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Foraging frenemies: Researchers find evidence of killer whales and dolphins working together to find food

Foraging frenemies: Researchers find evidence of killer whales and dolphins working together to find food

New research suggests the two top predators have forged a co-operative rather than competitive relationship to find and feast on salmon off B.C. coast.  Read more.

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Dalhousie’s Killam Celebration shone a light on groundbreaking research and honoured those scholars shaping global innovation, while unveiling a bold new vision for the prestigious Killam Doctoral Scholarship launching next year.
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Alison Auld
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
A team at Dalhousie looked into the issue and found that many Asian Canadians experienced outright racism or felt unsafe and unsettled during the pandemic because of the unexpected and unpredictable nature of discrimination.
Becca Rawcliffe
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Rita Orji's Persuasive Computing Lab is one of 17 Canadian research labs to receive funding from Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, to further unlock the power of social technologies.
Andrew Riley
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Clinical psychology and psychiatry researcher Sherry Stewart will lead a new Atlantic Canadian research “node” dedicated to guiding substance use health policies and practices funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Stephen Abbott
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
A Faculty of Science panel today (Wednesday) will centre on discussing how traditional Indigenous knowledge can be incorporated into ocean sciences, government policy and research.
Alison Auld
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Vanessa Schiliro, a marine biology student at Dal doing her honours thesis on sharks, offers input on steering clear of great whites, how to handle an encounter with one, and why they are being given a bad rap.