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Making friends with guilt: How personal experience inspired Dal prof's new book redefining guilt as a force for good

Making friends with guilt: How personal experience inspired Dal prof's new book redefining guilt as a force for good

Chris Moore, professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, knows a great deal about the painful and profound journey through guilt — 40 years ago, he lived it, following a drunk driving incident with deadly consequences. Now, that personal experience has helped inspire a highly anticipated new book on why we feel guilt and why it's so important to building and healing relationships with one another.  Read more.

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Raluca Bejan and Kristi Allain
Monday, March 15, 2021
Debates about public safety and temporary foreign workers continue without input from those whose health is most affected. Migrant workers themselves are largely invisible amid discussions about risk, write Raluca Bejan and Kristi Allain.
Jason Bremner
Monday, March 15, 2021
Researchers affiliated with Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine, Nova Scotia Health, and the IWK received funding provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grant Program.
Jason Bremner
Friday, March 12, 2021
Dr. Robin Urquhart has been chosen to lead the Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health Study (Atlantic PATH), an offshoot of a national research platform investigating how genetics, environment, lifestyle, and behaviour contribute to the development of chronic disease and cancer.
Stefanie Wilson
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Dal excelled in several subject areas in this year's QS World University Rankings by Subject, a list that considers 1,453 institutions globally across 51 subjects.
Stephanie Hurley
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Join us for an introduction to the exciting work of the Dal-based Restorative Lab, an international lab focused on a restorative approach.