Within the last six years, you’ve probably heard Dalhousie boasting about strategic priority 5.2. This directive urges the university to “Foster a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness.” The fact that this is not strategic priority number one tells you a lot about Dal’s priorities and foreshadows the climate of the campus. Many of […]
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Students call for Dalhousie interim president to resign
A group of about 20 Dalhousie students protested Monday afternoon at the welcome reception for the university’s new interim president and vice-chancellor, Peter MacKinnon. In a press release, the group of students say they don’t believe MacKinnon’s appointment was made with the university’s best interests in mind. “We feel the interests of faculty and students, […]
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Dalhousie’s research grant money and Big Oil
Major oil and gas corporations gave Dalhousie University just short of $2 million for petroleum research from 2013 to 2015. The financial specifics, previously undisclosed in Dal’s more generalized annual funding reports, were contained in a Freedom of Information request submitted by The Coast in 2015 that was finally awarded this summer. The list of […]
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Coat of arms, wide open
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY Current arms: Based on the coat of arms of the Ramsay family of Scotland (because Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia George Ramsay founded Dal back in 1818), this seal swaps the Ramsays’ griffon and greyhound for two dragons, which flank a majestic eagle. And a unicorn! The university’s board of governors changed the […]
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Jazz Fest: Charlotte Day Wilson
Charlotte Day Wilson w/Daniel Caesar Sunday, July 15, 8:30pm Waterfront Stage $32-$38 Charlotte Day Wilson wants you to feel something—but she also acknowledges just how hard it can be to feel anything at all. The self-made R&B singer and producer—now back in her native Toronto after a stint living, studying and fronting local smooth-talkers The […]
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25 for 25: episode 1995
This week on the podcast, Tara and Jacob try to clean up the mess that was the G7 summit, stroll down to the waterfront hoping to hit the jackpot at Halifax’s newly opened casino and find out what Bon Jovi got up to after the band’s Natal Day concert. The Carleton owner Mike Campbell also […]
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Richard Florizone leaving Dalhousie for quantum super-position
Richard Florizone is leaving Dalhousie for a “once in a lifetime” opportunity in quantum computing. The university president’s resignation was announced Monday in a memo from the school’s Board of Governors. Board chair Lawrence Stordy writes that the news comes “with mixed emotion.” “We have benefitted greatly from his leadership and vision these past five years,” […]
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The 25 for 25 podcast: 1994
Welcome to episode two of The Coast’s 25th-anniversary podcast. This week arts editor Tara Thorne and city editor Jacob Boon talk about Friends and Rita and Friends. We look back at Shakespeare by the Sea, watch as the city makes its first failed effort to make amends for Africville and discuss the practicalities of racing […]
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Dalhousie looks at fossil fuel divestment
The province’s biggest university will look at divesting its financial portfolio from fossil fuel companies. The Halifax school’s board of governors approved the motion Tuesday to investigate a new ecological option for its investment portfolio. A third-party financial consultant will be hired to figure out a financial strategy free from climate-changing fossil fuels is viable. […]
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Dalhousie’s Accent Clinic sending mixed messages
International students and anthropology professors are having a lot of trouble understanding Dalhousie University’s Accent Clinic. Formerly called the Accent Modification Clinic, the university service was founded four years ago to help students improve their English. But its controversial purpose raises several questions about race, class and the stigmatization of people from other places. Martha […]
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We didn’t start the (garbage) fire
Lorne Grabher, Jacques Dubé, Jamie Baillie walks away Street check data, Jimmy Melvin, rockets in Canso Robert Bjerke, Lady Drive Her, Sea Bridge floating on the water Cheryl Blossom, Donkin mine, Whitman says “negro” Saltwire buys out Transcon, women march on Washington Moonlight beats out La La Land, Matthew, Bill and Jad are canned David […]
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Student-led campout put divestment back on the table at Dalhousie
A few days ago I addressed the Dalhousie board of governors on an issue that hasn’t been discussed in that room for three years: fossil fuel divestment. Students made it impossible for the university to ignore the issue any longer by staging a week-long campout on the quad in front of the iconic Henry Hicks […]