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

Rebecca Rawcliffe
Monday, June 28, 2021
A team of researchers from the Institute for Big Data Analytics at ÃÀÅ®×ö°® took the top spot at the RoboCup 2021 world championship, becoming the first Canadian squad to win gold at the largest international AI soccer simulation competition.
Genevieve MacIntyre
Friday, June 25, 2021
Honours students in Sociology and Social Anthropology this year have taken the tools of their disciplines and applied them to what they saw happening in their own social circles, families and communities. Learn more about their projects.
Michele Charlton
Friday, June 25, 2021
Climate change is one of the world’s most pressing problems. Learn more about the Dal researchers offering innovative solutions to help improve stewardship of the planet.
Alison Auld
Friday, June 18, 2021
Ingrid Waldron was approached in 2012 by an activist pitching a research project on environmental racism — a term unfamiliar to her at the time. Her work on the topic since has proven powerful in ways she never expected, shaping proposed federal legislation under review now and spawning a popular Netflix film.
Michele Charlton
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
The Government of Canada announced its newest cohort of Canada Research Chairs this week, a group that includes five scholars from Dal.