Research

Learn more about the seven º£½ÇÉçÇøapp PhD students and postdocs who have been announced as the university's 2020-21 recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships and Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships.

Several recent high-profile cases of Black and Indigenous individuals killed by police in Canada and the U.S. have heightened scrutiny on law enforcement agencies and their tactics. Dal prof Timothy Bryan shares his thoughts on the protest movement and possibilities for police reform.

A new accelerator program at º£½ÇÉçÇøapp, Ready2Launch, is helping to launch student-led businesses while teaching innovation and entrepreneurial skills.

Chemistry prof Mita Dasog becomes the first º£½ÇÉçÇøapp scientist to be appointed to the Global Young Academy, an international group of early-career scientists brought together to address issues of global importance.

When Dal’s Faculty of Medicine made the move to shut down all in-person learning in the middle of March, the Human Body Donation Program was also suspended — a rare or perhaps even unique event in its roughly 150-year history. It would not be long, however, before the program would be re-started to meet a new and urgent need: training in safe airway management and intubation procedures for front-line health-care staff.