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DalSolutions: Equipping communities with research skills to improve their lives
The new MicroResearch Institute at Dalhousie is a proven, community‑driven research model that empowers local people — doctors, nurses, midwives, community health workers, teachers, police and students — to investigate and solve the health and public safety challenges they understand better than anyone.
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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
Thursday, March 19, 2026
In this episode of Sciographies, we talk to Maxine Westhead — marine biologist, marine spatial planner, and director of Dalhousie’s Marine Affairs Program (MAP).
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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.
Archives - Research
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Get an up-close look at some creepy-crawly insects whose talents for disguise rival anything you'll see Halloween night, with the help of Paul Manning, Killam postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Agriculture.
Friday, October 27, 2017
A two-day event kicking off Thursday evening brings researchers like Dal's own Ingrid Waldron together with policy makers, activists and community leaders from across North America for a conversation about race, place and the environment.
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Dalhousie Medical School has announced its leading research teams and strategic research priorities, following a months-long application and review process known as “The Wave.”
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Dalhousie's DAMOS initiative that will help track North Atlantic right whales was one of nine projects at four post-secondary institutions to receive new funding from the Government of Nova Scotia.
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
The problem of food fraud and its health and economic implications affect a broad range of foods around the world, but technology could soon end the problem, argues Dalhousie's Sylvain Charlebois.