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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.

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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.

Archives - Research

Michele Charlton
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
The UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals can be found throughout Dal's Strategic Direction for Research and Innovation. Now, the university wants to hear from faculty about how the UN SDGs align with their work, in an effort to help grow Dal's research and innovation enterprise.
Amberley Ruetz and Sara Kirk
Monday, March 25, 2019
A well-planned national school food progam in Canada could be a huge boost to children's health outcomes, long-term healthcare spending and local agriculture and economies, writes Dal health researcher Sara Kirk.
Kevin Quigley
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
The documentary "Leaving Neverland" demonstrates the identifiable victim effect: people are more willing to empathize with individual victims than with large statistics, writes Kevin Quigley (scholarly director, MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance).
Landon Getz and Graham Dellaire
Monday, March 18, 2019
CRISPR gene editing should learn from the Slow Food movement, say Dal researchers Landon Getz and Graham Dellaire. Scientists must allow time for critical conversations and perfecting of techniques before rewriting the source code of humanity.
Obinna Esomchukwu
Friday, March 15, 2019
Ten of Dal's elite graduate students faced off in the finals of Dal's 3 Minute Thesis compeition, with Microbiology and Immunology PhD candidate Adrian Herod taking home the top prize for his presentation on salmonella and food safety.