Posts by Nelly Bateman
Overcoming the odds
The ramp up to Shirreff Hall hasn’t always existed. In fact, when Deanna Gilholm attended Dalhousie University in the 1960s, her friends had to carry her and her wheelchair up the steps. Dalhousie campus wasn’t, and still isn’t entirely, built with disabled people in mind. Deanna is paraplegic, experiencing paralysis from the legs down, and has been since she…
Read MoreQ&A: novelist Hannah Brown
Acclaimed Toronto-based novelist Hannah Brown talks to the Dalhousie Gazette about her debut novel, Look After Her.
Read MoreQ&A: author and illustrator Sydney Smith
Halifax-based artist Sydney Smith talks to the Gazette about his latest award-winning book, Small in the City, which he both wrote and illustrated.
Read MoreHope in politics
To be hopeful or to despair: that is the central question for young people in today’s political context. The Shaar Shalom lecture confronted this dilemma.
Read MoreMargaret Atwood speaks at the Halifax Central Library
On Oct. 3, author Margaret Atwood spoke at the Halifax Central Library about activism, U.S. politics and her new novel:The Testaments.
Read MoreEco-anxiety on campus
Over the past two years, many students in Dalhousie’s College of Sustainability department have reported feeling the symptoms of “eco-anxiety.”
Read MoreReview: Jia Tolentino’s Trick Mirror
In her new collection of essays, Jia Tolentino urges readers to look inside themselves to find answers, even if they don’t like what they see.
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