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Meet º£½ÇÉçÇøapp’s most recent Royal Society of Canada inductees

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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Andrew Riley
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.
Ben Collison and Alana Westwood
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.
Farrah Smith
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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Rima Wilkes and Howard Ramos
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
It’s easier to accuse someone else of racism than it is to challenge the racist and colonial systems we participate in, write Dal sociology prof Howard Ramos and colleague Rima Wilkes (UBC).
Kenneth Conrad
Thursday, January 31, 2019
A new pilot project from Dal Med School researchers, in partnership with the IWK’s Community Mental Health and Addictions Program, uses technology to turn time spent in a waiting room into a valuable source of data for both clinicians and patients.
Michele Charlton
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Meet the five inaugural recipients of the º£½ÇÉçÇøapp Belong Research Fellowship Awards, which provide pre-tenure faculty members from equity-seeking groups with support to further research in their respective fields.
Obinna Esomchukwu
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
While scientists behind a new study discovered a decrease in Canadians' total sugar consumption for all age groups between 2004 and 2015, dig deeper into the data and you'll find a more complex relationship to the sweet substance.
Terry Murray-Arnold
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Dal researchers are working to identify the best strategies to treat what’s known as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) — the symptoms that can arise in newborns that are exposed to opioids during pregnancy.