Research

Meet »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥â€™s most recent Royal Society of Canada inductees

Meet »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥â€™s most recent Royal Society of Canada inductees

Three »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ 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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Alison Auld
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Oysters can filter gallons of water a day, clarifying water and removing pollutants. That’s why a team of Dal researchers, in collaboration with Pictou Landing First Nation, are deploying locally sourced oysters in a body of water near Boat Harbour to evaluate whether they can help improve the local ecosystem.
Andrew Riley
Friday, July 26, 2024
Canadians have access to a drug that prevents HIV infection, but it's not getting into the hands of those who need it most. »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥â€™s Dr. Kyle Wilby is tackling the issue by collaborating with policymakers to make Nova Scotian pharmacists among the first in the country with the ability to prescribe the lifesaving medication.
Alison Auld
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
What do you need to make a hit song? It's all in the numbers, according to a Dal mathematician whose songwriting showcases fractals, the Cantor set and all things mathy.
Brittany Kraus
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Sixty years after his death, the work of German author Franz Kafka continues to resonate. To mark what would have been his 100th birthday, Brittany Kraus of Dal's English department writes about his influence on the 2008 novel Cockroach by Lebanese Canadian writer and photographer Rawi Hage.
Genevieve MacIntyre
Friday, July 19, 2024
Two Dal researchers are part of the first national study to examine 2SLGBTQ+ poverty in Canada.