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September 2024

Kenneth Conrad  –  Science, Community & Culture
Friday, September 27, 2024
Medical Sciences student Madison Dunbar travelled to Mi’kmaw communities around Atlantic Canada as part of a summer internship to help spread the word about a Dal program creating pathways for Indigenous youth in health-care professions.
Ellie Garry-Jones  –  Bookstore, Indigenous, News, Community & Culture
Friday, September 27, 2024
Derek Lewis designed an orange shirt honouring Indigenous children who suffered at residential schools across Canada. Now, all profits from sales of his shirt at the Dal Bookstore are going to support a local Mi'kmaw community centre in Halifax.
Photo by Cody Turner  –  Student Life, Community & Culture
Friday, September 27, 2024
Cody Turner, visual media manager with Communications, Marketing & Creative Services, captured players and spectators at Wickwire Field in Halifax from on high during the Tigers soccer season opener on Aug. 31.
Jennifer Cameron  –  Research, Student Life, Community & Culture
Friday, September 27, 2024
Fifteen innovation-inspired events. More than 1,500 participants. More bold ideas than you can imagine. Learn more about a week brimming with transformative potential.
Chelsea Norris  –  Sports, News
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Dal's hosting duties for the national championship is one of four U Sports championships coming to Halifax in the coming years, a new chapter for university sports in Canada.
Brittany Warren  –  Student Life, Management, Community & Culture
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Dal's Management Career Services reached 20,000 business work terms this fall and hosted a record number of attendees at its popular fall networking event. Take a look back at photos and highlights.
Emily MacKinnon  –  Computer Science, Research
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Artificial intelligence tools are power hungry, generating huge emissions through electricity consumption. Computer Science's Dr. Tushar Sharma is striving to clean them up.
Solange Richer de Lafleche  –  Student Life, Architecture and Planning
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Dal student Breena Chaput exchanged a typical summer job for lecture halls and studio mezzanines this year, uncovering rich new insights into architecture's vital role in society along the way.
Allison Barss  –  Student Services, Community & Culture, Senior Administration
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Workplaces and other organizations have made major strides in prioritizing equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility in recent years, but how far have we really come and how far do we have left to go? Panelists explore Oct. 8.
Alison Auld  –  Research, Medicine, Psychiatry
Monday, September 23, 2024
Dal researchers are trying to better understand the potential relationship between cannabis use and brain development in teens, particularly among those who've experienced psychotic-like experiences.