Research
Meet º£½ÇÉçÇøapp’s most recent Royal Society of Canada inductees
Three º£½ÇÉçÇøapp researchers—Jennifer Bain, Mark Stradiotto, and Finlay Maguire—join the Royal Society of Canada, honoured for groundbreaking work in musicology, sustainable chemistry, and infectious disease genomics. Read more.
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º£½ÇÉçÇøapp’s Dr. Françoise Baylis begins new chapter as president of the Royal Society of Canada
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Global bioethics leader steps into a pivotal national role, aiming to deepen public trust in research, amplify Canadian voices on the world stage, and champion science for societal good.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Canada’s fragmented approach to mining assessments has left regulators, communities and industry working with incomplete information as they head into a modern mining rush, write Dal's Alana Westwood and Ben Collison in a new commentary piece for Policy Options.
Monday, October 20, 2025
Science student May Engelhardt visited Sable Island this month, where she spent the day carrying out research to support conservation efforts.
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Friday, June 26, 2020
Researchers from º£½ÇÉçÇøapp University and the Nova Scotia Health Authority are leading projects which received a $1.1-million investment from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Research Nova Scotia as part of a May 2020 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity.
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Marine Biology PhD candidate Laura Feyrer has discovered new insights into the nursing habits of northern bottlenose whales by studying whale teeth from the 1960s, offering a window into why the species has been slow to recover from sharp population declines.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
With more than $181 million in research funding last year, Dal researchers are finding new ways to add to the intellectual, social and economic capital of our region and to take their discovery and innovation globally. Learn more about some of the Dal researchers making a significant impact.
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
A total of 54 º£½ÇÉçÇøapp University researchers have been announced as recipients of over $2 million in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) through its Discovery Grants and Research Tools and Instruments Grants Programs.
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
The federal government should create a federal child and youth advocate — a children's commissioner — in order to help Canada's crossover youth, writes PhD student Kristyn Anderson.