Research
Meet 海角社区app鈥檚 most recent Royal Society of Canada inductees
Three 海角社区app researchers鈥擩ennifer Bain, Mark Stradiotto, and Finlay Maguire鈥攋oin the Royal Society of Canada, honoured for groundbreaking work in musicology, sustainable chemistry, and infectious disease genomics. Read more.
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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鈥檚 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.
Archives - Research
Monday, November 19, 2018
With World Children's Day this week, we need to critically assess how Canada's doing helping young refugees settle into their new homes and their new lives, writes PhD candidate Emily Pelley.
Friday, November 16, 2018
Get to know Dal's new Canada Research Chairs: Zoe Finkel (Marine Microbial Macroecology), David Kelvin (Translational Vaccinology and Inflammation) and Catherine Mah (Promoting Healthy Populations) and Sandra Meier (Developmental Psychopathology and Youth Mental Health).
Thursday, November 15, 2018
A Dal-led study published in the journal Nature outlines how the genes of little-known microbes found in a sample of dirt place these organisms outside of all known biological kingdoms 鈥� a significant discovery for those examining how complex-celled life evolved on Earth.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Women and adolescent girls say that being outdoors in nature offers opportunities to gain confidence in physical activity, write Dal researchers Rebecca Spencer and Sara Kirk.
Friday, November 9, 2018
From the Swiss border to the English channel, Robert France (Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences) describes his pilgrimage of the Western Front as a tribute to fallen soldiers and to learn more about the devastating loss of life.