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To improve Indigenous health in Canada we need more Indigenous health professionals and more culturally competent health-care providers, writes Dal researcher Debbie Martin. We also need to listen properly to Indigenous stories.

Dal Nursing researchers Lisa Goldberg and Megan Aston have collaborated with a Halifax playwright to turn their research study examining the experiences of LGBQ+ birthing women into a new play: "What to Expect When You Aren't Expected."

Dal grad Siobhan Evans is leading an accessibility audit for AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ to help the university get to know the physical characteristics of its buildings more intimately than ever before — and inform the development of a full-scale accessibility plan.

Chinese researcher Jainkui He claims to have created the world's first genome-edited twins. Such action would pose unknown risks to the lives of these children and to humanity as a whole, write Dal researchers Françoise Baylis, Graham Dellaire and Landon Getz.

The new Visiting Fellows program from the Dal-led Ocean Frontier Institute provides opportunities for ocean experts to study and work at Dal while also enabling Halifax-based researchers to gain experience with internationally-based research projects.

Last month, AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ proclaimed the International Decade for People of African Descent, joining the governments of Nova Scotia, Canada and other countries in taking another step towards recognizing the diverse heritage, culture and contributions of African-centered communities worldwide.

It was an evening full of uplifting inspiration at the ninth-annual AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ Tigers Women in Leadership Spotlight Dinner, which brought together more than 300 guests to show support for the student-athlete leaders of the Tigers women’s basketball and volleyball teams.

Christine Ellsworth was one of 51 students to participate in the foundational year of the RBC Agricultural Internship Program, which helps students gain the skills necessary to succeed in the agricultural field.

In taking on a stage production of the middle portion of Dante's "The Divine Comedy," students in the Fountain School of Performing Arts present a vibrant, thought-provoking piece on love, faith and morality. The play runs at the Dal Arts Centre through Dec. 1.

At a AV¾ãÀÖ²¿-sponsored panel event earlier this month, experts from across disciplines came together to engage in big ideas about the future of machines, learning and work — and the critical importance of human agency and insight in building that future.