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, July 4, 2012
From the latest Dalhousie magazine: Dal researchers are uncovering key insights into how we can age with grace.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Donald Weaver will hold the DMRF Irene MacDonald Sobey Endowed Chair in Curative Approaches to Alzheimer’s Disease at Dalhousie.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Fulbright Chair Fazley Siddiq is embarking on a year-long research project examining population trends in both metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in Canada and the United States.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
New system allows for extensive ballast water treatment testing, protecting coastal waters from species that travel with container ships.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Dal hosts $3-million research project to examine how indigenous knowledge systems can contribute to fisheries governance in Canada.