Experience often begins with opportunity. For Emily Smith, hands-on learning on the Truro Campus and meaningful connections — even with a single animal — helped shape a career path, deepen purpose and turn classroom learning into real-world impact.

Life on a hobby farm and a grandmother’s advocacy work helped spark Alexandra Carkner’s passion for environmental management and community involvement.

Dr. Sean Brillant works with fishers to develop safer technologies and policies, reducing whale deaths, improving coexistence at sea, and helping stabilize vulnerable North Atlantic right whale populations.

Varsity athlete Lydell Husbands-Browne reflects on setbacks, perseverance, and community as he charts a path from Dal Management to an MBA — and beyond the game.

Behind many student successes are the people who make those opportunities possible. Brooklyn Malone’s story highlights the role of family support, mentorship, and community in shaping achievement, from pursuing two degrees to stepping into Dalhousie’s Corporate Residency MBA program.

With 70 years between them, a grandfather and grandson confirm the Bachelor of Commerce program still has the same heart.

After shifting from science to health promotion, Dalhousie graduate Emilia Fitzgerald found her passion in prevention and community work, now continuing her impact through graduate studies at Dal this fall.

Dalhousie hosted Indian partners for a high-level visit last week advancing joint research, innovation programs and industry collaboration, with new agreements, funding pathways and a shared global innovation campus taking shape.

Rowan Pratt transformed early struggles with identity, ADHD, and belonging into leadership, helping rebuild EngiQueers and create a more supportive culture within Dalhousie’s engineering community.

Graduating with a double major in Law, Justice & Society and Spanish, Kaitlin McNeil channels her passion for languages and advocacy into a promising future in law.