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The quest for affordable housing: Dal planning prof on the need for new approaches
Dr. Ren Thomas, a housing and urban planning expert at Dal, explores the need for innovation and creativity in tackling Nova Scotia's housing crisis — something that will require changing current approaches to housing delivery in the city. Read the Dal News story about how the role planners have to play in addressing the housing crisis.

Ask an expert: How can Nova Scotia grow and stay green?
We asked Dr. Westwood about the state of environmental assessments in Nova Scotia — last updated in 2008 — and what changes she and her colleagues would like to see implemented. Read the Dal News story about environmental assessments.

See how 30 Canadian cities stack up on environmental quality with this Dal researcher's scorecard
More than 80 per cent of Canadians live in urban areas and this study is the first to develop a comprehensive portrayal of their environmental conditions. The Canadian Environmental Quality Index (Can-EQI) distills the review of complex environmental characteristics into a single value for each location, with higher values indicating more desirable environmental conditions. Read the Dal News story about the scorecard.

Canada’s National Housing Strategy: Is it really addressing homelessness and affordability?
The National Housing Strategy (NHS) is a 10-year, $72-billion effort launched in 2017 to address key areas in the Canadian housing landscape. Its goals include increasing housing affordability and reducing homelessness. But research shows that the vast majority of people in core housing need are not benefiting from NHS programs. .

Urbanisation is a global phenomenon with regional significance and local consequences
The (GIPL) engages in interdisciplinary research focused on the analysis and design & planning of landscapes to improve human and ecological wellbeing. Their research has wide impact on our communities and engages solutions to the issues surrounding carbon neutral design.   

DalTRAC
The is a multidisciplinary transportation research unit dedicated to transportation studies, planning and policy analysis. Established in 2011, it is sponsored by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Province of Nova Scotia, and Halifax Regional Municipality.

Midnight masterpieces: Dal's creative connections at Nocturne
Halifax's 17th annual Nocturne: Art at Night Festival featured ������Ƶ talents in various projects. Among the highlights is Beneath the Surface, an installation showcasing the bright community in the depths of Halifax Harbour. Read the Dal News story about this and other Dal contributions including Black to the Roots, Shape, Light, & Material, Sonic Visions, and G.L.A.M. Bats.

Community street painting fosters creativity and connection
������Ƶ partnered with neighbours near Larch and Jennings street in September for a successful event that brought students, families, neighbours, and local business together. Read the Dal News story about how the community came together to celebrate and repaint the street mural from last year.

A growing connection: Dal hosts Community Day for displaced school
St. Joseph A. MacKay Elementary (SJAM) students have been displaced for several years into a temporary school just a few blocks away from ������Ƶ. A great connection has grown between Dal and SJAM, with the university providing gym space, auditorium use for assemblies, and the annual Dal-SJAM Community Day.  Read the Dal News story about the activities that were part of this year's Dal-SJAM Community Day.

Dal’s Faculty of Architecture and Planning hosts a Housing Engagement Series to address the ongoing housing issues in our city and province
Bringing together practitioners, academics, community organizers, government leaders, and the public this series examines the social impacts of housing, how we understand the housing sector, and innovation and creativity in the industry to engage and develop strategies to address the housing issues we all face. Watch , , and on YouTube.

Connecting with our community
For 50 years, Community Day on the Truro Campus has been bringing a wide range of community members to campus with a wide variety of interests. Travel from station-to-station across campus sampling treats, exploring our greenhouses, touring our newly renovated Cox Institute, and much more. There really is something for everyone on campus.

In search of his roots: Residential school survivor Jim Prosper's extraordinary book collection finds new home at Dal
During his retirement, Jim Prosper began curating an impressive book collection — one that has now found a new home at ������Ƶ. The more contemporary books in the collection will be found on the shelves in the newly launched Indigenous Community Room, found on the first floor of the Killam Memorial Library in the Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Legacy Space. Read the Dal News story about the book collection.