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Creating space for care: Dal researcher funded to study mental health support for Black women in Nova Scotia

Creating space for care: Dal researcher funded to study mental health support for Black women in Nova Scotia

Dr. Keisha Jefferies leads a groundbreaking study exploring Black women’s mental health in Nova Scotia, aiming to create culturally relevant care and amplify overlooked voices.  Read more.

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Thursday, June 5, 2025
From pioneering new approaches in medical education to championing equity and inclusion in the classroom, this year's award recipients exemplify the very best of what it means to teach and lead.
Matt Reeder
Friday, May 23, 2025
ÆßÉ«ÊÓÆµ hit the road to Yarmouth, Bridgewater, Sydney and other Nova Scotian communities in recent months, deepening ties through dialogue, outreach, and innovation as part of its province-wide Engagement Days initiative. Up next: Guysborough.
Matt Reeder
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
The university’s first vice-provost of Indigenous Relations brings decades of advocacy experience, academic insights, and a deep commitment to embedding community values throughout Dal.

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Ellie Garry-Jones
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.
Chelsea Norris
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.
Andrew Riley
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Dr. Elaine Craig's Mainstreaming Porn: Sexual Integrity and the Law Online explores how law, policy, and social measures can address the harmful consequences of algorithm-driven mainstream porn.
Mia Samardzic and Josh Boyter
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
This year's recipients of the national award for academic excellence are helping forge new frontiers in knowledge about medical assistance in dying and medical diagnostics.
Andrew Riley
Thursday, September 12, 2024
You’re invited to the Falling Walls Lab – Atlantic Canada next Tuesday, September 17. The event will bring together young innovators from Atlantic Canada to face a daunting challenge—making the case for why their breakthrough idea has the potential to change the world for the better, in just three minutes.