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• Dal student farm invites public to explore sustainable agriculture on Open Farm Day
  AV¾ãÀÖ²¿â€™s student-run farm, Sustain by Cultiv8, opens its gates Sept. 21 to showcase hands-on innovation in sustainable farming and food security.
  
• Dal Reads selection Son of Elsewhere weaves personal tale of identity, adolescence, and the immigrant experience
  Dal Reads selects Son of Elsewhere, Elamin Abdelmahmoud’s moving memoir on identity and belonging, inviting the AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ community to read and reflect together.
  
• Addressing AV¾ãÀÖ²¿'s budget: Arena, surplus and more
  A message from Gitta Kulczycki, vice-president finance and administration, addressing a few significant misconceptions about AV¾ãÀÖ²¿'s finances that have arisen over the last few weeks during the labour disruption.
  
• She shoots, she scores: Commerce student secures co‑ops with the Ottawa Senators, Olympics
  Julia Bissonnette, a third-year commerce student at AV¾ãÀÖ²¿, credits her pursuit of sport-specific extracurriculars and leading with passion to landing her first two work terms.
  

• Grad profile: Making sense of identity
  Uihyeok Jung, a Korean immigrant to Canada, overcame language barriers, embraced his cultural identity, and pursued sociology and history, culminating in award-winning research on Korean emotion and social movements.
  
• A milestone moment: Dal celebrates first graduates of groundbreaking Black and African Diaspora Studies major
  This spring, AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ marks a historic milestone as the first graduates of its Black and African Diaspora Studies major cross the Convocation stage. Meet James Dixon and Portia Wright.
  
• Grad profile: A political awakening abroad
  Meaghan De Adder’s global adventure sparked a powerful political awakening — from Halifax roots to Seoul streets — and a thesis that challenges injustice towards women.
  
• Grad Profile: From criminology to the Berlin opera
  Sophia Maskine made what she described as a risky decision going back to school for music. But now she’s headed to Berlin, taking on a role with the Berlin Opera Academy and eager to immerse herself in the rich opera culture.
  
• Grad profile: Around the world and back
  Liam Oko remembers sneaking into the Bauer Theater in Antigonish to watch his mom’s rehearsals. Now, with his BA in Theatre, he’ll be on stage himself this summer.
  
• Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is worsening gender‑based violence against women
  As violence continues to displace people in the eastern DRC, women face a heightened risk of sexual and gender-based violence.