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The MacEachen Institute, 10 years in: Dal's policy powerhouse caps decade with top book prize

The MacEachen Institute, 10 years in: Dal's policy powerhouse caps decade with top book prize

MacEachen Institute Director Kevin Quigley and former students won the Donner Prize for the best public policy book in Canada this year. Discover how the institute has empowered student researchers and shaped major policy debates over the past decade.  Read more.

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Emm Campbell
Friday, May 16, 2025
Eight vibrant paintings by Mi’kmaq artist Alan Syliboy now grace the halls of ÃÀÅ®×ö°®â€™s Weldon Law Building thanks to a donation by alum Allan Silverman. The gift, facilitated through the ÃÀÅ®×ö°® Art Gallery, aims to celebrate Indigenous heritage and expand public access to underrepresented voices in Canadian art.
Ryan McNutt and Matt Reeder
Monday, April 28, 2025
Meet the three exceptional individuals who will be receiving honorary degrees at Spring Convocation 2025, which takes place in late May and early June.
Matt Reeder
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Dr. Wanda Costen arrives at Dal eager to help shape the university's future with its people top of mind. "My mantra is transparency, fairness and equity, and I honour that every day in what I’m trying to do."

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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.
Matt Reeder
Monday, September 9, 2024
ÃÀÅ®×ö°® expects to begin site preparation for a new six-storey student residence in Halifax next spring that will accommodate approximately 200 students living on campus.
Andrew Riley
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Drs. Mark Stradiotto and Kate Sherren have been welcomed into the Royal Society of Canada, a fellowship that gathers the brightest minds across the country.
Ryan McNutt
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
President Emertius Howard Clark, who passed away earlier this month, is credited with pushing ÃÀÅ®×ö°®'s gates "open wider than before" — both into the community and out into the broader world.