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New bursary for students in need of diagnostic testing
For students who may have learning disabilities but do not have a diagnosis, life on campus can be difficult. Things are made more complicated by the price of diagnostic testing. Learning disability assessments can cost up to $3,500 and, in Nova Scotia, they are rarely less than $500. On Oct. 18, the Dalhousie University Student Union’s council…
Read MoreProvince selecting Dal to administer COVID-19 relief may have cost NS millions, auditor report says
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dalhousie University signed a $100 million contract with the province of Nova Scotia to administer pandemic relief. But the program ended up costing less than anticipated and the province won’t be getting the money back, according to a Nov. 23 report from Nova Scotia’s auditor general.
Read MoreProvince’s fixed election dates controversial among students
On Oct. 13, Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative government introduced legislation to fix provincial election dates. Elections Nova Scotia is welcoming this decision, as the province is the last jurisdiction in Canada to set fixed election dates. “We’re very pleased to see a fixed election cycle come to Nova Scotia,” said Elections Nova Scotia policy and…
Read MoreContent Warnings in class
A student with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Dalhousie University’s School of Communication Sciences and Disorders is fed up after multiple unsuccessful attempts to have sensitive content prefaced with content warnings in the classroom. Abby Weisbrot is a third-year student at Dal, majoring in speech-language pathology. Weisbrot has been trying to receive trigger warnings in the classroom since her…
Read MoreWhat truth and reconciliation looks like at Dalhousie
Dalhousie University hosted their first panel in the Implementing Indigenous Reconciliation series on Oct 14. The panel took place online and featured three speakers offering their legal, activist and personal perspectives on implementing meaningful Indigenous reconciliation both in the university setting and across Turtle Island/Canada.
Read MoreDalhousie board of governors meeting summary
The Dalhousie University board of governors (BoG) met on Wednesday, Oct.19, via Microsoft Teams. According to the BoG’s bylaws, “all meetings of the Board normally shall be open to the public and no person shall be excluded therefrom except for improper conduct provided.” Thanks to this bylaw, the Dalhousie Gazette usually live-tweets the meetings. This year, the Gazette was denied access to the meeting
Read MoreDSU AGM two hundred students short of quorum
The Dalhousie Student Union held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the 2021 fall term on Oct. 7. The Mcinnes conference room was quiet that Thursday evening, with two hundred vacant seats set out in front of the DSU executives. The AGM needs to meet its quorum of 212 general members in order to hold the meeting,…
Read MoreDalhousie Bike Centre reopens
The Dalhousie University Bike Centre has reopened for the first time since April 2020. The centre has 18 bikes to loan out for students and a repair shop where people can fix their bikes and learn about bike maintenance.
Read MoreCommunity asks for more respect following homecoming
Residents around Dalhousie University are urging students to be more considerate after the homecoming street parties on Sept. 25. “I really do love having students in my community — for 364 days of the year,” said Larch Street resident Caitlin Lees.
Read MoreHarvard University announces divestment from fossil fuels
In a major victory for the divestment movement at universities in North America, Harvard University has announced it will no longer invest in fossil fuels. Harvard’s president, Lawrence Bacow, announced on Sept. 9 that the school’s endowment, valued at $42 billion, will divest from all fossil fuel holdings. This would make Harvard the richest university to divest from fossil…
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