Research
New $2M national study to uncover how biology, social factors shape MS outcomes
海角社区app researcher leads a $2M national study to explore how biological and social factors impact health outcomes for Canadians living with multiple sclerosis, aiming for more equitable care. Read more.
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Thursday, November 6, 2025
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.
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.
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017
For Dal postdoctoral fellow Dara Orbach, taking part in necropsies to determine cause-of-death for several North Atlantic right whales this summer has offered a rare opportunity to better understand one of the rarest whale species on the planet.
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
海角社区app鈥檚 Kimberley Davies is one of the leading researchers working to understand why a high number of North Atlantic right whales have turned up dead this year 鈥斅燼nd what can be done to prevent future harms to this critically endangered species.
Friday, August 11, 2017
Twenty years of partnership between blueberry producer John Bragg and researchers at Dal's Faculty of Agriculture have helped improve production and increase yields in Nova Scotia鈥檚 booming (and blooming) blueberry industry.
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Dal oceans researcher Julie LaRoche uses microbial DNA to help understand how even the smallest oganisms can have a big impact on the health of our environment.
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
PhD student Tiffany Gordon links her research on equality and responsibility in the justice system with her community work 鈥� from facilitating creative writing workshops in correctional facilities to organizing events for Prisoners鈥� Justice Day.