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DalSolutions: Equipping communities with research skills to improve their lives

DalSolutions: 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 19, 2026
In this episode of Sciographies, we talk to Maxine Westhead — marine biologist, marine spatial planner, and director of ÃÀÅ®×ö°®â€™s Marine Affairs Program (MAP).
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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Theresa Anne Salah and Alison Auld
Monday, December 18, 2023
Saving those swept into the sea. Distant marine food source clogged with microplastics. Winter offers no defence against Lyme-infected ticks. World's most voracious predators? It's us. Combatting stress linked to cancer.
Emm Campbell
Monday, December 18, 2023
ÃÀÅ®×ö°® professor Dr. Paul Bentzen is in a race against time. Supported by a team of researchers and students, he’s breeding and studying the Atlantic Whitefish with the goal of bringing it back from the brink of extinction.
Stefanie Colombo and Aaron MacNeil
Friday, December 15, 2023
Climate change and overfishing are depleting global fish stocks with clear implications for the food security future of billions of people.
Matt Reeder
Friday, December 15, 2023
ÃÀÅ®×ö°® rose a spot to 15th overall in the Research Infosource list of Canada's Top 50 Research Universities 2023.
Q. Casey
Thursday, December 14, 2023
ÃÀÅ®×ö°® grads Mo AlGermozi and Marciel Gaier aim to upend the global marine coatings industry with a business helping to decarbonize global shipping.