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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.
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, was on campus Tuesday morning to announce that the Atlantic Canada-based “Ocean Supercluster” is a finalist in the Government of Canada’s Innovation Superclusters Initiative.
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Finance Minister Bill Morneau is not the first Canadian politician to hold the job who’s been confronted with outrage over tax reform proposals. Dal historian Shirley Tillotson looks at the history of tax anger in Canada.
Thursday, October 5, 2017
A new gene-editing experiment explores human development. With this comes new ethical questions: How do scientists acquire embryos and how are their projects approved? Dal expert Françoise Baylis discusses.
Thursday, October 5, 2017
This week, Halifax welcomed guests from the World Energy Cities Partnership for an international conference, one which made its way to campus Wednesday for a discussion about research and innovation in energy and beyond.
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Switching universities and the focus of his studies a decade ago proved to be the right choice for Dal Biology PhD graduate Adrian Dauphinee, whose passion for plant biology has taken him into an exciting new area of study in the field.