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Ask an expert: Barriers to care for transgender and nonbinary people
Dr. Hilary MacCormick, an anesthesiologist in the Department of Women's and Obstetric Anesthesia and assistant professor at Dalhousie, discusses some of the barriers, stress, and marginalization transgender and noxnbinary people face in accessing gender-affirming surgery. Read more.
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Friday, June 14, 2024
Dal and the Immigration Services Association of Nova Scotia host a fundraising event on campus later this month to help newcomers.
Thursday, June 13, 2024
The Atlantic Science Links Association’s second junior high science contest brought some of Nova Scotia’s brightest young scientific minds to the Dalhousie campus for a celebration of their achievements.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Dal President Kim Brooks recruited a Costume Studies student to create a new design for her ceremonial garb, one that better reflects the land Dal sits on, the university's values, and her own identity.
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Friday, August 5, 2022
Instead of complacent acceptance of misinformed beliefs, we need institutional moves to cultivate trust between experts and the public.
Thursday, August 4, 2022
A new program launched this summer by a collection of national research groups in collaboration with Dalhousie and other Canadian universities offered trainees in health-related professions a window in the substantial toll modern health care takes on climate change.
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Alumnus Brad Pickard (MArch 2010) and Architecture Professor Emeritus Richard Kroeker have won a World Architecture Festival Prize for a powwow stadium designed for the Muscowpetung Saulteaux First Nation in south-east Saskatchewan.
Thursday, July 28, 2022
This month the Wije'winen Health Centre opened its doors to the urban Indigenous community in Halifax, providing future opportunities for medical learners interested in Indigenous health.
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Past/Future: African Canadian History, Arts and Culture in STEM Education in Canada is the first symposium of its kind in Canada — an important step as part of a broader project to help bring Black people's history and experiences into the grade school classroom.