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Naiomi Metallic  –  Research, Law, News
Monday, March 19, 2018
In a contribution to The Conversation Canada, Naiomi Metallic (Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy) shares the text of her remarks from a recent panel on Gerald Stanley's acquittal in the death of Colten Boushie.
Sylvain Charlebois  –  Research, Management
Friday, March 16, 2018
Canadians still love their meat, but consumers under 35 are three times more likely to consider themselves vegetarians or vegans than consumers who are 49 or older, writes Management’s Sylvain Charlebois in his latest piece for The Conversation Canada.
Staff  –  News
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Rick Mercer, host of CBC's Rick Mercer Report, visited campus this week to film a segment for an upcoming episode — playing basketball, working with theatre props and celebrating the Golden Key Society's victory in his Spread the Net challenge.
Emily Borgal  –  Student Life, Health and Human Performance, Commerce, Health Professions, Management, Arts and Social Sciences, Engineering
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Four Dal undergrads are on top of the curling world this week, as the team skipped by Arts student Kaitlyn Jones won the gold medal for Canada at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships.
Cheryl Bell  –  Research, Dentistry
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Dal researchers in the Faculty of Dentistry have won a major award for research on the effectiveness of surgery for treating extreme sleep apnea — a frequently undiagnosed chronic condition that disrupts sleep.
Fallon Bourgeois  –  Alumni, Arts and Social Sciences, Theatre, Dal 200, Community & Culture
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Playwright Gillian Clark (BA (Theatre)’13) has created "Drums and Organs," a new theatrical creature inspired by Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein” — a book that, like Dalhousie, turns 200 years old this year. Debuting as the final theatrical production of the Fountain School’s season, it’s the latest chapter in Clark’s emerging artistic journey, one marked by struggle, teamwork and inspiration.
Stefanie Wilson  –  Computer Science, Student Life
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
A career change led Ariane Hanlon to take an introductory Computer Science course to fill her time. Soon, she discovered a whole world of new opportunities.
ϳԹSports Information  –  Sports
Monday, March 12, 2018
This week's MUSCLE MLK Athletes of the Week are track and field athletes Lorena Heubach and Matthew Coolen.
ϳԹSports Information  –  Sports
Monday, March 12, 2018
The track and field team headed to nationals while the men's volleyball team competed in the AUS playoffs.
Jonathan Briggins  –  Research, Management, Resource and Environmental Studies, News
Monday, March 12, 2018
Masters of Marine Management student Kristal Ambrose, whose research focuses on plastic waste in her home country of the Bahamas, took home first prize in Dalhousie's 3 Minute Thesis competition. The event, supersized for Dal’s 200th anniversary, featured some of the university's top grad students sharing their work in three-minute presentations.