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A new agreement with the federal government is creating the first ever First Nations-led water authority in Canada — a key milestone focused on ensuring safe drinking water now and into the future. It's an achievement built on more than a decade of collaboration between Dal researchers and the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs.

A national survey commissioned by ParticipACTION and led by Dal researchers shows how the COVID-19 pandemic has made it more challenging than ever for kids to develop and maintain healthy movement behaviour habits.

Is wild salmon healthier than farmed salmon? And what species of salmon are the most nutritious? New research from Dal Agriculture’s Stefanie Colombo offers guidance on how to make healthy choices.

Researchers from Dalhousie and the IWK Health Centre are using smartphones to monitor the impacts of social distancing and isolation on youth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It is not just policing agencies that have a systemic racism problem, Canadian prisons do too, writes Nursing PhD candidate Martha Paynter and her colleagues.

Limited numbers of faculty and staff returning to campus in the coming weeks — for many of them, their first time back in their labs and workspaces since March. Learn some of what they’ll find in terms of new measures to ensure their continued safety.

PhD (Nursing) student Leah Carrier has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation’s PeT doctoral scholarship, an award that recognizes research impact and community focus.

Pat Nearing, who retired as the men's soccer coach after the 2019-20 season, has been named this year's winner of the Austin-Matthews Award for outstanding contributions to varsity sport in Canada.