Update: On November 16, Dalhousie announced it has paused the Event Centre project, citing challenges in Halifax’s construction industry including “cost pressures” and a labour shortage. “While we had hoped to break ground on the Event Centre structure this fall, we have been unable to secure competitive pricing for some project elements. We will keep […]
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A 125-year-old Edward Street house is officially a heritage property, and Dalhousie isn’t happy about it
Halifax Regional Council has saved a 125-year-old Edward Street house from Dalhousie University’s wrecking ball—for now. At Tuesday’s heated heritage hearing, councillors voted 13-4 to designate 1245 Edward Street as a heritage property. That being said, Dalhousie has no obligation to maintain the building and can still apply to demolish it—but the process to tear […]
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Why Dalhousie’s teaching assistants, part-time instructors, markers and demonstrators are on strike
Teaching assistants, part-time instructors, markers and demonstrators at Dalhousie University are officially on strike after last-minute negotiations between the CUPE 3912 union and the university on Tuesday failed. On Wednesday morning, employees picketed outside the school and students passing by gave cheers of support for their teachers. The approximately 1,500 Dalhousie employees represented by CUPE […]
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Watch Dalhousie’s Homecoming party end with police putting out a bonfire
As surely as Dalhousie University warns its students not to have “unsanctioned street parties” at this time of year, hordes of young people wearing Dal shirts gather for the annual Homecoming party in the residential neighbourhood just north of Dal’s Studley campus. HoCo 2022 started on Jennings Street, with public drinking—and urination—happening under the watchful […]
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Dal slides HoCo no-no into warm fuzzy Fiona memo
Dalhousie University president Deep Saini was busy Wednesday morning sending out good vibes and thank yous. In a Twitter thread, he put out a touching message about Dal’s resilience through both storm and plague : “We pulled together through the pandemic, and are pulling together after Fiona. It’s a true characteristic trait of our Dal […]
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The Dalhousie Arts Centre’s expansion might just fix Halifax’s venue crisis
Standing inside the new expansion of the Dalhousie Arts Centre, Lori Ward (senior director of development at Dalhousie University) is in a hard hat, describing the sorts of acts that’ll play at the school’s new, 300-seat Joseph Strug Concert Hall. The acoustics are some of the best in North America, Ward explains, since the building […]
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Dalhousie University wants to tear down a 125-year-old home on Edward Street
Dalhousie University is growing. Enrolment numbers for Atlantic Canada’s largest university totalled nearly 22,000 students at the end of 2021, and have been increasing by at least 500 students annually for the past five years. Dalhousie is also expanding as a real estate developer, particularly around its Studley campus in south end Halifax. Last year, […]
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Ukraine, Russia and “a long history of tension and conflicts”
Thursday evening, March 10, the 15th day of the Russian invasion into Ukraine, Dalhousie University hosted an online panel discussion on the conflict featuring professors from local universities. Moderator Ruben Zaiotti, the director of the Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence at Dal, opened the panel by explaining how this war could permanently alter […]
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Best University / College
Gold Winner Dalhousie University Silver Winner Saint Mary’s University Bronze Winner NSCC Ivany Campus Dalhouse University is the true Canadian university experience. It has ragers in Howe Hall, all nighters in the Killam Library, fairly good sports teams, decent campus watering holes (despite recent shutdowns), it’s close to downtown, close to the ocean, student housing […]
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After a nine-month search, Dal’s new president starts in eight months
Dalhousie University’s Board of Governors announced Thursday that Dr. Deep Saini has been elected as the university’s new president and vice-chancellor. He will be only the 12th president in the history of the 200-year-old school. Saini is not the first Dalhousie president to be born outside of North America; he follows inaugural president Thomas McCulloch […]
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International students not here to balance Dalhousie’s budget
Dalhousie’s international students are fighting a yearly 11.1 percent tuition increase in the upcoming 2019-2020 budget. On Tuesday, the budget will go to a vote—if it passes, new Dalhousie international students will be paying up to 44 percent more for tuition in their fourth year than students pay now. “Regardless of the high tuition we […]