Research
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
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.
Archives - Research
Friday, June 12, 2015
From Dalhousie magazine: President Richard Florizone and Professor Emertius John Cullen on how Dal can help develop the nascent blue economy — responsibly and sustainably — and why both pure and applied research are essential to that effort.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Companies large and small are collaborating with researchers across campus to help take their business ideas to the next level. Learn about two such projects.
Monday, June 8, 2015
To mark World Oceans Day (June 8), we're taking a look some examples from the wide variety of ocean research happening at Dalhousie, across a variety of Faculties and departments.
Monday, June 8, 2015
Just how much do Nova Scotia's youth know about our oceans? That's what a team of Dal researchers — including student Haley Guest — sought to find out.
Friday, June 5, 2015
Last month Dal was host of the second biennial Black Canadian Studies Association conference, organized under the auspices of the James R. Johnston Chair.