The Dalhousie rugby club is trying to be more than a club. for the past two years we have dominated on the field, attending nationals once, and winning the Nova Scotia and Maritime league. We provide opportunities for new and experienced rugby players to compete at competitive, and developmental levels.
We are group of students from all different backgrounds and ages at Dalhousie interested in Barbell sports. Once a week we train together in the high performance room with a coach to improve our skills. This club promotes community within barbell sports at Dalhousie and is an amazing place to start out powerlifting/weightlifting or just meet people in the sport! Send a quick e-mail and come on down to see what we have to offer- everyone is welcome!
DalMUN is a society focused on simulating United Nations discussions. Delegates will be given country assignments to represent their stance on diverse topics, debating amongst others at continent-wide conferences. The essence of DalMUN is to foster a competitive and supportive environment. This environment will give individuals the chance to foster their leadership and public speaking skills, and also make new friends.
Autonomous underwater vehicles present a unique challenge which requires careful planning and extensive testing to successfully and reliably complete tasks underwater without human interference. This objective presents designers and engineers with a unique framework to operate in, and to design systems which are used to accomplish a common goal. Competitions are held which allow University students, and other non-professional AUV designers, to participate in a competitive environment which encourages planning, innovation, and success. The mission of the Dalhousie Autonomous Underwater Vehicle team is to research, design, build, test, and compete at various events while allowing students to learn in a technical and collaborative environment.
The Centre & its rentals are run by students, for students - we host rides and events and offer free bike loans to Dal & King's students as well as a shop for bike repairs. We believe that helping people feel comfortable and confident working on their bike can help them save money, feel empowered, and show how fun and rewarding doing your own repairs can be. Our well-equipped shop has affordable parts and is staffed by knowledge
A collection of Dalhousie students bound in their mutual love of the board gaming hobby.
The DBGS congregates in their collective love for the growing hobby of tabletop gaming: featuring interests in such board games as Dominion, Settlers of Catan, 7 Wonders, Avalon, & many more. We bring together students to take a break from the strife of campus life and studying to relax and enjoy some light-hearted competition and cooperation with their peers.
Often, people think of wellness as a state of health rather than mental and physical well-being. We want to show that wellness is a journey rather than an end result. There are various methods and activities that foster well being and it is not a ‘one size fits all’ approach. For example, meditation is not only in the form of stillness and silence but can also be done through walking, yoga,
The Dalhousie Chapter of Cam's Kids is focused on raising awareness for young people's mental health. Since anxiety is so prevalent among students, our goal is to provide tools and resources to help manage and overcome anxiety and empower young people to shape positive change and raise awareness in our community.
We aim to foster a sense of community for students in the Biomedical Engineering program.
Our society mainly organizes social events for our students and facilitates communication between between students and the faculty. This is all in an effort to foster a sense of community in our program. This is important because our students come from very diverse scientific backgrounds and work on a diverse set of research problems. But, we are also physically separated in buildings across the 3 Halifax campuses.
This society is for graduate students within the Masters in Marine Management (MMM) program. Each year MASS runs the Sustainable Ocean Conference, available at the social media and website addresses below. The Sustainable Ocean Conference 2023 title is Turning Tides, which will explore marine management that promotes the interdisciplinary, intersectional, and intergenerational nature of the ocean science field. This event is free and open to all students!
The HAHP GSS aims to use funding/resources to aid graduate students within the department. The top priorities are ensuring students have access to resources that keep well-being and morale high,
while assisting them with any issues they have academically or personally.
The HAHP GSS exists to represent the voices of graduate students in the School of Health and Human Performance and to provide them with opportunities to optimize their graduate student experience.
The main goal of the Dalhousie Biology Organization of Graduate Students (BOGS) is to support the interests of graduate students within the Biology Department at Dalhousie University. We do our best to represent student voices at departmental meetings (Committee of the Whole, COW), and to encourage departmental mingling. As a biology grad student, you are automatically a member of BOGS!
The Unconscious Collective Vocal Ensemble is a small, completely student-organized, a capella choir. With students and alumni from Dalhousie University, The University of King’s College, Saint Mary's University and Nova Scotia Community College, this choir brings together music lovers of all kinds and talents. We perform a wide variety of a capella music on, off, and around Dal/King's using only our voices!
