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Dal and Nova Scotia Health launch new public health division

Dal and Nova Scotia Health launch new public health division

The new division is redefining public health training in the Maritimes, building academic capacity, advancing research, and preparing future leaders.  Read more.

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Emily MacKinnon
Friday, February 27, 2026
A community panel this week at Halifax Central Library brought researchers and policymakers together to demystify AI and consider its emerging uses throughout Nova Scotia.
Mary Jane Webber
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
A fifty-year-old system was recently replaced with modern infrastructure designed to protect marine life and support world-class ocean research.
Matt Reeder
Saturday, February 28, 2026
A new collaboration with IIT Tirupati and IISER Tirupati will unite researchers, learners, and industry partners to accelerate innovation and expand economic opportunities between India and Canada.

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Alison Auld
Friday, December 10, 2021
Haorui Wu, a Canada Research Chair in Resilience and an assistant professor in Dalhousie’s School of Social Work, is exploring front-line retail workers' individual-work-family challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic and how that has affected their well-being.
Alix Bruch
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Experts at a recent workshop co-hosted by Dal's MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance and Health Law Institute discussed the power of public policy to change lives, but only if lived experiences are incorporated into the conversation.
Erin Elaine Casey
Thursday, December 9, 2021
It’s not your imagination. Food prices in Canada are going up — again. Canada’s Food Price Report 2022, an annual cross-country collaboration jointly released by long-time research partners Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph, predicts higher costs for the year ahead, but also more consumer choice.
Miles Anderson
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
The Dal-based not-for-profit group that focuses on promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to Canadian youth received the ‘Shaping the Future' award at Digital Nova Scotia’s annual diversity awards last month.
President Deep Saini
Friday, December 3, 2021
In this column, President Deep Saini discusses a recent visit to Dalhousie's Restorative Lab, the first international lab focused on restorative justice poised to help transform justice systems and human services in Canada and globally.