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Equipping communities with research skills to improve their lives

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.

Featured News

Andrew Riley
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
Jocelyn Adams Moss
Thursday, March 26, 2026
In this episode of Sciographies, we talk to Dr. Leanne Stevens, an educator and university teaching fellow in Dalhousie’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, and associate dean, academic in the Faculty of Science.
Kenneth Conrad
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

Jane Doucet
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
The emerging field of food and law policy took centre stage last week at a national conference hosted by the Schulich School of Law.
Molly Marcott
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Last month, Dalhousie recognized graduate students and postdocs who received awards from the prestigious Killam Trust, and also announced a new scholarship in honour of retiring Killam trustee George Cooper.
Rachael Kelly
Monday, November 7, 2016
Representatives from the Schulich School of Law’s Indigenous Blacks & Mi'kmaq Initiative met with a UN working group last month at the Black Cultural Centre to examine the situation of African Nova Scotians and to make recommendations to address problems.
Michele Charlton
Monday, November 7, 2016
Electrical & Computer Engineering PhD student Colin O'Flynn has earned international media attention for his research identifying a security vulnerability in popular Internet-connected electrical devices such as lightbulbs.
Michele Charlton
Friday, November 4, 2016
Dalhousie hosted the Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation's 2016 Innovation Symposium, which included the announcement of the organization's Manning Innovation Awards.