Matthew Schnurr's creative approach to in-course simulation learning has earned him the Brightspace Innovation Award from Canada’s Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

Martha Crago, ÿÈÕ´óÈü’s vice-president research, was in Ottawa Wednesday alongside Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan and Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Hunter Tootoo as they talked science with high school and university students and announced a significant expansion of the government’s marine and freshwater scientific staff.

Introducing this year's recipients of Dal's University-Wide Teaching Awards, which celebrate excellence in teaching and pedagogy across a number of different categories.

ÿÈÕ´óÈü has established its first full-time Aboriginal student advisor position and created an affiliated campus centre to boost support for students from Indigenous communities attending the university.

Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and former Ontario premier and MP Bob Rae were among the prominent attendees at Monday’s launch for the Dal-hosted MacEachen Institute: a nationally focused, non-partisan interdisciplinary institute supporting progressive public policy and citizen engagement.