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This is #DalhousieU – one of Canada’s leading research-intensive universities, just steps from the ocean. 🌊
Nova Scotia, Canada
Joined May 2009
Update to our community: we're taking this situation very seriously. The health and safety of our community is paramount. We have now identified Dal students in attendance, and are considering immediate suspension and all other options available under the Code of Student Conduct.
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From a rural Newfoundland upbringing that sparked a love of science to conducting research with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the path that led @LisaBarrettID to #DalhousieU and helped her become a leading infectious disease and COVID-19 expert is an inspiring one.
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Meet Caroline Merner (BA’17), the first Dalhousie alum to graduate as a McCall MacBain Scholar (@mmscholarships):
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Colonel (Ret.) Chris Hadfield has donated thousands of copies of his space photographs to #DalhousieU, and they're out of this world! 🚀 On April 11th, join @DalLibraries at the launch the @Cmdr_Hadfield Space Photographs Collection:
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The Government of Canada has announced the largest research grant in Dalhousie history: an investment of $154 million through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund #CFREF to study the ocean’s pivotal role in climate change! 🌊
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Former federal cabinet minister and #DalhousieU Commerce alum @scottbrison appointed as university chancellor. Read the full story: ✨
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The Royal Society of Canada (@RSCTheAcademies) has named Dal's Dr. Afua Cooper the winner of its J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal in recognition of her impactful scholarship on Canadian Black history: . Congrats @afuacooper! 👏 #DalProud #rscBRAVOsrc
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With equipment funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, #DalhousieU's @ritapurity explores the dynamic field of persuasive technology, developing interactive digital systems that motivate healthy behaviours. 📱
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#DalProud of Sierra Sparks, a Canada’s Rhodes Scholar for the Class of 2021! 👏 Sierra is #DalhousieU’s 92nd Rhodes Scholar and one of only 11 students across the country to receive the #RhodesScholarship this year: (🏷 @rhodes_trust)
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#DalhousieU’s flags have been lowered in honour of the 215 Indigenous children whose remains were found on the grounds of the Kamloops Residential School, and in solidarity with Indigenous communities here in Nova Scotia, and across the country.
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Congratulations to @ritapurity, the first faculty member from an institution in Atlantic Canada to receive the Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award, a prestigious award given out annually by national non-profit @CSCan_InfoCan. 👏
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Brenden Wheeler got his start at @dalagriculture, and now as a Killam Scholar working from his lab on our Sexton Campus, he's seeking new ways to make medical implants better for patients:
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Congrats to Dr. Erin Johnson for being honoured for her outstanding work with the prestigious @RSCTheAcademies Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry. A world leading expert in theoretical chemistry, Dr. Johnson makes us all #DalProud. (🏷 @DalVPR)
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Today, Dalhousie University’s Board of Governors is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Deep Saini as the 12th President and Vice-Chancellor of #DalhousieU. (🏷 @DeepSainiUC)
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COVID update #4: Classes suspended next week, university remains open, update on residences and travel.
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From 1969-1975, Marie Jones attended Dalhousie for her Master of Arts degree, but due to family circumstances did not graduate at that time. Today, 48 years later at the age of 92, we were so pleased to award her a degree during Convocation! #DalProud
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Chemistry prof @dasoglab becomes the first #DalhousieU scientist to be appointed to the Global Young Academy, an international group of early-career scientists brought together to address issues of global importance. ✨ #DALinnovates .
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ICYMI: the documentary film "There's Something in the Water", directed and produced by @EllenPage and @ianjdaniel, and based on a book written by #DalhousieU's @iwaldron2165, will hit Netflix March 27th. Mark your calendar! 🍿#DALinnovates
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Happy Birthday #DalhousieU! On this day in 1818, Lord Bathurst sent a dispatch to Halifax stating that the Prince Regent had approved Lord Dalhousie's plans to start a college. (Shown: aerial shot of Studley Campus in 1977) #Dal200 #DalArchives
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.@cbuniversity & @DalhousieU are excited to be collaborating on the development of a joint medical campus for Cape Breton. This strategic partnership will ensure more Nova Scotians will have the opportunity to receive an excellent medical education in their home province
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The first Canadian clinical trials for a potential #COVID19 vaccine will be led by researchers at #DalhousieU, with testing set to begin as early as the next few weeks. ✨ #DALinnovates.
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Congratulations to @DrCChambers on being named a Women's Executive Network (WXN) 2019 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner, joining a community of Canada’s most influential women leaders. 👏 #DALinnovates .
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Wishing a happy #SharkWeek to @GWSharkCabot, @GWSharkJane, @BrunswickShark, @WhiteSharkHal, Luna, and all the others that frequent #NovaScotia waters and beyond. 🦈
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Congratulations to Dr. Natalie Rosen and Dr. Christine Chambers, who received the Early Career Award and Outstanding Pain Mentorship Award from @CanadianPain. #DalProud @DalCaSHLab @DrCChambers
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1/2 #DalhousieU has become aware of a photo of young people showing COVID-19 violation tickets on social media. The university has no way of knowing if those charged are Dal students. We are counting on our students to share the responsibility for keeping our community safe.
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Hundreds of #DalhousieU's tables and chairs that are typically used during exam season are on loan to Public Health to help support a large #COVID19 immunization clinic. 👏
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#DalhousieU @SchulichLaw alum and community advocate Jalana Lewis has returned to her alma mater in a brand new role: serving as the university's first director of African Nova Scotian community engagement. 👏
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Supplies like hand sanitizer, surgical face masks and shields, N95 respirators and small pipette filter tips are coming in as part of a #DalhousieU initiative to gather items that could be useful to health-care workers during the #COVID-19 pandemic. ✨
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Congratulations to #DalhousieU's Dr. Afua Cooper (@afuacooper) who was just listed in @macleans's Power List as one of 50 Canadians who are forging paths, leading the debate and shaping how we think and live. #DalProud 👏
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Today is International Women’s Day, a day to raise awareness against bias, take action for equality and celebrate women's achievement. 💪🏼 Every day at #DalhousieU women create positive change locally, regionally and globally. 👏 #IWD2020
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Where farm meets future! Study @dalagriculture, and you’ll work with industry experts to address significant challenges to local and global sustainability, food security, and health and well-being.
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When the work of @DalHealth's @iwaldron2165 caught the eye of actor and filmmaker @EllenPage, she had no idea it would lead to a full-length documentary. Now, "There's Something in the Water" will premiere at @TIFF_NET and @thefilmfest later this month.
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While many #DalhousieU employees are working from the safety of their homes, dozens of custodians continue to make the trek to campus each day to keep those few corners of the university still operating as safe and clean as possible. 👏
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Inspiring community leader Candace Thomas has been elected new chair of #DalhousieU's Board of Governors:
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Today, members of the global academic community are taking action against anti-Black racism and showing solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. #DalhousieU community members are involved in organizing a local march and rally in Halifax at 10 a.m.
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There’s a new home for Black studies research at #Dalhousie and @OmiSooreDryden wants everyone engaged in the field to feel welcome — regardless of their area of specialty.
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A #DalhousieU researcher and recognized leader in managing children’s pain has landed a prestigious new role with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) 👏 (🏷@CIHR_IRSC, @DrCChambers, @KidsInPain) #DALinnovates
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A new program launching this fall at #DalhousieU seeks to increase access to higher education at the university for youth who have spent time in foster care growing up. 🎓
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It's a historic day for our @DalhousieU community! Dr. @FrancoiseBaylis and Dr. Jeff Dahn are two of five #Killam2022 Prize winners, Canada’s highest honour for scholarly achievement. #DalProud 👏 Details:
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An accomplished teacher, scholar and administrator for nearly 30 years at #DalhousieU, we’re pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Frank Harvey as Provost and Vice-President Academic. ✨ Read more about Dr. Harvey and his contributions:
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When #DalhousieU alum @RobertGZed proposed the idea of starting a scholarship for health admin students at Dal named for Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Strang suggested it be directed to students from under-represented populations.
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Congratulations to #DalhousieU award winners @gailtomblin, @LisaBarrettID, @ritapurity & Dr. Noni MacDonald! Last night's @DiscoveryCntr Discovery Awards celebrated outstanding innovators who make Nova Scotia a leader in scientific discovery. #DalProud.
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Congratulations to Dal chemist Dr. Mark Stradiotto! He is one of six people to be awarded a Governor General’s Innovation Award, which celebrates trailblazers shaping Canada’s future and inspiring the next generation of innovators. #DalProud
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To share our solidarity and support all those affected by last week’s tragedy in Iran, universities across Canada will hold a nationwide moment of silence this Wednesday. The moment of silence, organized by @univcan, begins at 2 p.m. Atlantic Time and will last for one minute.
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We're #DalProud to announce that PhD student Tobias Gerhard Schminke is #DalhousieU's newest Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar. This scholarship is among the most prestigious, national awards in Canada. Congratulations Tobias! 👏
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A team from @daleng has been working with colleagues at @HealthNS to develop a successful, made-in-Atlantic-Canada prototype for a face shield — one of the most critical pieces protective equipment used by front-line health-care workers. #DALinnovates
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.@DrCChambers and @gailtomblin have received one of the highest honours for members of the country’s health sciences community for their significant contributions to health policy and the promotion of health science. 👏🏽 #DalProud
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Dr. Afua Cooper, a professor at Dal and leading scholar of African-Canadian Studies, received an honorary doctorate from Simon Fraser University. Watch her Convocation address here: 👏 Congrats @afuacooper!
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Dr. Jean Marshall, a professor in #DalhousieU’s Department of Microbiology & Immunology, has become one of the newest Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellows — one of the highest honours for members of the health sciences community. 🎉 (@DalMedSchool)
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Three world-class researchers from #DalhousieU have been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their outstanding scholarly achievements. 👏 #DALinnovates
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Dr. Mark MacLean, a second-year neurosurgery resident in @DalMedSchool recently received the K.G. McKenzie Memorial Prize for Clinical Neuroscience Research – the top research prize in Canada for a neurosurgery resident. 👏.
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Today, #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay, and every day, we celebrate our Indigenous connection and community. Particularly our Mi'kmaq community as Dal is located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq. We are all Treaty people: ✨
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Theoretical chemist Dr. Erin Johnson has won the Steacie Prize - Canada’s premier award for scientists under 40! She is the first #DalhousieU researcher to receive the award. Read how her research is making the emergent technologies of tomorrow possible.
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Congrats to Dr. Chris McMaster from @DalMedSchool, the new Scientific Director of the @CIHR_IRSC Institute of Genetics #DalProud #DalResearch
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A #RhodesScholarship is one of the world’s most esteemed student awards, and we are #DalProud to announce that recent graduate Ashley Jackson (BSC’20) will become #DalhousieU’s 93rd Rhodes Scholar! 👏
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From last evening until Tuesday morning the Cumming Hall building in Truro and the Henry Hicks building in Halifax will be lit blue in remembrance of those lost one year ago. A province-wide moment of silence will be observed at 3 p.m. Details: #NSStrong
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A special message from our incoming 12th President & Vice-Chancellor, @DeepSainiUC! Dr. Saini will be joining us from @UniCanberra in January, and he's really looking forward to meeting the #DalhousieU community:
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Congratulations to #DalhousieU HonDoc recipient @Realeugenelevy, co-creator @danjlevy, #DalGrad @sarahlevy_ and the entire cast of @SchittsCreek, who swept a record-breaking seven wins in the comedy category at Sunday’s Emmy Awards! Details:
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A leader in clean water research and advocacy, Graham Gagnon now works to support #DalhousieU's broader research community in pushing research and innovation forward: (🏷 @DalWaterProf)
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Every day, but especially today on #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay, we celebrate our indigenous community and connection. #DalhousieU is located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq. We are all treaty people:
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Alumna Dr. Theresa Chiang's (BSc’61, DDS’65) $1‑million gift has helped create a new surgical clinic that will treat paediatric and adult special needs patients, help reduce wait times, and enhance training for @DalDentistry students and residents:
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