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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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Graeme Gunn
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Read the full list of recipients of the 2019 Impact Awards, celebrating outstanding student achievement on campus.
Nicole Maunsell
Monday, March 25, 2019
Students in the Rowe School of Business are spending this week camping outside the Rowe Building, raising funds for Phoenix Youth Programs and awareness for youth facing homelessness.
Jane Doucet
Monday, March 25, 2019
The great Count Dracula sued the world-famous vampire hunter Van Helsing for wrongful death at this year’s Weldon Literary Moot, an annual theatrical fundraiser organized by the Schulich School of Law to raise money for Halifax Humanities 101.
Sarah Dawson, Graeme Gunn, Cecilia Khamete, Ryan McNutt, Matt Reeder
Friday, March 22, 2019
Student life at Dal is more than just an academic and social experience — for many students, it's about building a better world. Learn how this year's recipients of ±«Óătv's Board of Governors' Award are doing just that.
Emma Geldart
Friday, March 22, 2019
For the third year in a row, a team of four engineering students from ±«Óătv University Faculty of Agriculture (Dal AC) claimed the top spot at the annual Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC).