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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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Chloe Westlake
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
With changes to its Academic and Themed Clusters this coming year, Residence Life is offering even more opportunities for students to live and study in communities based around shared interests.
Amani Saini
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Insights to Success: Yoong Wah Lee came to Dal to complete his medical degree through a partnership with the International Medical University in his home country of Malaysia.
Ryan McNutt
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Jewish student groups raise funds for new defibrillator machine, now installed and operational in the Killam Atrium.
Kevin Bradley
Friday, May 9, 2014
Agriculture grad Jessica Compagnon always had her heart set on studying in Truro and on working with animals.
Ashley Greene
Friday, May 9, 2014
Dal Engineering's supermileage car team took home an impressive fourth-place finish at last weekend's Shell Eco-marathon in Houston, Texas.