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• Shearing the campus flock: Students embrace the tradition and rhythms of wool harvesting
  Students in the Faculty of Agriculture joined in the shearing of the campus ewes and rams this month — freeing 750 pounds of fleece that will be used to make blankets and yarn to be turned into hats, mitts and more.
  
• It’s World Immunization Week. How prepared is Canada if vaccines are needed for a new pandemic?
  Vaccines have saved more than 154 million lives worldwide over the past 50 years. World Immunization Week is a timely reminder of important ongoing work on vaccines in Canada.
  
• DalSolutions: Putting mental health in reach for low‑income Nova Scotians
  Accessing affordable mental health care is a struggle faced by thousands of Nova Scotians. A community clinic led by two Dal psychologists helps support low-income clients while providing valuable clinical training experience to the province’s next generation of practitioners.
  
• Gathering together: Anti‑colonial design forum builds community and connection
  As more faculty members seek guidance on how to bring an anti-colonial perspective to their courses, educational developers at Dal are creating new connection points.
  

• Canada’s Africa strategy is a landmark moment for Canada‑Africa relations, but still needs work
  Canada has taken an important first step towards a more strategic, intentional and mutually beneficial relationship with Africa. But it must provide more concrete plans for its implementation.
  
• Students channel 1875, a year when body shaping still ruled the fashion world
  Nowadays, we think of altering one’s silhouette with clothing as ‘cheating,' but in the Victorian Period, it was expected. See how five Costume Studies students rose to the challenge of re-creating the iconic outfits of 1875.
  
• New north strong and free? Reimagining Canada in the age of Trump
  How should Canada reimagine itself in the age of Trump? We asked six ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ experts to answer that question — offering insights into how Canadians should navigate the choices ahead.
  
• Excellence in action: Meet this year's Dal Board of Governors' award winners
  The winners of Dal's top award for student leadership have made their mark through caring for each other and the planet, sparking new approaches to old problems, and creating connections that have lasting power.
  
• Why Canada must treat its food system as a matter of national defence
  Faced with bothÌýa trade warÌýandÌýannexation threats, Canada must confront whether its domestic food systems can feed its population in a crisis — economic, political, environmental or otherwise.
  
• Fountain School's Three Sisters reflects human desire to hope in the face of disappointment
  Guest director Diego Matamoros worked with Dal students and faculty members to bring Anton Chekov's famed play to life for the 2024-2025 season finale.