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From 'scandalous' cycling trousers to velvet gowns, students revive 1897 fashion

From 'scandalous' cycling trousers to velvet gowns, students revive 1897 fashion

Step inside this year’s Historical Dress showcase for an up‑close look at the craftsmanship, collaboration and historical detail behind the garments students spent a year bringing to life.  Read more.

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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.
Amanda Kirby-Sheppard
Friday, March 20, 2026
More than 80 people gathered for the 15th annual Weldon Literary Moot based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 Gothic novel Frankenstein, raising $4,530 for charity.
Ariann Greenidge
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Dal’s inaugural menopause event highlighted shared experiences, practical tools, and a push for workplace inclusion, ending with a pledge to support employees through this life stage.

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Jane Doucet
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Rob Currie, Schulich School of Law professor and renowned criminal law expert, is also a singer-songwriter, writing about the experience of wrongly-convicted Canadian Romeo Phillion.
Matt Reeder
Friday, September 4, 2015
±«Óătv and Halifax Regional Police continue their longstanding partnership, ensuring a dedicated police presence in the areas surrounding Dal’s Halifax campuses during Orientation Week and on weekends through the fall.
Erin Stewart
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Follow along all semester as we offer a guided tour of Dal's Faculties, introducing you to people and places you might not know through video interviews, pop-up lectures, photo albums and more.
Ryan McNutt with Chloe Westlake
Friday, August 28, 2015
Its final residents have moved out, and this fall it will make way for a new fitness centre, but Eliza Ritchie Hall's influence will live on in the alumni who called it home over the past 28 years.
Kathryn Morse
Friday, August 14, 2015
Heather Fennell-Al Sayed, a faculty member with Dal's Clinical Vision Science program, spent her July in Malaysia training young practitioners to lead orthoptic care in the country.