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New ±«Óătv certificate aims to strengthen fire service leadership across Nova Scotia

New ±«Óătv certificate aims to strengthen fire service leadership across Nova Scotia

Designed around real-world challenges facing firefighters, the program supports professional growth and helps enhance emergency response capacity in communities throughout Nova Scotia.  Read more.

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Kenneth Conrad
Friday, August 14, 2026
Dal’s EcoHope encourages small but meaningful actions to combat anxiety around climate change, including bringing together a community of volunteers to plant a pollinator garden at a Halifax park.
Stephanie Rogers
Friday, August 21, 2026
Relive highlights from this year's Community Day at the Faculty of Agriculture in photos.
Ryan McNutt
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Faculty member Barb Hamilton-Hinch, Dallaire Institute ED Shelly Whitman, and several Dal alumni are among this year’s appointees to the Order of Nova Scotia, honouring significant contributions to the province.

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Julia M. Wright
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Stories build powerful emotional attachments. We root for heroes, boo their opponents and get anxious for the fictional problem to be solved. Facts have very little to do with it, writes Julia M. Wright.
Mark Campbell
Friday, February 18, 2022
Presented by the Faculty of Management through the Promise Scholars program, the panel discussion will create much-needed space for conversations about women of African descent in business.
Matt Reeder, with files from Theresa Rajack-Talley
Friday, February 18, 2022
In 2018, Wanda Robson brought more than 1,000 people to their feet in a Dal auditorium. We spoke to a few key people there that night about what Robson, who passed away earlier this month, meant to them.
Matt Reeder
Monday, February 14, 2022
The Rowe School of Business professor, a specialist in corporate apologies, shares her perspective on how the streaming giant has navigated calls to drop the popular podcaster over concerns he has shared misinformation about COVID vaccines and used racial slurs on his show.
Ariel Mackenzie
Monday, February 14, 2022
English professor Heather Jessup shares some of her favourite examples of love found in recent art, television, and literature.