Set in stone
Ryan McNuttThree buildings in the Brutalist style turn 50
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Archive category "History"
History
Joe at Roy’s
Jennifer LambertDaddy Atwood served up coffee and grub at Dal for 38 years.
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Test time!
Jennifer LambertCould you pass this 1869 first-year exam?
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Public health pioneers
Jennifer LambertThe influenza pandemic of 1918-1920 prompted Dal to establish its first Public Health Clinic
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Lessons from a pandemic past
Ryan McNuttThis past winter was not the first time Dalhousie has had to halt in-person classes due to a global pandemic
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Winning women
Jennifer LambertThe 1918-1919 varsity women’s basketball team take the title!
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Untangling Lord Dal’s legacy
Ryan McNutt with files from Matt ReederDr. Afua Cooper led Dal’s efforts to untangle the truth about how Dalhousie’s founder was entangled with slavery, and the impact of his views and actions on the university, the province and African Nova Scotians
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Breaking Barriers, 30 years later
Ryan McNuttThree decades ago, a landmark report on racism at Dal helped shift the university’s approach to serving the needs of the region’s Black and Indigenous peoples. At the report’s anniversary, the impact of that shift is evident—but work remains to be done
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After Dal’s 200th
Stefanie WilsonAcross Dal’s campuses, we’re looking forward to our third century
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A president reflects
Richard FlorizoneAs Dalhousie comes to the end of the celebration of our 200th anniversary, President Richard Florizone reflects on the university’s foundations and its future
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Building blocks
Stefanie WilsonA look at some of the foundational moments in Dalhousie University’s 200-year history
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Story teller
Ryan McNuttCanada’s parliamentary poet laureate George Elliott Clarke (MA’89, LLD’99) honours—and challenges—Dalhousie in his latest creative offering, penned to mark the university’s 200th anniversary
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“Like all thunders rolled into one”
Ryan McNuttOn the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, we look back at the role Dalhousie and its students played in helping the city heal
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Dal DNA: Purpose-Driven
Stefanie WilsonExcellence in teaching and learning is a key priority at Dalhousie, with the university committed to continuous development of programs and classes that enhance the student experience
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Dal DNA: Open
Stefanie WilsonDalhousie has demonstrated its openness to possibility throughout its history by inviting new ideas and approaches and opening our doors to the community.
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Dal DNA: Sustainability
Stefanie WilsonFor over 40 years, through progressive policies, programs and day-to-day changes in behaviour, Dal faculty, staff and students have been evolving and improving our culture of sustainability.