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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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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.
Friday, August 21, 2026
Relive highlights from this year's Community Day at the Faculty of Agriculture in photos.
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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Thursday, May 7, 2020
The Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is turning its focus on technological innovation towards the current pandemic with a new program focused on public health and economic recovery.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
A retired horticulture professor from the Faculty of Agriculture, Kris Pruski’s Raging Crow Distillery has been producing hand sanitizer not just for the public, but to donate to local nurses and first-responders.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
What happens when many of the special occasions and gatherings a Poet Laureate would frequently be called upon to mark in verse have been put on hold? Dal Creative Writing instructor Sue Goyette, HRM's new appointee to the role, is about to find out.
Monday, May 4, 2020
Athanasius “Tanas” Sylliboy, RN and graduating Master of Nursing – Nurse Practitioner student, is in his home community of Eskasoni, working hard to minimize the impact of COVID-19.
Friday, May 1, 2020
Inside the ±«Óătv University Community Report for 2019-2020, you’ll learn about stories, projects and experiences that demonstrate Dal’s important role in its local community and across the region, country and world.