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• 'Own every opportunity': Commerce co‑op student awarded Sobey award for excellence in business
  Amrit Singh (BComm’25) is one of eight students in Atlantic Canada to win the prestigious Frank H. Sobey Award.
  
• Canadians are anxious as they ponder how to vote this election. Which leader can ease their fears?
  The question on the ballot this election is no longer about Justin Trudeau — it’s about who Canadians trust to lead them through a disruptive and unpredictable time.
  
• Storm warning: Dal social scientist explores life in Canada’s commercial fishing industry
  Dal’s Dr. Hannah Harrison spent parts of five years exploring the Great Lakes region commercial fisheries and the challenges faced by fish harvesters. Her new documentary paints a picture of life in a changing industry.
  
• Dal community celebrates outstanding achievements at the 2025 Impact Awards
  Learn more about the dozens of students recognized at this year's ceremony for their accomplishments outside the classroom.
  

• Excellence in action: Meet this year's Dal Board of Governors' award winners
  The winners of Dal's top award for student leadership have made their mark through caring for each other and the planet, sparking new approaches to old problems, and creating connections that have lasting power.
  
• Why Canada must treat its food system as a matter of national defence
  Faced with both a trade war and annexation threats, Canada must confront whether its domestic food systems can feed its population in a crisis — economic, political, environmental or otherwise.
  
• Fountain School's Three Sisters reflects human desire to hope in the face of disappointment
  Guest director Diego Matamoros worked with Dal students and faculty members to bring Anton Chekov's famed play to life for the 2024-2025 season finale.
  
• Musical collaboration breathes life into DalSymphony’s 2025 Concerto Night
  Although Concerto Night highlights specific students, soloists agree that the best part of the evening is performing music that they love as an ensemble.
  
• The deep history of deepfakes: Q&A with Spatz Chair Eva Mroczek
  In her public lecture this week, Dr. Eva Mroczek, the Simon and Riva Spatz Chair in Jewish Studies at Dalhousie, traced the winding history of authenticity and forgery in how we discover, study, and talk about biblical texts.
  
• Breaking ground: How Dal's Black and African Diaspora Studies program is forging new opportunities
  Dalhousie’s Black and African Diaspora Studies program aims to deepen understanding of Black histories and cultures. Meet some of the people who helped make it possible.