Research
Killam fellowship positions Dal prof to pursue made‑in‑Canada quantum solutions
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. Read more.
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Thursday, March 12, 2026
In this episode of Sciographies, we talk to Dr. Simon Gadbois about more than two decades of research on coyotes and wolves and what it means for Nova Scotians.
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
Friday, January 9, 2026
Dr. OmiSoore Dryden brings visionary leadership to the School of Nursing and the Faculty of Health as Canada Research Chair in Black Health Studies: Antiracism in Health Education and Practice.
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Friday, January 29, 2021
Olivia Pisano, a Dalhousie PhD candidate in marine researcher Boris Worm's lab, is working through the Dal-based Ocean Frontier Institute on a project that enables quick scanning of satellite images in the quest for more data to understand the endangered animals' ever-changing movements due to climate change and other factors.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Researchers at the Faculty of Agriculture have discovered the plant essential oil carvacol can rapidly kill Streptococcus pyogenes, the bacteria that causes strep throat.
Monday, January 25, 2021
Molecular biologist John Archibald is Dal’s newest Arthur B. McDonald Chair of Research Excellence, receiving $50,000 a year for up to seven years to build upon his already substantial body of research that uses the tools of genomics to study how microbes adapt and diversify.
Friday, January 22, 2021
Deemed consent organ donation means that everyone is assumed to be an organ donor unless they opt out, but assuming consent raises some ethical issues, writes Dalhousie's Marika Warren.
Friday, January 22, 2021
We ask MA History student Emily Fenton about the history and origin of sea shanties and her thoughts on their sudden, surprising revival as a Tik Tok-driven viral phenomenon.