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'A beacon for us all': Honouring the life and legacy of Senator Don Oliver (1938–2025)

'A beacon for us all': Honouring the life and legacy of Senator Don Oliver (1938–2025)

Senator Donald Oliver (LLB'64, LLD'03) built an extraordinary legacy as a lawyer, lifelong advocate for racial equality, and the first Black man in Canada's Senate, inspiring many in the ÃÀÅ®×ö°® community and beyond.  Read more.

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Genevieve MacIntyre
Friday, September 26, 2025
Dal alum Nobu Adilman (BA'95) has taken what he learned at the university and in Halifax about building performing arts communities to the next level with the drop-in singing sensation Choir! Choir! Choir!
Emily MacKinnon
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Identifying and rapidly filling unique gaps allowed Camille Chandra (MBA’17) to ascend in her career with IBM Canada. This former aspiring dentist keeps adapting and evolving, much the same way her industry — big tech — does.
Emm Campbell
Thursday, October 3, 2024
There was a time when Maeghan Tavener (BA’19) thought they might have to give up dance and theatre due to chronic illness. They found a way back to their passion and are making space for more disabled artists like them.

Archives - Alumni

Ryan McNutt
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Art McDonald, two-time Dal alum and co-recipient of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics, returned to campus Monday night to talk with students, faculty and community members about his groundbreaking research into the fundamental building blocks of the universe.
Mark Campbell
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
In her application to ÃÀÅ®×ö°®'s Faculty of Dentistry, Dr. Natalie Archer (BSc'95, DDS'01) vowed she would make a difference as a dentist. She has made it her life's work to follow through on this promise by getting to the root of elder dental care.
Genevieve MacIntyre
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
At the year's first set of Cross-Current Seminars, Provost and Vice-President Academic Carolyn Watters announced the establishment of new Special Provost-Alumni Scholarships for PhD students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Miriam Breslow
Monday, January 25, 2016
Ram Raju, chairman and CEO of Kivuto Solutions, continues his longstanding support for ÃÀÅ®×ö°® and local entrepreneurship with a donation to the Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship.
Robyn McCallum
Friday, January 15, 2016
Inspired by an organic chemistry class and his entrepreneurial drive, Engineering student Riley Giffen is following in his family's footsteps by starting his own Nova Scotian distillery, together with his parents.