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

Paul Manning
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
There is much more to these chunky beetles of early summer than what first meets the eye, writes Paul Manning, a postdoctoral researcher in Dal's Faculty of Agriculture.
Michele Charlton
Friday, May 21, 2021
Mark Obrovac received the funding through support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Novonix, a world-class battery materials and technology company, through NSERC’s Alliance Grants program.
Niecole Killawee
Friday, May 21, 2021
As part of Dal Alumni Days next week, the Faculty of Medicine and the ÃÀÅ®×ö°® Medical Research Foundation will host a special Open Dialogue Live featuring three ÃÀÅ®×ö°® researchers in pain management.
Natasha Breward
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Solutions for Kids in Pain recently partnered with Pulse, ÃÀÅ®×ö°®'s health innovation sandbox, to offer a program engaging students from multiple disciplines in a semester-long knowledge mobilization program.
Michele Charlton
Monday, May 17, 2021
Dal ranked among the top 20 universities in the world and third in Canada in the 2021 Time Higher Education Impact Rankings for its research, outreach and stewardship in the 'Clean Water and Sanitation' category. Learn more about Rob Jamieson, one of the university's leading researchers in the area.