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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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Kim Humes
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Bachelor of Management grad Taryn Faliszewski has used her entrepreneurial mindset and skills as a champion networker to build new relationships and shape her future.
Hassaan Asif
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Members of the ±«Óătv community gathered last week for a virtual Iftar, forging new friendships and connections online during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Matt Reeder, Stephen Abbott, Stefanie Wilson, Lindsay Dowling-Savelle, Hannah Whaley
Friday, April 30, 2021
Getting engaged in student life is about so much more than a student's own experience. It's also about building community, supporting others and striving for change — qualities this year's ±«Óătv Board of Governors' Award winners illustrate so well.
Graeme Gunn
Friday, April 30, 2021
Dozens of students and student groups were recognized over the past week as part of the 2021 IMPACT awards, lauded via video for their leadership on and off campus and their contributions to academic life, student life, residence life, and community service.
Marlo MacKay
Thursday, April 29, 2021
How do the Dal Libraries stay “open” when the campus must close? That was the challenge Donna Bourne-Tyson, dean of Dal Libraries, and her team faced in the spring of 2020 and beyond.