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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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Jenna Knorr
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Student Society Profile: Bobby MacPherson started Dal Gets REAL to join a national movement working to end LGBTQ discrimination.
Jenna Knorr
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
ÃÀÅ®×ö°® Legal Aid Services often flies under the radar, but it provides important services to Dal students, to those in need in Halifax, and to the law students learning on the job.
Kaity D'Agostino
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
At first glance Devene Sinclair looks like your average 19-year-old. However, the first-year engineering student is anything but.
Emily Colin
Friday, January 23, 2015
ÃÀÅ®×ö°®'s annual Ecolympics showdown kicks off Friday, with students from across campus competing to lower their energy and water consumption. Learn how you can take part.
Miriam Breslow
Friday, January 23, 2015
Student Andrew Faircloth was the top undergraduate presenter and his teammates earned a best-ever finish in the international Family Enterprise Case Competition at the University of Vermont.