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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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Allison Gerrard
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency announces $3 million in funding to support Dr. Chris McMaster and his team in developing drug treatments for what are known as "orphan" or rare childhood diseases that impact thousands of Canadians.
Allison Gerrard and Genevieve MacIntyre, with Michele Charlton
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Dal celebrates three new members of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists: John Archibald (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), Jennifer Bain (Fountain School of Performing Arts) and Rudolf Uher (Psychiatry).
Ryan McNutt with files from Michele Charlton
Friday, September 9, 2016
Get to know some of the researchers who will be involved in the Dal-led Ocean Frontier Institute, and what the institute will mean for ocean studies in our region, in Canada and beyond.
Cory Burris
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Robert Laprairie learned in his final weeks at Dal that he'd received a top award in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s (CIHR) fellowship program.
Matt Reeder
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
On Tuesday, the Government of Canada announced nearly $94-million in funding through its Canada First Research Excellence Fund for the Dalhousie-led Ocean Frontier Institute, a partnership with Memorial and UPEI poised to propel Canada to global ocean leadership.