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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, October 19, 2020
When minimum security units are closed in prisons, it is both a human rights violation and a reduction in available choices for women sentenced to prison time, write Dal PhD student Martha Paynter and colleague Linda Mussell.
Ask an expert: Patti Doyle‑Bedwell on combating systemic racism in Canada’s health‑care system
Friday, October 16, 2020
The associate professor, lawyer, Aboriginal women’s rights advocate, author, and public speaker explains what can be done to address the many health disparities experienced by Indigenous peoples when accessing and receiving medical care.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Lissa Skitolsky, the Spatz Visiting Chair in Jewish Studies at ÃÀÅ®×ö°®, provides a message of support against recent anti-Semitic stickers spotted in Halifax — and helps explain how these messages reflect historic persecution and oppression.
Thursday, October 15, 2020
An international study led by Manuel Helbig in Dal’s Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science has shown how conservation and restoration of boreal peatlands could be an important tool to mitigate climate change impacts in the north.
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Pregnant women are at increased risk for serious COVID-19 complications and should be a high-priority group for vaccination, writes Dal researcher Françoise Baylis and her colleague Angela Ballantyne. Excluding them from vaccine trials puts them and their offspring at risk.