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84-678: Notable tenants include NSCAD University , the Halifax Farmers' Market , a cruise ship terminal, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 , and the Cunard Centre, a multi-purpose events venue. The Seaport is managed by the Halifax Port Authority . 44°38′55.28″N 63°34′8.55″W  /  44.6486889°N 63.5690417°W  / 44.6486889; -63.5690417 This Halifax County, Nova Scotia location article

168-973: A Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2021) and Personal Chair in Melanoma Genetics and Drug Discovery, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh. Notable politicians who have attended Dalhousie include three Prime Ministers of Canada , R. B. Bennett , Joe Clark , and Brian Mulroney . Eight graduates have served as Lieutenant Governors : John Crosbie , Myra Freeman , Clarence Gosse , John Keiller MacKay , Henry Poole MacKeen , John Robert Nicholson , Fabian O'Dea , and Albert Walsh . Twelve graduates have served as provincial premiers : Allan Blakeney , John Buchanan , Alex Campbell , Amor De Cosmos , Darrell Dexter , Joe Ghiz , John Hamm , Angus Lewis Macdonald , Russell MacLellan , Gerald Regan , Robert Stanfield , Clyde Wells , and Danny Williams . The first woman appointed to

252-640: A "Save NSCAD" campaign in opposition to a merger with a larger institution. The school commissioned a report to study the idea, but the consultant found that a merger would not result in cost savings. The NSCAD board of governors therefore voted on 15 July 2014 to continue as an independent university. The university's financial position subsequently improved, and the debt had been reduced to $ 13 million as of 2015. NSCAD offers bachelor's degrees in Fine Art ( BFA ), Design ( BDes ), and Art History ( BA ). It also offers Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design degrees at

336-539: A grant from the Carnegie Foundation , King's College relocated to Halifax and entered into a partnership with Dalhousie that continues to this day. Dalhousie expanded on 1 April 1997 when provincial legislation mandated an amalgamation with the nearby Technical University of Nova Scotia . This merger saw reorganization of faculties and departments to create the Faculty of Engineering , Faculty of Computer Science and

420-546: A large fieldhouse , an Olympic-sized swimming pool, an indoor running track, weight rooms, courts and other facilities. Wickwire Field, with a seating capacity of up to 1,200, is the university's main outdoor field and is host to the varsity football, soccer, field hockey, lacrosse and rugby teams. Other sporting facilities include the Studley Gymnasium, and the Sexton Gymnasium and field. The Memorial Arena , home to

504-451: A number of championships in the first decade of the 20th century, winning 63 AUS championships and two U Sports championships. More than 2,500 students participate in competitive clubs, intramural sport leagues, and tournaments. Opportunities are offered at multiple skill levels across a variety of sports. Dalhousie has six competitive sports clubs and 17 recreational clubs. Dalhousie's Agricultural Campus operates its own varsity team, called

588-612: A portfolio for admission to an undergraduate visual arts degree program. Saturday youth courses for ages 5–18 are offered during the spring, fall, and winter terms, and week-long camps are offered during summer. Week-long March Break camps are offered during the Provincial school break. An annual Night Shift Exhibition to display student work completed in Extended Studies course is held in the Anna Leonowens Gallery located on

672-400: A radio club in 1964 and operated as CKDU in 1975; it began FM broadcasting in 1985. CKDU acquired its present frequency 88.1 in 2006 and upgraded its transmitting power. In 2021 and 2022, controversies arose around alcohol consumption at unsanctioned student gatherings on campus, specifically 'homecoming' in early October. Halifax Police urged the university to play a more active role in

756-548: A range of activities from simple gatherings, study groups, bake sales, intramural sports teams, to organizing larger scale fundraising events. Dalhousie's sports teams are called the Tigers . The Tigers varsity teams participate primarily in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) of U Sports . There are teams for basketball, hockey, soccer, swimming, track and field, cross country running, and volleyball. The Tigers garnered

840-598: A research effort using implanted acoustic transmitters to study fish migration patterns. Dalhousie houses a number of marine research pools, a wet laboratory , and a benthic flume, which are collectively known as the Aquatron laboratory. Dalhousie is one of the founding members of the Halifax Marine Research Institute, founded on 2 June 2011. The institute, which is a partnership between a number of private industries, government, and post-secondary institutions,

924-1080: A visual arts environment. The School of Extended Studies continues this tradition by offering the public a wide variety of non-credit studio and audit lecture courses in fine arts, media arts, craft and design. The School also manages the 30-credit Visual Arts Certificate for Teachers program, the 30-credit Visual Arts Certificate in Studio and the pre-university summer study credit program. Credit programs have admission requirements. Noncredit programs have no admission requirements although prerequisites must be met for some courses. The adult studio-based and audit lecture courses are available to individuals who are 16 years or older. These courses are designed to meet personal and professional development interests and to prepare for studies in an undergraduate visual arts degree program. Curricula incorporate skills, processes, and health and safety issues. New approaches and ways of seeing, analyzing, experimenting and problem solving through observation are promoted. To ensure program quality, planning

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1008-407: A website named "Tiger Society" which listed all current clubs and societies that were available for students to join. Through this website, students could request to join a society. Dalhousie also holds a Society Fair at the beginning of each fall and winter semester, in which all societies are given the opportunity to display their purpose/efforts and recruit new members. Student societies partake in

1092-564: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . NSCAD University NSCAD University , also known as the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design ( NSCAD ), is a public art university in Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada. The university is a co-educational institution that offers bachelor's and master's degrees . The university also provides continuing education services through its School of Extended Studies. The institution

1176-658: Is a large public research university in Nova Scotia , Canada, with three campuses in Halifax , a fourth in Bible Hill , and a second medical school campus in Saint John, New Brunswick . Dalhousie offers over 200 degree programs in 13 undergraduate, graduate, and professional faculties. The university is a member of the U15 , a group of research-intensive universities in Canada. The institution

1260-635: Is a publicly funded research university, and a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada , as well as the U15 . As of 2022 , there were 20,970 students enrolled at the university. Dalhousie offers more than 4,000 courses and over 200 degree programs in 13 undergraduate, graduate, and professional faculties. The requirements for admission differ between students from Nova Scotia, students from other provinces in Canada, and international students due to lack of uniformity in marking schemes. The requirements for admission also differ depending on

1344-471: Is actively involved in sustainability issues and has received a number of sustainability awards and recognition for academic programs, university operations, and research. In 2022, Dalhousie received a GOLD rating from AASHE STARS (Version 2.2). In 2009, the university signed the University and College Presidents' Climate Change Statement of Action for Canada to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases . Dalhousie

1428-680: Is also a signatory of UNEP's International Declaration on Cleaner Production. In 1999, the university signed the Talloires Declaration , which committed Dalhousie and other higher education institutions to developing, creating, supporting, and maintaining sustainability. In 2008, the College of Sustainability, the Office of Sustainability, and the Dalhousie Student Union Sustainability Office were formed. During 2008,

1512-495: Is located within Sexton Campus. Its collection largely serves those in the faculties of engineering, architecture and planning, and houses the university's rare books collection. The Sir James Dunn Law Library holds the university's collection of common law materials, legal periodicals, as well as books on international law, health law, and environmental law. MacRae Library is located at the university's Agricultural Campus, and has

1596-694: Is ongoing with other areas of NSCAD University. New courses are added regularly to introduce different subject matter and in response to public demand. Saturday Children's Art Classes began in 1887 and are one of the earliest known examples of such programs in North America. Children in grades 1 – 6 participate in a variety of fun age-appropriate activities that introduce basic visual arts skills. Teen Art Studio courses for students in Grades 7 -12 introduce fundamental visual art skills and processes, introduce NSCAD facilities and provide older teens an opportunity to build

1680-503: Is that the Ramsay seal features a griffin and greyhound , and the Dalhousie seal has two dragons supporting the eagle-adorned shield. Initially, the Ramsay coat of arms was used to identify Dalhousie, but the seal has evolved with the amalgamations the university has undergone. The seal was originally silver-coloured, but in 1950, the university's Board of Governors changed it to gold to match

1764-576: The Earl of Dalhousie 's motto to replace the university's original one, which the administration believed did not convey confidence. The original motto was Forsan (Latin for "perhaps"), and first appeared in the first Dalhousie Gazette of 1869. It was from Virgil 's epic poem Aeneid , Book 1, line 203, Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit , which translates as "Perhaps the time may come when these [difficulties] will be sweet to remember." In 2020, students and staff representatives sought to remove

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1848-732: The Nova Scotia Agricultural College merged into Dalhousie to form a new Faculty of Agriculture , located in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia . Dalhousie has three campuses within the Halifax Peninsula and a fourth, the Agricultural Campus, in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia. Studley Campus in Halifax serves as the primary campus; it houses the majority of the university's academic buildings such as faculties, athletic facilities, and

1932-579: The University of Manitoba ; whereas the University Ranking by Academic Performance 2018–19 rankings placed the university 302nd in the world, and 13th in Canada. Marine research at Dalhousie has become a large focus of the university, with many of the university's faculty members involved in some form of marine research. Notably, Dalhousie is the headquarters of the Ocean Tracking Network ,

2016-739: The University of Prince Edward Island to form a collaborative research organization known as The Ocean Frontier Institute . Many of Dalhousie's faculties and departments focus on marine research. The Faculty of Engineering operates the Ocean Research Centre Atlantic, which is dedicated to research and tests in naval and off-shore engineering. Schulich School of Law also operates the Marine & Environmental Law Institute, which carries out research and conducts consultancy activities for governmental and non-governmental organizations. The school's Department of Political Science similarly operates

2100-576: The outdoor sculptures around the campus are part of this collection, such as the distinctive Marine Venus which has sat in the median of University Avenue since 1969. A notable exhibition from the Dalhousie Art Gallery includes "Archives of the Future" (March – April 2016) exploring the relationship between art creation and commerce with work by artists Zachary Gough, Dawn Georg, Sharlene Bamboat, Katie Vida and Dana Claxton . Dalhousie University

2184-675: The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for identifying neutrino change identities and mass. McDonald was also previously awarded the Herzberg Prize and the Benjamin Franklin Prize in physics . Other notable graduates of Dalhousie includes Donald O. Hebb , who helped advance the field of neuropsychology , Kathryn D. Sullivan , the first American woman to walk in space and Jeff Dahn , one of the world's foremost researchers in lithium battery chemistry and aging. E. Elizabeth Patton , elected as

2268-525: The Anna Leonowens Gallery, founded in 1968. The gallery hosts exhibitions of the work of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty members, visiting artists and curators. The Port Campus hosts the Treaty Space Gallery and Port Loggia Gallery. The university was also formerly home to the Seeds Gallery, a non-profit gallery where students and alumni could show and sell their work. This made NSCAD

2352-576: The Board, include the university's chancellor, president, and 25 other members. Members include people from within the university community such as four approved representatives from Dalhousie Student Union, and those in the surrounding community, such as the Mayor of Halifax . The Senate is responsible for the university's academics, including standards for admission and qualifications for degrees, diplomas, and certificates. The Senate consists of 73 positions granted to

2436-594: The Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, which is primarily concerned with the fields of Canadian and American foreign, security, and defence policy, including maritime security policy. The student body of Dalhousie is currently represented by two student unions ; the Dalhousie Student Union , which represents the general student population, and the Dalhousie Association for Graduate Students, which represents

2520-641: The Dalhousie Rams. The Rams varsity team participates in the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association , a member of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association . The Rams varsity teams include badminton, basketball, rugby, soccer, volleyball, and woodsmen . Dalhousie has a number of athletic facilities open to varsity teams and students. Dalplex is the largest main fitness and recreational facility. It houses

2604-518: The Faculty of Architecture and Planning. From 1997 to 2000, the Technical University of Nova Scotia operated as a constituent college of Dalhousie called Dalhousie Polytechnic of Nova Scotia (DalTech) until the collegiate system was dissolved. The legislation that merged the two schools also formally changed the name of the institution to its present form, Dalhousie University. On 1 September 2012,

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2688-792: The NSCAD Granville campus. Family and friends are encouraged to attend this popular exhibit and enjoy a variety of different works of art created by all ages. Under the direction of Kennedy, The Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design was established as a vehicle to publish books by and about leading contemporary artists. The Press was important in establishing the university's international reputation. Between 1972 and 1987, 26 titles by such artists as Michael Snow , Steve Reich , Gerhard Richter and Yvonne Rainer were published. The Press re-launched in 2002. Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal )

2772-552: The Nova Scotia College of Art under the leadership of its president Dr. Frederick Sexton . One of the notable artists to be associated with the school in its early years was Arthur Lismer , who was a member of the Group of Seven and spent several years as the school president. Elizabeth Styring Nutt succeeded Lismar as president in 1919, serving until 1943. New Brunswick-born artist Donald Cameron MacKay, who prior to World War II had been vice-principal, after war service assumed

2856-522: The President's Advisory Council on Sustainability was also created. The council meets quarterly to discuss pan-university sustainability issues. Dalhousie's College of Sustainability offers an undergraduate Major in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) integrating with seven bachelor's degrees and 40 subjects across five faculties. University governance is conducted through the Board of Governors and

2940-761: The Senate, both of which were given much of their present power in the Unofficial Consolidation of an Act for the Regulation and Support of Dalhousie College in Chapter 24 of the Acts of 1863. This statute replaced ones from 1820, 1823, 1838, 1841 and 1848, and has since been supplemented 11 times, most recently in 1995. The Board is responsible for conduct, management, and control of the university and of its property, revenues, business, and affairs. Board members, known as Governors of

3024-627: The Union Building in 1887. It was founded by Anna Leonowens (of Anna and the King of Siam fame). It was originally called the Victoria School of Art and Design to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. It moved to the Halifax Academy in 1890. From 1898 to 1910, Henry Mortikar Rosenberg was the principal. In 1903 the school moved to the old National School. In 1925, it was renamed

3108-507: The United Kingdom. The University of King's College was formerly an independent institution located in Windsor, Nova Scotia , until 1920, when a fire ravaged its campus. To continue operation, the University of King's College accepted a generous grant from the Carnegie Foundation , although the terms of the grant required that it move to Halifax and enter into association with Dalhousie. Under

3192-427: The agreement, King's agreed to pay the salaries of a number of Dalhousie professors, who in turn were to help in the management and academic life of the college. Students at King's have access to all of the amenities at Dalhousie, and academic programs at King's would fold into the College of Arts and Sciences at Dalhousie according to the agreement. Presently, students of both institutions are allowed to switch between

3276-504: The decision and blamed the gallery's financial woes on the decision to relocate it to the Seaport. It stated that the gallery had been on the path to financial sustainability while at Hollis Street. In January 2016 the Anna Leonowens Gallery founded the Art Bar + Projects, a space for performance art. NSCAD has a long and distinguished history of offering the public the opportunity to study in

3360-568: The engineering, architecture and planning faculties. Sexton Campus served as the campus of the Technical University of Nova Scotia prior to amalgamation. The Agricultural Campus in Bible Hill, a suburban community of Truro , served as the campus for the Nova Scotia Agricultural College prior to its merger with Dalhousie in 2011. The university presently operates the largest academic library system in Atlantic Canada , and hosts

3444-452: The entire Grand Parade. Halifax City Hall presently occupies the site of the original Dalhousie College. The university has five libraries. The largest, Killam Memorial Library , opened in 1971 and claims to be the largest academic library in Atlantic Canada . The W. K. Kellogg Health Science Library provides services largely for the faculties of dentistry, medicine, and other health professions. The Sexton Design & Technology Library

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3528-588: The film studies faculty. In 2007 the third campus, the Port Campus, opened at the Halifax Seaport . All three campuses are located in downtown Halifax. The construction of the Port Campus brought the school's debt to a high of $ 19 million in 2011 after funding from the federal government fell through. The province asked the school to draw up a plan to reduce the debt, and it was speculated that NSCAD might lose its autonomy. NSCAD students, faculty and alumni mounted

3612-548: The floundering Dalhousie. With a reputation as an anti-papal pamphleteer and firmly against the Church of England's hold on higher education in Nova Scotia (through King's College), McCulloch carried with him from Pictou his education theory and pedagogy, “If Dalhousie College acquires usefulness and eminence, it will be not by an imitation of Oxford, but as an institution of science, and practical intelligence.” His approach to education

3696-618: The former Coburg Road campus was acquired by Dalhousie University . Garry Kennedy retired from the school's presidency in 1990 to focus on teaching and making art. In 2002 the school purchased the Granville Street block of heritage buildings it had leased since 1978, known today as the Fountain Campus. The institution was renamed NSCAD University in 2003. It opened a second campus, the Academy Building, in 2004. This campus houses

3780-729: The graduate level. The NSCAD University Library was founded early in the school's history and is now located in the Fountain Campus. It is the only art and design library in Atlantic Canada. Its collection includes over 50,000 books and periodicals as well as the Visual Resources Collection, which comprises 140,000 slides, 16mm films, video tapes and other multimedia materials. The library is a member of Novanet, which facilitates inter-library loans between Nova Scotian academic libraries. Historical fine arts and ceramics; contemporary fine arts and printmaking collections are housed in

3864-546: The headquarters for the Ocean Tracking Network . The buildings at Dalhousie vary in age from Hart House, which was completed in 1864, to the Collaborative Health Education Building, completed in 2015. The original building of Dalhousie University was completed in 1824 on Halifax's Grand Parade . It was demolished in 1885 when the university outgrew the premises, and the City of Halifax sought possession of

3948-702: The inherently religious tone of the current motto and return to the first. Among the school's songs is the "Carmina Dalhousiana", written in Halifax in 1882. A Dalhousie University songbook was compiled by Charles B. Weikel in 1904. Dalhousie graduates have found success in a variety of fields, serving as heads of a diverse array of public and private institutions. Dalhousie University has over 130,000 alumni. Throughout Dalhousie's history, faculty, alumni, and former students have played prominent roles in many fields, and include 91 Rhodes Scholars . Dalhousie has also educated Nobel laureates. Astrophysicist and Dalhousie alumni Arthur B. McDonald (BSc 1964, MSc 1965) received

4032-549: The interests of graduate students specifically. As of 2011, there were three sororities and three fraternities. They operate as non-accredited organizations and are not recognized by the Dalhousie Student Union. The main student newspaper , The Dalhousie Gazette , claims to be the oldest student-run newspaper in North America. The newspaper's offices are in the Student Union building. The radio station began as

4116-430: The issue. In addition to the efforts made by the Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) Council, Dalhousie students have created and participated in over 320 clubs/societies. The Management Society, for example, is a group of students in the Faculty of Management who group together to enhance the experience of students in that faculty by hosting events, providing assistance and giving back. Until 25 July 2016, Dalhousie offered

4200-510: The largest collection of agricultural resource material in Atlantic Canada. The Dalhousie University Archives houses official records of, or relating to, or people/activities connected with Dalhousie University and its founding institutions. The archives also houses material related to theatre, business and labour in Nova Scotia. The collection consists of manuscripts, texts, photographs, audio-visual material, microfilm, music, and artifacts. The university's first library, Macdonald Memorial Library,

4284-504: The office was created in 1838. John Forrest was the longest-serving president, holding the office from 1885 to 1911. University of King's College is a post-secondary institution in Halifax affiliated with Dalhousie. The institution's campus is located adjacent to Dalhousie's Studley campus. Established in 1789, it was the first post-secondary institution in English Canada and the oldest English-speaking Commonwealth university outside

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4368-465: The only art school in Canada to offer a dedicated commercial gallery, helping students tradition from academia to entrepreneurship. It was founded by SUNSCAD, the students' union, who turned over control of the gallery to the university in 2007. In 2011 the university moved the gallery from Hollis Street to a more peripheral location at the Seaport , where it had to pay rent for the first time. The new space

4452-439: The physical construction of the college. The college was established in 1818 though it faltered shortly after, as Ramsay left Halifax to serve as the Governor General of British North America . The school was structured upon the principles of the University of Edinburgh , located near Ramsay's home in Scotland, where lectures were open to male students, regardless of Christian religion or nationality. In 1821, Dalhousie College

4536-765: The program. In 2011, the secondary school average for incoming first-year undergraduate students was 85 percent. Canadian students may apply for financial aid such as the Nova Scotia Student Assistance Program and Canada Student Loans and Grants through the federal and provincial governments. Financial aid may also be provided in the form of loans, grants, bursaries, scholarships, fellowships, debt reduction, interest relief, and work programs. The university's registrar provides scholarships for its students in order to provide financial assistance, or to reward academic merits or performances in another fields, such as community involvement and leadership. The 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked Dalhousie University 301–400 in

4620-405: The role of principal and continued until retiring in 1971. Under his supervision, in 1957 the school moved into the former St. Andrew's United Church on Coburg Road. A modern, five-storey addition was constructed in 1968. It was eventually razed to provide space for Dalhousie University's Mona Campbell Building. The artist Garry Kennedy was appointed president in 1967 at the age of 31, becoming

4704-456: The same provincial legislation that merged the institution with the Technical University of Nova Scotia . Dalhousie's varsity teams, the Tigers, compete in the Atlantic University Sport conference of Canadian Interuniversity Sport . Dalhousie's Faculty of Agriculture varsity teams are called the Dalhousie Rams, and compete in the ACAA and CCAA . Dalhousie is a coeducational university with more than 20,000 students and 150,000 alumni around

4788-423: The space now occupied by Halifax City Hall , the college moved in 1886 to Carleton Campus and spread gradually to Studley Campus. Dalhousie grew steadily during the 20th century. From 1889 to 1962 the Halifax Conservatory was affiliated with and awarded degrees through Dalhousie. In 1920, several buildings were destroyed by fire on the campus of the University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia . Through

4872-402: The student body consisted of 28 male students working toward degrees and 28 occasional students. Despite the reorganization and an increase in students, money continued to be a problem for the institution. In 1879, amid talks of closure due to the university's dire financial situation, George Munro , a wealthy New York publisher with Nova Scotian roots, began to donate to the university; Munro

4956-406: The team operates on donations from alumni. The team plays its home games at Wickwire Field. The Dalhousie seal is based on the heraldic achievement of the Clan Ramsay of Scotland, of which founder George Ramsay was clan head. The heraldic achievement consists of five parts: shield, coronet, crest, supporters, and motto. One major difference between the Ramsay coat of arms and the university seal

5040-433: The top five places in the world outside the United States for postdoctoral work and conducting scientific research. In 2007 Dalhousie topped the list of The Scientist' s "Best Places to Work in Academia". The annual list divides research and academic institutions into American and international lists; Dalhousie University ranked first in the international category. According to a survey conducted by The Scientist , Dalhousie

5124-413: The two throughout their enrolment. In spite of the shared academic programs and facilities, the University of King's College maintains its own scholarships, bursaries, athletics programs, and student residences. The university completed the 2017–18 year with revenues of $ 697.354 million and expenses of $ 664.274 million, yielding a surplus of $ 33.08 million. The largest source of revenue for the university

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5208-497: The university ranked 301–500 in the world, and 10–16 in Canada. In 2018, Research Infosource ranked Dalhousie as 15th on their list for top 50 research universities in Canada, with a sponsored research income (external sources of funding) of $ 150.038 million in 2017. In the same year, Dalhousie's faculty averaged a sponsored research income of $ 130,000, while its graduate students averaged a sponsored research income of $ 44,600. In 2003 and 2004, The Scientist placed Dalhousie among

5292-465: The university's Student Union Building. The campus is largely surrounded by residential neighbourhoods. Robie Street divides it from the adjacent Carleton Campus, which houses the faculties of dentistry, medicine, and other health profession departments. The campus is adjacent to two large teaching hospitals affiliated with the school: the IWK Health Centre and the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre . Sexton Campus in Downtown Halifax hosts

5376-441: The university's colours, gold and black. These colours were adopted in 1887, after the rugby team led the debate about college colours for football jerseys. The shield and eagle of Dalhousie's seal have been used as the logo since 1987, with the present incarnation in use since 2003, which includes the tagline "inspiring minds". The university motto Ora et Labora translates from Latin as "pray and work"; it adopted in 1870 from

5460-404: The various faculty representatives, academic administrators, and student representatives. The president acts as the chief executive officer and is responsible to the Board of Governors and to the Senate for the supervision of administrative and academic works. Kim Brooks is the 13th president of the university, and has served since August 2023. Thomas McCulloch served as the first president when

5544-415: The varsity hockey team, was demolished in 2012. The school is working to build a new arena jointly with nearby Saint Mary's University , whose facility is also aging. The Agricultural Campus has one athletic facility, the Langille Athletic Centre . As of 2010, through the efforts of alumni and devoted volunteers, the Dalhousie Football Club was reinstated. Playing in the Atlantic Football League (AFL),

5628-513: The world and 13–17 in Canada. The 2023 QS World University Rankings ranked the university 308th in the world, and twelfth in Canada. The 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed Dalhousie 301–350 in the world. In the 2022–23 U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking , the university placed 314th in the world, and 11th in Canada. In terms of national rankings, Maclean's ranked Dalhousie seventh in their 2023 Medical-Doctoral university rankings. Dalhousie

5712-504: The world. The university's notable alumni include a Nobel Prize winner and 94 Rhodes Scholars . Dalhousie was founded, as the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie , desired a non-denominational college in Halifax. Financing largely came from customs duties collected by a previous Lieutenant Governor, John Coape Sherbrooke , during the War of 1812 occupation of Castine, Maine ; Sherbrooke invested £ 7,000 as an initial endowment and reserved £3,000 for

5796-489: The youngest ever president of a Canadian university. He immediately moved to remake the college from a provincial art school into an international centre for artistic activity. He invited notable artists to come to NSCAD as visiting artists, particularly those involved in conceptual art . Artists who made significant contributions during this period include Vito Acconci , Sol LeWitt , Dan Graham , Eric Fischl , Lawrence Weiner , Joseph Beuys and Claes Oldenburg . The school

5880-418: Was a 1,000 square feet (93 m ) gallery in the Annex Building, directly across the street from the Port Campus. In September 2013 the university board of governors decided to close the Seeds Gallery on 31 March 2014. The university governance stated that closure was a cost-saving measure in light of the gallery's $ 40,000 yearly deficit. The students' union criticized the absence of consultation surrounding

5964-409: Was a Scottish Presbyterian minister who served as Dalhousie's first president and created the Audubon mounted bird collection which is now housed at the museum. The Dalhousie Art Gallery is both a public gallery and an academic support unit housed since 1971 on the lowest level of the Dalhousie Arts Centre . Admission is free of charge. It is host to a permanent collection of over 1000 works. Some of

6048-432: Was brother-in-law to Dalhousie's Board of Governors member John Forrest . As such, Munro is credited with rescuing Dalhousie from closure. In honour of his contributions, Dalhousie observes a university holiday called George Munro Day on the first Friday of each February. The first female graduate was Margaret Florence Newcombe from Grafton, Nova Scotia , who earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1885. Originally located at

6132-642: Was built after alumni raised funds on the death of professor Charles Macdonald , who had left the university $ 2,000 to buy books in English literature on his death in 1901. The biology department operates the Thomas McCulloch Museum in its Life Sciences Centre (LSC). The most notable of the museum's exhibits include its preserved birds collection. Other collections include its Lorenzen ceramic mushrooms, its coral and shell collection, and its butterfly and insect collection. The museum's namesake Thomas McCulloch

6216-545: Was designed to help increase the scale, quality, internationalization and impact of marine research in the region. In 2011, the university, along with WWF-Canada , created the Conservation Legacy For Oceans, which aimed at providing scholarships, funding, curriculum development, and work placements for students and academics dedicated to marine research, law, management, and policy making. In 2016, Dalhousie partnered with Memorial University of Newfoundland and

6300-556: Was established as Dalhousie College, a nonsectarian institution established in 1818 by the eponymous Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia , George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie , with education reformer Thomas McCulloch as its first principal. However, the college did not hold its first class until 1838, with operations remaining sporadic due to financial difficulties. The college was reorganized in 1863 and renamed The Governors of Dalhousie College and University. The university formally changed its name to Dalhousie University in 1997 through

6384-473: Was founded by Anna Leonowens in 1887 as the Victoria School of Art and Design . The school was later renamed the Nova Scotia College of Art in 1925. In 1969, the institution was renamed the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and began to offer undergraduate degrees, becoming the first degree-granting art school in the country. The institution adopted its current name in 2003. The university opened in

6468-541: Was officially incorporated by the Nova Scotia House of Assembly under the 1821 Act of Incorporation. The college did not hold its first class until 1838; operation of the college was intermittent and no degrees were awarded. In 1841, an Act of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly conferred university powers on Dalhousie. Dalhousie's first principal was Thomas McCulloch . A Presbyterian minister and naturalist, he

6552-400: Was provincial operational grants, followed by tuition fees. The total endowment revenue reported in fiscal 2017–2018 was $ 481.372 million. The university has attempted to increase the representation of under-represented groups at Dalhousie through inclusive recruitment strategies. There have been several Dalhousie University scandals related to discrimination at the university. Dalhousie

6636-423: Was radical: he firmly believed that all schools "ought first to be ascertained, how far it is calculated to improve the community; and, if its general utility appear, it is, in proportion to its value and to the extent of the public funds, unquestionably entitled to the protection of Government, whether it belong to churchmen or [Presbyterian] dissenters, protestants or catholics, ought to be entirely disregarded!" He

6720-543: Was ranked in spite of having opted out – along with several other universities in Canada – of participating in Maclean's graduate survey since 2006. Dalhousie also placed in a number of rankings that evaluated the employment prospects of its graduates. In the Times Higher Education's 2022 global employability ranking, Dalhousie placed 186th in the world, and eighth in Canada. In QS's 2020 graduate employability ranking,

6804-503: Was renamed the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1969, the same year it began granting undergraduate degrees. Kennedy is credited with transforming the school into an internationally recognised centre for cutting-edge art, with Art in America suggesting in 1973 that NSCAD was "the best art school in North America". The school began to offer graduate programs in 1973. It moved to its current location on Granville Mall in 1978 and

6888-533: Was responsible for creating a chair of natural history at Dalhousie to teach "geology, mineralogy, botany, and zoology." Following McCulloch's death, the college fell into decline once again and was reorganized as a high school in 1848. In 1863, the college opened for a third time and was reorganized by another legislative act, which added "University" to the school's name: "The Governors of Dalhousie College and University". Dalhousie reopened with six professors and one tutor. When it awarded its first degrees in 1866,

6972-478: Was the best non-commercial scientific institute in which to work in Canada. Dalhousie's research performance has been noted in several bibliometric university rankings, which use citation analysis to evaluate the impact a university has on academic publications. In 2019, the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities ranked Dalhousie 301st in the world, tied for 12th in Canada with

7056-511: Was the founder of Nova Scotia's second degree-granting institution (after King's College, now University of King's College ), Pictou Academy in Pictou , Nova Scotia, which attracted students from PEI, Cape Breton, as well as the Caribbean due to McCulloch's views and the school's ecumenical stance. In 1838, the board of Dalhousie College was able to convince McCulloch leave Pictou Academy and take on

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