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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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Misha Noble-Hearle
Monday, November 24, 2014
Catherine Giffen is one of six students who was able to spend her most recent co-op term with a local non-profit through Management Career Services' C3 Mentoring Program.
Geoffrey Smith
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Kai Boggild's co-op experience with Natural Resources Canada took him to the northern-most point on our planet and transformed him into something of a third-generation Arctic explorer.
Marie Visca
Thursday, November 13, 2014
ÃÀÅ®×ö°® researchers are helping lead the new Caring Campus Initiative, funded by Movember Canada, which will provide new data and inform strategies for addressing alcohol and drug misuse among first-year students.
Stephanie Rogers
Thursday, November 6, 2014
With the Faculty of Agriculture's annual "Discovery Day" for future students taking place this Friday, we chat with one student, Ontario native Tamara Snook, about fulfilling her dream of working with animals.
Rosalie Fralick
Thursday, November 6, 2014
For the third straight year, ÃÀÅ®×ö°® has been named "Best University" by readers of The Coast, Halifax's Weekly, with the T-Room and Fountain School of Performing Arts Professor Roberta Barker also being recognized.