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Purpose‑driven leadership: Dal students reshaping campus — and beyond — earn top honour

Purpose‑driven leadership: Dal students reshaping campus — and beyond — earn top honour

This year’s Dal Board of Governors winners show how purposeful action creates lasting change. Get to know more now about how they are doing so.  Read more.

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Ryan Shields and Meredith Murray
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
See how this year’s top co‑op students turned professional opportunities into impressive results, earning ÃÀÅ®×ö°®â€™s highest honour for work‑integrated learning.
Jeffrey Lawton
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Dal’s 15th annual Impact Awards brought students, faculty, and staff together to celebrate remarkable contributions in community service, student life, leadership, and society involvement across every corner of campus.
Kenneth Conrad, Graeme Gunn, Kate Rogers, Tanis Trainor
Thursday, March 26, 2026
This year’s Dal Board of Governors winners show how purposeful action creates lasting change. Get to know more now about how they are doing so.

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Rosalie Fralick
Friday, March 4, 2016
On March 9 and 10, more than 100 of ÃÀÅ®×ö°®'s top master's and PhD students will compete in the university's fourth-annual Three-Minute Thesis competition, in which they will be tasked with presenting their research in three minutes or less.
Jane Doucet
Friday, March 4, 2016
Second-year Law students Andrew Mercier and Will McLennan finished in first place at the National Labour Arbitration Competition in Toronto earlier this term.
Cory Burris
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Originally designed for a class project, Tara Riddell's "Beyond the Body" social media initiative has continued, acting as a hub for discussion on topics around mental health.
Marie Visca
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Students are helping organize the DALConnects volunteer program's first "World Wide" pilot project, travelling to Nicaragua in partnership with the Me to We initiative.
Kathryn Morse
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Students from across health disciplines took part in a day-long exercise this past weekend to help them learn how to deal with challenging patients.