Research
Dal study examines how rise in discrimination, harmful rhetoric targeting 2SLGBTQ+ people is affecting their mental health
Patrick Hickey continues to hear about the lasting toll anti-2SLGBTQ+ policies and rhetoric has on mental health and feeling safe in our communities. His research explores ways to limit those effects. Read more.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Dr. Keisha Jefferies leads a groundbreaking study exploring Black women’s mental health in Nova Scotia, aiming to create culturally relevant care and amplify overlooked voices.
Monday, June 30, 2025
Major reforms could fundamentally reshape fisheries science and management in Canada, write Dal's Megan Bailey and colleagues. Yet most Canadians are unaware of how DFO’s science-management process works, or why change might be needed.
Thursday, June 26, 2025
The future of Canada’s farming sector — and by extension its food security, rural communities and economic sovereignty — will depend on its ability to turn today’s crisis into tomorrow’s opportunity.
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Tuesday, October 31, 2023
World-leading scientific journal Nature placed Dal at 159, making it one of just five Canadian post-secondary institutions included in the ranking.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Promise Scholar Morgan Paul contributes to scholarship on Indigenous Data Sovereignty.
Monday, October 30, 2023
What is the ocean putting into the air? It’s a question atmospheric scientist Rachel Chang seeks to answer in her research to help better understand the ocean’s ability to absorb the world’s carbon.
Friday, October 27, 2023
'The better our soil functions, the better everything works because soil security is related to water security, food security, energy security and ecosystem services," says Dr. Brandon Heung, who has been helping lead a renaissance in soil mapping.
Friday, October 27, 2023
Award-winning filmmaker and writer Dr. Sylvia D. Hamilton cast a critical eye on past portrayals of African descended people in Nova Scotia and called out segregation in schools in her talk on ancestry at the Universities Studying Slavery conference last week.