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Purpose‑driven leadership: Dal students reshaping campus — and beyond — earn top honour

Purpose‑driven leadership: Dal students reshaping campus — and beyond — earn top honour

This year’s Dal Board of Governors winners show how purposeful action creates lasting change. Get to know more now about how they are doing so.  Read more.

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Ryan Shields and Meredith Murray
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
See how this year’s top co‑op students turned professional opportunities into impressive results, earning ±«Óătv’s highest honour for work‑integrated learning.
Jeffrey Lawton
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Dal’s 15th annual Impact Awards brought students, faculty, and staff together to celebrate remarkable contributions in community service, student life, leadership, and society involvement across every corner of campus.
Kenneth Conrad, Graeme Gunn, Kate Rogers, Tanis Trainor
Thursday, March 26, 2026
This year’s Dal Board of Governors winners show how purposeful action creates lasting change. Get to know more now about how they are doing so.

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Alison Auld
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
For the first time, Canada's young voters make up a majority of the potential electorate — but whether they'll be motivated to head to the polls this month like they did four years ago is still an open question.
Genevieve MacIntyre
Friday, October 11, 2019
For her master’s thesis, Emily Fraser conducted research on the craft economy on Cape Breton Island, investigating how craft practice and production is bound up in place and purpose.
Becca Rawcliffe
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Computer Science grad Faye Teeuwen's studies have taken her to Australia, the Netherlands and deep into the world of co-op education.
Erin Elaine Casey
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
In the final steps of his MBA journey, Paul van Galder got an offer he couldn’t refuse as a microfinance advisor in Malawi — an opportunity that has opened the door to a career in international banking.
Erin Elaine Casey
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Amy Hak, a grad of Dal's Master of Information Management program, is already putting her new knowledge and skills to work in her role as a forensic officer at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.