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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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Matt Reeder
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Make sure you have your say on October 19 — or earlier, at the advance polls. Learn what you need to know about getting out to vote!
Matt Reeder
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Fall Convocation grad profile: Chris Burns' picked up many key skills during his PhD studies at Dal, but among the most useful were those that helped him develop his spin-out company Novonix.
Marie Visca
Monday, October 5, 2015
Fall Convocation grad profile: Grad profile: Derek Neil didn’t start his Dal journey studying computer science, but looking back it’s exactly where he wanted to be.
Marie Visca
Monday, October 5, 2015
Fall Convocation grad profile: Becoming a parent helped bring a fresh perspective to how Amanda Bettle approached her work as a pediatric nurse.
Miriam Breslow
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
MBA grad John Gleeson has found his calling in the startup world through his work with marketing and tech company Affinio.