Research

In Atlantic Canada, leaders must avoid the mistakes made in the country’s largest cities where people are being pushed out due to high housing prices, write researchers Howard Ramos and Emma Kay.

Researchers in the Faculty of Computer Science are teaming up to tackle some of the challenges posed by the ever-expanding use of the internet — from your mobile devices to managing the networks all this data relies on.

Immunization is one of the most important advances in the history of public health. Yet, today, its achievements are increasingly debated, and its efficacy is challenged by the emergence of new superbugs seemingly at every turn. Take a look behind the headlines at some of the Dal researchers applying the latest in modern medical science to confront the likes of Ebola, coronaviruses and other global diseases.

Two precious manuscripts hidden in a bank vault survived the Allied bombing of Dresden, but one wound up in Soviet hands — until it was smuggled home. As the bombing of Dresden marks its 75th anniversary, Dal Musicologist Jennifer Bain shares this fascinating story.

A new multimedia project from Raluca Bejan, who just joined Dal in January, seeks to shift the public’s view of the reguee crisis away from “zoological” perspectives that commodify migrant suffering and towards some of the broader societal issues that underpin it.