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• With $1M gift, Dallaire Institute scales up protection of children in Latin America amid regional crisis
  The Dal-based Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security is ramping up emergency prevention efforts across Latin America thanks to a $1-million gift from The Slaight Family Foundation.
  
• Â鶹´«Ã½ in full colour: Halifax Pride Parade 2025 through the lens
  Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s vibrant crew lit up Halifax Pride with joy, colour, and solidarity — a celebration of 2SLGBTQIA+ rights and community captured beautifully here in photos.
  
• Appointment of Cathie O'Toole as Vice‑President Finance and Administration
  Â鶹´«Ã½ has announced the appointment of Cathie O’Toole as the university’s next Vice-President Finance and Administration.
  
• Recognizing the minds behind the momentum: Dal’s 2025 research awards
  Â鶹´«Ã½ honours research excellence across disciplines — from sleep science to ocean sustainability, digital health to decolonized data.
  

• 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, Â鶹´«Ã½ 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.