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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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John D. Cameron
Monday, December 16, 2019
Canada’s new Elections Act may have prevented the type of mammoth election spending seen in the United States via super-PACs, but it's been at the expense of public debate, writes IDS prof John Cameron.
Story by Alison Auld, photos by Danny Abriel
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Global sea levels are rising more than twice as fast as they were even just a few decades ago — and accelerating. If emissions are left unchecked, the consequences could be devastating. In our first article in a continuing spotlight series, meet Dal researchers on the front lines of an approaching global crisis.
Françoise Baylis
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
One year after the first CRISPR babies were announced, changes in policies and regulations have meant that there have been no new CRISPR announcements since, writes bioethicist Françoise Baylis.
Michele Charlton
Friday, December 6, 2019
Dalhousie has joined Sustainable Development Solutions Network Canada, part of a global network of universities, colleges, research centres and knowledge institutions addressing some of the world’s most pressing problems.
Jason Bremner
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Dr. Alon Friedman of Dalhousie’s Brain Repair Centre and his research partners have published two studies detailing new MRI and EEG techniques to identify blood-brain barrier leaks, as well as a novel treatment that not only helps to alleviate the effects of a leaky blood-brain barrier but seems to also heal the barrier.