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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.
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
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Swallow populations across North America are experiencing incredible declines and Dal students are attempting to figure out why.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Dal researcher Christian Schlegel leads one of three Dal-linked projects that received funding through ACOA’s Atlantic Innovation Fund earlier this month.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
By identifying both the protein that sparks psoriasis development and a novel antibody to treat it, Dr. Richard Langley and his team make a major breakthrough in combating the common skin condition.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
The Faculty of Agriculture's Gordon Price is looking at the benefits and challenges in using treated municipal biosolid waste in agriculture.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Dal hosts summer institute with l'Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris 3), bringing researchers from Paris and around the world to Halifax to study emerging topics in film studies.