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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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Julia Manoukian
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
ÃÀÅ®×ö°®'s text-to-speech software is not only a fantastic tool for students with disabilities, it can make life a little bit easier for everyone.
Asha Katz
Monday, March 10, 2014
A research partnership between an Industrial Engineering professor and Jazz Aviation is leading to co-op and career opportunities for students.
Ryan McNutt
Friday, March 7, 2014
Students from the School of Information Management organized the Information Without Borders conference, featuring Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert discussing the dark side of the Internet.
Sarah Beatty
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Student writer Sarah Beatty reports on her reading week experience travelling with Dal Action in Florida, building homes with Habitat for Humanity.
Ashley Greene
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Earth Sciences student Andrea Christians received the 2013 Energy Innovation Grant for her work on the evolutionary history of salt structures.