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

Howard Ramos and Rachel McLay
Monday, June 3, 2019
As Canada approaches its federal election, political pundits have been warning of a polarized war among Canadians. But a new survey from Dal researchers Howard Ramos and Rachel McLay tells a story of unity.
Michele Charlton
Thursday, May 30, 2019
A new agreement signed by ÃÀÅ®×ö°® and Mitacs will establish a new research mobility program that offers students the opportunity to take part in exciting new international collaborations.
Michele Charlton
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Last week, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, was on campus to announce an investment of over $12 million to support Dal research through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Discovery Grants program.
Patti Lewis
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
The Dal-led Ocean Frontier Institute has launched a new funding mechanism that will enable Dal faculty to participate in ocean research projects that traditional funding mechanisms wouldn’t allow.
Terry Murray-Arnold
Friday, May 24, 2019
PhD student Martha Paynter is among a very select group of "audacious, original, and forward-thinking" scholars picked from a pool of hundreds of candidates from universities in Canada and abroad as a 2019 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar.