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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.
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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
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.
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.
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Monday, June 14, 2021
Dal’s Michael Freund is the recipient of $1.6M in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council through its Collaborative Research and Training Experience program for the Leaders in Energy Sustainability training program for emerging professionals.
Thursday, June 10, 2021
Nova Scotia-based Graphite Innovation and Technologies (GIT) is providing opportunities for ÃÀÅ®×ö°® graduate students such as Ryan Ingham to put their research experience into practice through Mitacs internships.
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Valentina Ceballos, an honours student majoring in Marine Biology, has received the award in honour of the legacy of Rob Stewart, a Canadian photographer, filmmaker and conservationist best known for his documentary films Sharkwater and Sharkwater Extinction.
Monday, June 7, 2021
Five Dal researchers have received a $750,000 investment from the Government of Canada to advance their innovative ideas.
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Hundreds of workers arrived in Prince Edward Island from other countries after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic early in 2020 to fill positions in the agricultural and seafood processing sectors. A new report sheds light on whether adequate safeguards were put in place to shield them from COVID-19.