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Presentations by FASS faculty members

Department of English

Jennifer Andrews, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Professor in the Department of English delivered two keynote addresses about her book, during the 2025-2026 academic year. The first was the opening address at the , titled "Bridges and Barriers: Rethinking Connections and Disconnections in Contemporary Canada鈥� and the second was the closing Canadian keynote at the 21^st .听

Department of International Development Studies

IDS Field School in Guatemala (May 7-20)
Report provided by John Cameron, Professor and Graduate Coordinator, International Development Studies

From May 7-20 twelve students took part in the first ever IDS field school in Guatemala through a partnership between IDS and the (BTS). Students learned through hands-on experience and engagement with community-based organizations about the contradictions of development and struggles for human rights and democracy.

The field school was designed in collaboration with BTS, which has been engaged in solidarity work with Guatemala since the 1980s. The itinerary for the field school focused on meetings and workshops with long-time BTS partner organizations, including the , the , the youth-based political-arts group , and , which has been resisting Canadian mining operations since 2018. We also learned about contemporary social and political issues in Guatemala through guest speakers such as New York Times reporter and Maya Kaqchikel PhD candidate , who shared her research on the connections between language and access to health care in Indigenous communities. We also learned a lot about Mayan cosmovisions and complex system of mathematics through meetings and workshops with Mayan activists and community leaders. The field school culminated with a meeting with Canada鈥檚 ambassador to Guatemala, Olivier Jacques, and embassy staff, where we reported on meetings with BTS partners and called on the Embassy to act on Canada鈥檚 to support human rights defenders. Despite a busy schedule, we ended every day with a journal writing session and shared reflections.

Organizing the field school would have been impossible without the experience and logistical capacity of BTS, which has been operating similar solidarity-focused delegations in Guatemala for over a decade. A very big thank-you to BTS coordinators Arturo Ezquerro-Ca帽ete and Javier L贸pez. IDS hopes to offer the field school in collaboration with BTS again in 2028.

John Cameron. IDS Field School meets with Leocadio Jurac谩n, leader of the Campesino Committee of the Highlands, who faces trumped-up criminal charges from the Guatemalan state for organizing political protests.听

Read more about students鈥� experiences through their blog posts on the BTS webpage:
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Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology

FASS faculty and alumni were well represented at the 听at Lakehead University's Orillia, Ontario Campus from June 15th-18th. Building a bigger table: Strengthening our relations听brought four key food networks鈥搕he Common Ground Network (directed by Karen Foster, Professor in the Department of Sociology & Social Anthropology - SOSA -听 and Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Rural Futures for Atlantic Canada), Food Secure Canada, the Canadian Association for Food Studies, and Food Communities Network鈥搕ogether for the first time in a conference focused on understanding the social relations necessary for transitioning and transforming Canada鈥檚 agriculture, fisheries and food systems to be equitable and sustainable. Dr. Foster co-organized the conference with the other network leaders (with support from SOSA PhD alum ), Elizabeth Fitting (Professor in Dal's SOSA Department) presented her work (on migrant farm workers in Atlantic Canada), and many other H漫画 colleagues and students from the Faculty of Agriculture participated in the event.
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Fountain School of Performing Arts

Stay Musically Active at H漫画- Join our Ensembles
Looking for ways to stay musically active at H漫画? Many Fountain School of Performing Arts music ensembles are open to students from all areas of study鈥攁s well as community members across Halifax.

Fountain School Ensembles for 2026/2027
DalChorus Ensemble
DalJazz Ensemble
DalContemporary Music Ensemble
DalSymphony Orchestra
DalWind Ensemble
DalOpera

Check back in August to see what鈥檚 coming up at the Fountain School. Our students will be taking the stage in a full season of performances and productions