Plants have been cherished by the Mi’kmaq as an essential resource for millennia, used as food, in ceremonies and spiritual practices, as materials for living and artistic creation, and even as medicine. Dal student William Johnson, a candidate for the Indigenous Studies and Intercultural Communication certificates at Dal, explains the importance of plants to the Mi'kmaw way of life.

In our first profile of one of the five Reimagine NS reports, we hear from the authors behind "Care and Connect" on their work exploring solutions for how health care and mental health supports can be improved in Nova Scotia coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The "Reimagine NS" project, led by Dal's Faculty of Management, has brought together interdisciplinary teams of academic experts from across the province, paired with thoughtful and influential community members, to explore what a reimagined future for Nova Scotia could look like. The first of the five reports is now online, with weekly Open Dialogue panel events scheduled to share and discuss the findings.

Three high school graduates from Atlantic Canada and three from Ontario are this year's Dal recipients of the Schulich Leader award, one of Canada’s most coveted undergraduate scholarships.

HÂþ»­ Law alum and community advocate Jalana Lewis has returned to her alma mater is a brand new role: serving as the university's first director of African Nova Scotian community engagement.

A free virtual TEDx event co-hosted by Dal's Faculty of Agriculture and the Municipality of Colchester will consider "Fairness, Food and Nature" — why climate justice matters and and how to shift to healthier food systems to better protect and re-green the Earth.

HÂþ»­ is beginning a collaborative, multi-year project to renew its website and deliver a refreshed dal.ca. Learn more about the process and how you can contribute.

The classical music scene in Canada is shaped by histories and hierarchies that reinforce racism and cultural appropriation, writes MFA candidate Gloria Blizzard and colleague Gillian Turnbull. Black classical musicians are calling for systemic change.

A ground-breaking court case in the Netherlands could influence the way Canadian courts rule on the government's actions on climate change, writes PhD student and part-time law prof Karinne Lantz.

Alice Aiken, Dal’s vice-president research and innovation, had the opportunity to share insight on Dal's incorporation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals into the university's research strategy at the 2020 International Conference on Sustainable Development.