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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
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Dalhousie grads Mo AlGermozi and Marciel Gaier aim to upend the global marine coatings industry with a business helping to decarbonize global shipping.
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Dalhousie researchers collected air samples in Newfoundland during 2021's Hurricane Larry to better understand how microsplastics travel through the atmosphere.
Friday, December 8, 2023
The finding challenges the belief that smoking marijuana is not harmful to the lungs, while adding to limited information on the effects of marijuana smoking and the combined effects of smoking marijuana and cigarettes.
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Everyone is talking about the cost of living, particularly at the grocery store. The researchers behind Canada’s most-watched food-price forecast insist that some relief is coming.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Dalhousie placed 109 globally and 15th in Canada out of pool that’s doubled this year to include 1,403 participating universities. Find out where Dal excelled when it comes to sustainability.