[Image-1] Updated with Dalhousie’s response below. There were at least 15 members of the misogynistic Facebook group that’s rocked Dalhousie’s dentistry school. Right now, 13 male students in the fourth-year dentistry program are suspended from clinical practice and isolated from their classmates because of the sexually violent posts some put onto the DDS Class of […]
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Comfort, safety and the politics of sexualized violence
[Image-1] After weeks of protest and public debate about gender-based violence, a high-profile public event took place at the Halifax Central Library last Thursday. Hosted by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs, it attracted hundreds of Haligonians concerned with the apparent increase in public displays of sexualized violence on HRM campuses. It was […]
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Dal hires outside PR firm for dentistry scandal help
[Image-1] Dalhousie has hired National Public Relations to help deal with the PR disaster on their hands. A leaked email to the CBC says Dal’s been advised they’ll “be into this for at least a year” in dealing with the fallout from 13 dentistry students’ sexually violent Facebook group. The email also purportedly tells Dalhousie […]
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What’s causing sexualized violence at our universities?
A free public panel will take place Thursday night discussing the systemic causes of sexualized violence on Halifax’s university campuses. The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs will put on “How We Live Matters” this Thursday evening at the new library. The talk will look at what’s required to create a cultural shift away […]
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Dal dentistry “gentlemen” suspended from clinic
They’re suspended, kind of. The 13 fourth-year dentistry students at Dalhousie who were involved in the Class of DDS 2015 Gentlemen Facebook group have been temporarily suspended from clinical activities by the university. That announcement was made this morning by Dalhousie, just hours before a few hundred gathered on campus to protest the school’s disciplinary […]
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“What are they going to do…kick every guy out of fourth year?”
Four Dalhousie faculty members have come forward to file a formal complaint against the members of the “Class of DDS 2015” Facebook group. An email released just before noon from DalhousieStatement@gmail.com states the complaint has been made under the university’s code of student conduct, and not their sexual harassment policy. The complaint asks that confidentiality […]
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To my classmates: I’m sorry
[Image-1] Dear Class of DDS4, I know that many of you will not be interested in reading this message and I don’t blame you. If that is the case please keep it for later. As a previous member of the DDS4 Gentlemen’s group (something I am not proud of and will regret for the […]
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In the name of science
Inside the Berman Zebrafish Lab, Jason Berman and his team work to discover new and improved treatments by studying diseased zebrafish cells. It’s a useful tool in trying to design better therapies. “Zebrafish have very similar genes to us and have very similar cells to us,” says Berman. “And they’re also transparent, which means we’re […]
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One hundred days to make a change
[Image-1] Student group Divest Dalhousie is launching their “100 Days of Action” campaign to pressure the south end university to divest its endowment from fossil fuel companies. In June, Dal’s board of governors’ investment committee announced they’d be looking at the specifics of fossil fuel divestment based on research presented by student group Divest Dalhousie. […]
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Lynn for the win
Lynn Coady, the 2013 Giller Scotiabank Prize Winner for the sublime Hellgoing, comes back east on an icy cool western wind, to speak at Dalhousie on Friday, March 14 (8pm Scotiabank Auditorium, Marion McCain Arts & Social Sciences Building, free). Presented by the 33rd Atlantic Annual Undergraduate English Conference & the Department of English Distinguished […]
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Crops to campus
When it comes to student life, food choices can be limiting. Questions of cost, health and even ethics can affect what you choose to put onto your plate. But a group of people at Dalhousie are looking to change all that. “Food is important. It’s that simple,” says Krista Holman, a member of The Loaded […]
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Dal strike averted; transit strike looks to end
Over the weekend, two important labour agreements were reached. Dalhousie University came to an accord with the Dalhousie Faculty Association, averting a strike scheduled to begin today, and Metro Transit and the Amalgamated Transit Union hatched a deal that may soon bring an end to the 39-day strike by transit employees. Both agreements are tentative […]