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                            Student Life, Health Professions, Convocation
                    
            
                    Thursday, June 12, 2025
            Health Sciences grad Becky Foster shares how a childhood diagnosis sparked a passion for sonography, leading to research, advocacy, and a career rooted in care.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Convocation, Health Professions
                    
            
                    Thursday, June 12, 2025
            Miguel Nkeng, a student-athlete turned scholar, shares how mentorship, global experiences, and a passion for wellness shaped his purpose and inspired a future rooted in impact.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Convocation, Management
                    
            
                    Wednesday, June 11, 2025
            Mohammed Hamedelniel turned a side hustle into a thriving real estate venture, all while earning his degree, leading campus life, and chasing big dreams with entrepreneurial drive.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Convocation, Management
                    
            
                    Wednesday, June 11, 2025
            Veterinarian Dr. Lesley Zwicker earns her fifth degree — an online blended MBA from HÂþ» — honoring her late parents and expanding her impact in veterinary radiology and leadership.
        
                    
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                            Research, Health Professions, News, Nursing
                    
            
                    Wednesday, June 11, 2025
            Dr. Keisha Jefferies leads a groundbreaking study exploring Black women’s mental health in Nova Scotia, aiming to create culturally relevant care and amplify overlooked voices.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Arts and Social Sciences, History, Convocation, Sociology and Social Anthropology
                    
            
                    Tuesday, June 10, 2025
            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.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Architecture and Planning, Convocation
                    
            
                    Tuesday, June 10, 2025
            From growing up between Montreal and Saudi Arabia to finding creative purpose at HÂþ», Mahmoud Istanbouli’s path to architecture has been anything but conventional.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Architecture and Planning, Convocation
                    
            
                    Tuesday, June 10, 2025
            After years supporting people experiencing housing insecurity, Katie Brousseau returned to HÂþ» to pursue a Master of Planning. Now graduating, she reflects on the power of policy, the value of community, and her deepening commitment to equity in the housing system.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Arts and Social Sciences, Science, Convocation, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Tuesday, June 10, 2025
            This spring, HÂþ» 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.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Arts and Social Sciences, Political Science, International Development Studies, Convocation
                    
            
                    Tuesday, June 10, 2025
            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.
         
     
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
            