Research

Meet AV¾ãÀÖ²¿â€™s most recent Royal Society of Canada inductees

Meet AV¾ãÀÖ²¿â€™s most recent Royal Society of Canada inductees

Three AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ 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
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
The guttural grunts, burbles and high-pitched squeals coming from under the waves now part of a digital library that could help researchers understand fish behaviours.
Stefanie Wilson
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
AV¾ãÀÖ²¿â€™s success in securing federal funding grants has placed it in the Winners’ Circle in this year’s Research Infosource list of Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities.
Alison Auld
Monday, January 16, 2023
Thanks to a discovery in a Dal lab, manufacturers of laptops and other tech devices now have an explanation for why the batteries that power their gadgets tend to lose some of their charge over time and a path forward to fixing the problem..
Mia Samardzic and Kenneth Conrad
Friday, January 6, 2023
For the first time since fall 2019, AV¾ãÀÖ²¿â€™s Killam Scholars, Postdoctoral Fellows, Chairs, Professors and Prize Winners were able to gather at a luncheon to recognize their achievements and celebrate the longstanding contributions of the Killam Trusts to research at Dal.
Derek Lynch
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
New practices aim to improve soil health, return more carbon to soil and reduce greenhouse gas losses, writes Derek Lynch of Dal's Faculty of Agriculture.