Research

Equipping communities with research skills to improve their lives

Equipping communities with research skills to improve their lives

The new MicroResearch Institute at ÃÀÅ®×ö°® is a proven, community‑driven research model that empowers local people — doctors, nurses, midwives, community health workers, teachers, police and students — to investigate and solve the health and public safety challenges they understand better than anyone.

Featured News

Andrew Riley
Friday, March 13, 2026
Dal research teams are receiving more than $7.3M in Canada Foundation for Innovation support to expand labs and tools driving breakthroughs in water resilience, ocean science, marine tracking, and digital stewardship of Canada’s past
Jocelyn Adams Moss
Thursday, March 26, 2026
In this episode of Sciographies, we talk to Dr. Leanne Stevens, an educator and university teaching fellow in ÃÀÅ®×ö°®â€™s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, and associate dean, academic in the Faculty of Science.
Kenneth Conrad
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Dr. Kimberley Hall’s Killam fellowship will accelerate her collaboration with NRC partners as they work to advance quantum hardware and strengthen Canada’s future secure‑tech capabilities.

Archives - Research

Alison Auld
Monday, September 13, 2021
Dr. Christine Chambers and Dr. Gail Tomblin Murphy have received one of the highest honours for members of the country’s health sciences community for their significant contributions to health policy and the promotion of health science.
Michele Charlton
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Seven world-class researchers from ÃÀÅ®×ö°® have been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada for their outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement — one of the largest cohorts ever from the university.
Alison Auld
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Researchers at ÃÀÅ®×ö°® have developed a sustainable, locally produced material that can be stitched into personal protective masks to neutralize certain pathogens, such as coronaviruses and influenza viruses.
Michael Cameron
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
‘Dark Souls’ draws on the literary theme of the ‘last man’ that emerged from the work of French author Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville and those inspired by him, writes PhD candidate Michael Cameron.
Brogan Regier
Monday, August 30, 2021
A rare piece of research equipment was recovered on the Scotian Shelf by the Ocean Tracking Network after it spent three years lost at sea. Its contents could contain valuable information about the behaviour of grey seals on Sable Island.