A group of AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ students who joined together last year in an innovation sandbox program have won an award for a device they designed as part of a national design competition centred around accessibility.

AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ PhD student Landon Getz founded the Queer Atlantic Canadian STEM group a few years ago with a mission to make STEM fields more inclusive and welcoming in Atlantic Canada. Now, Getz is looking to expand the group's impact on a national scale.

Education is a key to health, economic and social outcomes. So why don’t we make it easier for former youth in care to access post-secondary education, asks researcher Jacqueline Gahagan.

A new program at AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ seeks to increase access to higher education at the university for youth who have spent time in foster care growing up.

Hannah Shaw, who graduated this spring from Dal's Sociology and Social Anthropology program and is now working as a mental health support worker, says a transfer to Dal made all the difference on her path to success.