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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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Emma Geldart
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Valedictorian of the Faculty of Agriculture Class of 2018, Plant Science grad Keenan Kavanaugh is ready to return to his family farming business with a whole new arsenal of knowledge tucked into his rolled-up sleeves.
Emma Geldart
Monday, May 7, 2018
The path Haley Matthews took towards studying Engineering at Dal's Agricultural Campus went through the Imhotep's Legacy Academy, a Dal-hosted outreach program. Now, she gives back to that same program as a coach, helping youth of African descent explore the possibilities of science and technology.
Matt Reeder
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Kinesiology student Maya Biderman dove headlong into research, athletics and extracurricular life at Dal, discovering a passion for Indigenous health issues along the way. Now, she’s getting set to begin master’s research with a prestigious Killam Scholarship in hand.
Nari Williams
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Over the past four years, Dal's Islamic Relief Society has raised around $300,000 for a wide variety of causes, both across Canada and around the world.
Molly Marcott
Monday, April 30, 2018
±«Óătv took its first step toward gender equality in academia when it admitted its first female students in 1881, something Costume Studies students celebrated this year by recreating women’s choice of dress during those early years of change.