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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 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.
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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Thursday, October 1, 2015
Chike Jeffers, Krista Kesselring and Christine Chambers are the three newest Dal members of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
The Faculty of Health Professions launched its first Faculty-wide PhD program last week, which encompasses a broad range of topics, from bench science to social science.
Friday, September 18, 2015
Richard Devlin (Schulich School of Law) and Jeffrey Hutchings (Department of Biology) are Dalhousie's two newest members of Canada's National Academy of distinguished scholars, artists and scientists.
Friday, September 18, 2015
Next week, Dalhousie and its partners are hosting a one-day celebration of French culture and university cooperation, featuring an open class, a public lecture on oceans and climate change, and more.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
PhD student Mauricio Cantor publishes new study exploring how different clans of sperm whales develop their own "dialects" of communication based on sound patterns.