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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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Tuesday, May 28, 2019
The Dal-led Ocean Frontier Institute has launched a new funding mechanism that will enable Dal faculty to participate in ocean research projects that traditional funding mechanisms wouldn’t allow.
Friday, May 24, 2019
PhD student Martha Paynter is among a very select group of "audacious, original, and forward-thinking" scholars picked from a pool of hundreds of candidates from universities in Canada and abroad as a 2019 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar.
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Understanding the different facets of soil reveals a complex and fascinating cultural and evolutionary history, writes Derek Lynch of Dal's Faculty of Agriculture.
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Master's student Kayla Preston has been named a finalist in SSHRC's Storytellers competition for a video essay on her research into right-wing extremism in Canada — work she hopes can shine a light on how racism takes root in the digital age.
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Shipping companies are expected to halve their greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, writes Dal prof Tony Walker.