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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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Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Jennifer Llewellyn, the Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law, has received a SSHRC Impact Award in the Connection category for her unique collaboration to help integrate restorative approaches to justice throughout Nova Scotia — informed and strengthened by university research.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Researchers from ÃÀÅ®×ö°®'s Faculty of Health are part of a new national study looking at physical literacy — not just fitness or motor skill, but the broader motivation, knowledge and understanding about physical activity.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
To save the North Atlantic right whale, researchers need better data. That’s why ÃÀÅ®×ö°®'s Whale Habitat and Listening Experiment (WHaLE) team brought together a number of federal agencies for a unique collaboration designed to collect the most multifaceted dataset to date about the endangered species.
Thursday, September 20, 2018
The health status of Indigenous adults has been deteriorating in Canada for over a decade, according to a new national study by Dal researchers, with socioeconomic inequalities in health among Indigenous Canadians increasing over that time.
Friday, September 14, 2018
At her Sept. 6 lecture at the Halifax Central Library, Schulich School of Law Professor Elaine Craig discussed her new book "Putting Trials on Trial," and the failure of the legal profession to protect sexual assault complainants.