We might be nearing the end of term, but we’re definitely not done yet – and these photos from everything we got up to in March show it. From Pride Week to final theatre performances, we were busy.

Check out these images to see what we were up to last month. 

a person dressed in a red dress blows a kiss to a crowd
Performers from House of Ebony graced the stage of Towers Pub, closing out Black History Month celebrations and ushering in Pride Week.

a group of people, many dressed up and wearing shirts with the word Pride on them, walking down a pedway together holding a sign that reads "Pride at MacEwan"
A Pride March kicked off a week of Pride Week events that took over campus during the first half of the month, with dozens of celebrations, talks and events.

a craft table covered in scraps of magazines and a box of paints
Other Pride Week activities included a zine-making workshop. 

People browsing at various tables covered in crafts and prints
Local artisans, including students, brought their wares to the Robbins Health Learning Centre for the Rainbow Market.

a person on a stage painting a blank canvas blue with their hands
Everyone was invited to express their own queer realities – the theme of this year’s Pride Week – through poetry, performance and art on stage at Towers Pub.

An exhibition displaying large posters of men's faces with letters printed out beside them
On display for the whole month in the John L. Harr Library was the photography exhibition Faces of Exile: The Arrusi and the Policing of Gender and Sexuality in Fascist Italy.

people handing out boxes of food to students
kb&co – owned by former Allard Chair in Business Kristina Botelho – was on campus this month, offering students a five-dollar lunch.

people on a darkly lit stage acting out a scene from the musical Monoceros, a woman dressed in a unicorn onesie and a man in a all black are surrounded by four other people in sunglasses
The Theatre Department sold out its production of Monoceros.
Photo credit: @briannejang of @bb_collective,  Set Design: Scott Spidell, Lighting Design: Alison Yanota, Costume Design: Josée Chartrand, Sound Design: Dave Clarke

a stage where 18 dancers are all in a row, wearing identical gold pants, vests and shirts, holding top hats as they all dance in a production A Chorus Line
The final theatre performance of the year was the musical A Chorus Line. Photo credit: @briannejang of @bb_collective,  Set Design: Travis Hatt, Lighting Design: Travis Hatt; Costume Design: Robyn Ayles, Sound Design: Brian Raine

A man stands at the front of a room at a podium speaking into a microphone
Scott Alexander Howard, MacEwan’s Book of the Year author, treated the MacEwan community and members of the public to a reading from his novel The Other Valley.

A group of students pose in front of a wall of windows
MacEwan’s School of Continuing Education was honoured to welcome 31 guests from Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences in Osaka, Japan. This week-long educational study tour featured daily English for Specific Purposes classes, complemented by classroom tours hosted by the Faculty of Health and Community Studies and a visit to the Radiology Department at University of Alberta Hospital. The evenings and weekends were enriched with cultural and recreational activities, offering opportunities to experience Edmonton while fostering meaningful international connections. 

A woman wearing a cowboy hat that reads "outlaws never die" on the brim sings into a microphone and plays a guitar
Campus was host to another Artist Amble, featuring alumni and friends from our musical community – like Jacquie Daniels – for a casual evening of music.

Three people stand at a photo booth station, each one holds a sign. Their signs read "I met a future leader today", "I met a donor today" and "Proud Donor"
Donors, alumni and students gathered together for an evening of inspiration and gratitude at the annual Grateful Gathering.

A woman smiling at the camera behind a table filled with cereal and milk, and a man also smiles at the camera while holding a paper bowl in his outstretched hand
As students head into exam season, MacEwan celebrated Cerealsly Happy Day with a hearty breakfast – because you can’t focus on an empty stomach!

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