Research

Equipping communities with research skills to improve their lives

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

Andrew Riley
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
Jocelyn Adams Moss
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.
Kenneth Conrad
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

Ryan McNutt
Friday, April 26, 2013
Research by Dal Biologist Jeff Hutchings illuminates why certain ocean species recover after overfishing -- and why others don’t.
Ryan McNutt (with files from Alana Milner)
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
At Nova Scotia's first Innovation Summit, Dalhousie played a key role in discussions about how to help the province become more innovative and competitive.
Allison Gerrard
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The CIHR-GSK Chair in Pediatric Vaccinology, held by Dr. Joanne Langley, is the only chair of its kind in the country.
Katie Park
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Located in the Rowe Building, the lab is a high-tech space for faculty and students to research the changing ways people connect with each other online.
Melanie Jollymore
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Dal researchers discover the spinal cord circuit that controls our hands' ability to grasp.