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Equipping communities with research skills to improve their lives

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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.

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Niecole Killawee
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Mark Stradiotto's first interest in metal was more of the "hair metal" variety. On this week's episode of the Sciographies podcast, hear how his work as a chemist is helping bind metals together in new and innovative ways.
Jocelyn Adams
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
For its latest episode, Sciographies teamed up with ÃÀÅ®×ö°®â€™s Open Dialogue Live to bring viewers a special alumni edition of the podcast featuring the inspiring story of former NASA astronaut, Dr. Kathryn Sullivan (PhD’78, Earth Sciences), the first American woman to walk in space and the first woman to travel to the deepest part of the ocean.
Stephanie Brown (with files from Dawn Morrison, Monash University and The Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation)
Friday, October 9, 2020
The success of Healthy Stores 2020 — a real-world community trial in remote Indigenous Australia to study the effect of restricting merchandising of unhealthy products on sales — owes much to Dal’s Catherine Mah as one of the study’s chief investigators.
Gloria Blizzard and Gillian Turnbull
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
The classical music scene in Canada is shaped by histories and hierarchies that reinforce racism and cultural appropriation, writes MFA candidate Gloria Blizzard and colleague Gillian Turnbull. Black classical musicians are calling for systemic change.
Karinne Lantz
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
A ground-breaking court case in the Netherlands could influence the way Canadian courts rule on the government's actions on climate change, writes PhD student and part-time law prof Karinne Lantz.