Research
What 50 years of buried data tell us about Canada鈥檚 mining oversight
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. Read more.
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Friday, October 24, 2025
AV俱乐部 celebrates six scholars awarded the final Vanier and Banting fellowships, spotlighting groundbreaking research in health, sustainability, sexual well-being, and marine conservation.
Thursday, October 23, 2025
AV俱乐部 celebrates new and renewed Canada Research Chairs tackling global challenges from Arctic law and anti-Black racism to climate resilience, clean energy, and pandemic preparedness.
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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Thursday, September 12, 2024
You鈥檙e invited to the Falling Walls Lab 鈥� Atlantic Canada next Tuesday, September 17. The event will bring together young innovators from Atlantic Canada to face a daunting challenge鈥攎aking the case for why their breakthrough idea has the potential to change the world for the better, in just three minutes.
Friday, September 6, 2024
A one-day public event in honour of Peace Day hosted by Dal鈥檚 Dallaire Institute later this month will spotlight the essential yet often under-recognized role of women in addressing critical peace and security challenges affecting children.
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Soil plays a massive role in combating climate change by storing carbon. Now, a historic grant 鈥� the largest ever awarded to Dal's Faculty of Agriculture 鈥� will help a team of Dal researchers improve Canada's ability to make the most of this nature-based solution to a warming climate.
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Drs. Mark Stradiotto and Kate Sherren have been welcomed into the Royal Society of Canada, a fellowship that gathers the brightest minds across the country.
Friday, August 23, 2024
Dr. Harvey Amani, a professor of history at Dal and King's and author of the award-winning Biographical Dictionary of Enslaved Black People in the Maritimes, opens up about some of the ways Black people experienced bondage in Canada and where to learn more.