 2021
            Andrew Bergel, an instructor in the College of Sustainability, says video lectures have proven beneficial for students and led to better class experiences for all — results so eye-opening he plans to incorporate such videos in the future even when in-person learning returns.