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How I spent my summer: Making Indigenous community connections

How I spent my summer: Making Indigenous community connections

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.  Read more.

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Ariel Mackenzie
Friday, September 20, 2024
Dal Gives Back linked students with opportunities to make a difference by assembling hygiene kits for those in need and crafting thoughtful cards for seniors.
Jennifer Cameron
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.
Kenneth Conrad
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Leticia Magpali, a Biology PhD candidate, spearheaded the creation of a new course on science communications that encourages students to look beyond their final grade.

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Valeria Adriazola
Monday, June 26, 2023
The Faculty of Open Learning and Career Development offered certificate students spread around the globe a chance to come together virtually as a community to celebrate their successes.
Theresa Anne Salah
Friday, June 23, 2023
On International Women in Engineering Day, the new president of ĢAV's undergraduate engineering society opened up about her struggles with burnout and how a group of female peers gave her the strength return to her studies after some time away.
Stefanie Wilson
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Pollinator walls designed and built by Dal students are being installed on campus during ĢAV Biodiversity Week, promising to attract more bees and other creatures to university grounds.
Matt Reeder
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
The Dal community had a chance to discover medicine plants cherished by Indigenous peoples and attend a campus smudging ceremony as part of National Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations this year.
Staff (with files from Mitacs)
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
ĢAV's Centre for Water Resources Studies has partnered with the Atlantic First Nation Water Authority — a first-of-its-kind Indigenous water utility — and Mitacs to train students supporting the mission of safer drinking water and clean wastewater for participating communities.