A former federal MP and current head of WWF-Canada, an award-winning former mayor, and one of Canada's leading energy policy experts came together during Dal's annual panel series to probe the question: Can democracies meet the challenge of climate change? Here's what they had to say.

Promise Scholar Morgan Paul contributes to scholarship on Indigenous Data Sovereignty.

Dal鈥檚 Black and African Diaspora Studies major 鈥� the first of its kind at a Canadian university 鈥� will touch on everything from experiences of oppression and racial injustice to narratives of resilience and empowerment.

Award-winning filmmaker and writer Dr. Sylvia D. Hamilton cast a critical eye on past portrayals of African descended people in Nova Scotia and called out segregation in schools in her talk on ancestry at the Universities Studying Slavery conference last week.

This week on Sciographies, meet Dr. Kevin Hewitt, a professor in the Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science and the Faculty of Science's first associate dean of equity and inclusion. Learn more about Dr. Hewitt's coming to Canada, his research related to health outcomes for African Canadians, and his mother鈥檚 influence on his success.