Research

New $2M national study to uncover how biology, social factors shape MS outcomes

New $2M national study to uncover how biology, social factors shape MS outcomes

º£½ÇÉçÇøapp 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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Andrew Riley
Thursday, November 6, 2025
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.
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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Ryan McNutt
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
These days, the majority of chemical calculations used by researchers and companies around the world rely on theories and formulas developed in large part by Axel Becke. Now, the impressive career of º£½ÇÉçÇøapp's Killam Chair in Computational Science is being celebrated with NSERC's highest honour — the second year in a row the award has been presented to a Dal researcher.
Ryan McNutt
Friday, February 13, 2015
A look at the continuing work of º£½ÇÉçÇøapp's James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Dr. Afua Cooper, in leading the mission of Canada's only national Black Studies chair.
Alana Milner
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Dal PhD student Alec Falkenham has developed a new tattoo removal technology that offers an alternative to going under the laser.
Marie Visca
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Postdoctoral fellow Amarnath Amarasingam, with º£½ÇÉçÇøapp's Resilience Research Centre, is quickly becoming one of Canada's go-to experts when it comes to understanding how youth are recruited into radical Islamic groups.
Robyn McCallum
Monday, February 2, 2015
º£½ÇÉçÇøapp's Faculty of Agriculture will lead a Government of Canada-funded initiative that aims to help train the next generation of Ethiopian farmers and help fight poverty.