Research
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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
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Dalhousie is home to more than 50 researchers across nine faculties involved in Aboriginal and Indigenous projects.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Dr. Patrick McGrath's work in helping establish the Strongest Families Institute is recognized with the Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation's highest honour.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Just how realistic is TV's hottest series, which concludes its final season this Sunday? We asked Dal professors to grade Breaking Bad's science.
Friday, August 23, 2013
Frank Harvey's counterfactual analysis of the 2003 invasion of Iraq was named Best International Relations Book and Best Article by the Canadian Political Science Association.
Monday, August 19, 2013
Dal welcomed the first delegation as part a Management-led, CIDA-funded initiatve to help Cuba increase domestic food production.