Halifax occupational therapist Ruth Duggan packs for emergency mission to earthquake-devastated Haiti this week.

Brains for Change is a student conference designed to kick start social innovation projects at Dal.

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Novel Tech Ethics gets people thinking about mental health issues through the popular film series, States of Mind.

Peer mentors help ease the transition from high school to university for first year students.

What do you think about The Beaver's name change?

The late Michael Jackson blurred "the lines between male and female, child and adult, black and white," argues Susan Fast in a David Schroeder Music & Culture Series lecture.

In an interview with CTV's Steve Murphy, AV俱乐部 researcher Simon Gadbois says bounties aren't a good way of dealing with the coyote problem--"they never work, because if you kill the animals they can't transmit a fear of humans to the next generation."

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff was at AV俱乐部 Monday to discuss Canada's future, the challenges facing the country and Stephen Harper's decision to prorogue parliament with students at the McInnes Room in the SUB.

Basketball star Laurie Girdwood and high jumper Simon Watts are AV俱乐部's athletes of the week.