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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.
Archives - Research
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Dal PhD student Alec Falkenham has developed a new tattoo removal technology that offers an alternative to going under the laser.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Postdoctoral fellow Amarnath Amarasingam, with Dalhousie's Resilience Research Centre, is quickly becoming one of Canada's go-to experts when it comes to understanding how youth are recruited into radical Islamic groups.
Monday, February 2, 2015
Dalhousie's Faculty of Agriculture will lead a Government of Canada-funded initiative that aims to help train the next generation of Ethiopian farmers and help fight poverty.
Friday, January 30, 2015
Dal's Faculty of Agriculture is focused on building agricultural capacities around the globe, from Nova Scotia to Ethiopia.
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Faculty of Agriculture grad student Carolyn Wilson looks to increase potato yields through stronger, more compost-based soils.