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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

Jason Bremner
Friday, March 12, 2021
Dr. Robin Urquhart has been chosen to lead the Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health Study (Atlantic PATH), an offshoot of a national research platform investigating how genetics, environment, lifestyle, and behaviour contribute to the development of chronic disease and cancer.
Stefanie Wilson
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Dal excelled in several subject areas in this year's QS World University Rankings by Subject, a list that considers 1,453 institutions globally across 51 subjects.
Stephanie Hurley
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Join us for an introduction to the exciting work of the Dal-based Restorative Lab, an international lab focused on a restorative approach.
Caitlyn MacQueen
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
New study co-authored by Dal postdoctoral fellow Christopher Mull analyzes biological drivers of multiple paternity in sharks and rays, challenging decades of unbalanced research.
Michele Charlton
Monday, March 8, 2021
Using AI to understand ocean trends, plotting breakthroughs in solar-energy storage, and slashing exposures to cancer-causing substances: Learn more about some of the exceptional Dal-led projects to receive funding this week from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.