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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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Margot Brunelle
Monday, December 18, 2017
A new company launched by pain specialists and scientists at Dalhousie Medical School are developing non-addictive pain-relief products containing cannabinoids and similar compounds found in cannabis and other plants.
Dawn Morrison
Friday, December 15, 2017
The award-winning programs created by Dal researchers David Gardner and Andrea Murphy are changing perceptions about the community pharmacy.
Michele Charlton
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Peteris Ustubs, the European Union Ambassador to Canada, was on campus last month for a talk sponsored by Dalhousie's Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence.
Nicole Maunsell
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
The newly released Canada’s Food Price Report — built on the expertise of authors from five Dal faculties, led by Dean of Management Sylvain Charlebois — says food price increases are expected to be modest in most categories in 2018, but spending on vegetables and food in restaurants will significantly increase.
Elissa Barnard
Monday, December 11, 2017
Simon Gebremeskel, a Dal PhD candidate helping illuminate how the immune system fights cancer, is part of a select group of grad students from around the world nominated to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany next year.