Plants have been cherished by the Mi鈥檏maq as an essential resource for millennia, used as food, in ceremonies and spiritual practices, as materials for living and artistic creation, and even as medicine. Dal student William Johnson, a candidate for the Indigenous Studies and Intercultural Communication certificates at Dal, explains the importance of plants to the Mi'kmaw way of life.

In our first profile of one of the five Reimagine NS reports, we hear from the authors behind "Care and Connect" on their work exploring solutions for how health care and mental health supports can be improved in Nova Scotia coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The "Reimagine NS" project, led by Dal's Faculty of Management, has brought together interdisciplinary teams of academic experts from across the province, paired with thoughtful and influential community members, to explore what a reimagined future for Nova Scotia could look like. The first of the five reports is now online, with weekly Open Dialogue panel events scheduled to share and discuss the findings.

A free virtual TEDx event co-hosted by Dal's Faculty of Agriculture and the Municipality of Colchester will consider "Fairness, Food and Nature" 鈥� why climate justice matters and and how to shift to healthier food systems to better protect and re-green the Earth.

As a talent scout for NBA teams in the early 2000s, Masai Ujiri saw what a powerful positive impact basketball could have on young people in Africa and started a series of camps for kids. He and a recent alum of the program shared their experiences last week as part of an online symposium hosted by Dal's Dallaire Institute.