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Dal study examines how rise in discrimination, harmful rhetoric targeting 2SLGBTQ+ people is affecting their mental health

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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Andrew Riley
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.
Matthew Robertson, Megan Bailey and Tyler Eddy
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.
Érick Duchesne, Gregory Cameron, Gumataw Kifle Abebe and Monika Korzun
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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Niecole Killawee
Thursday, October 12, 2023
This week on Sciographies, meet Dr. Erin Bertrand, an associate professor in the Department of Biology who is leading an international scientific effort to map marine microbes all over the world.
Andrea Hart
Thursday, October 12, 2023
A new digital app created in a Dal lab uses a mixture of artificial intelligence and machine-learning techniques to translate journal entries and contextual data into personalized, evidence-based recommendations.
University of King's College staff
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Dalhousie University and the University of King's College have partnered with the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia to host a groundbreaking meeting of the Universities Studying Slavery consortium this month — the first ever USS event to be held outside of the United States.
Niecole Killawee
Friday, October 6, 2023
This week on Sciographies, meet Dr. Aaron Newman, chair of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and a researcher studying technologies like functional magnetic resonance imaging to understand how different language experiences shape the brain.
Alison Auld
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Dr. Joanne Langley, a professor in Dal's departments of Pediatrics and Community Health and Epidemiology and head of Infectious Diseases at the IWK Health Centre, discusses where things stand with COVID-19 in Canada this fall.

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