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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
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Dalhousie researchers are set to pursue life-changing health innovations with $4.8 million in new Project Grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Friday, August 19, 2022
The Ocean Tracking Network, headquartered at Dalhousie, has been awarded a grant of $38.5 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Major Science Initiatives Fund to continue its vital work in global aquatic research.
Thursday, August 18, 2022
New research from Dal postdoc Sussanne Benz illuminates the potential for shallow subsurface heat recycling to serve as a viable alternative to entirely heating spaces with fossil fuels like oil.
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
International proposals to ban the trade of polar bear parts undercut Inuit rights, knowledge and decision-making, writes Marine Affairs Program Adjunct Professor Jamie Snook.
Thursday, August 4, 2022
A new program launched this summer by a collection of national research groups in collaboration with Dalhousie and other Canadian universities offered trainees in health-related professions a window in the substantial toll modern health care takes on climate change.