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.聽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鈥檚 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鈥檚 science-management process works, or why change might be needed.
Thursday, June 26, 2025
The future of Canada鈥檚 farming sector 鈥� and by extension its food security, rural communities and economic sovereignty 鈥� will depend on its ability to turn today鈥檚 crisis into tomorrow鈥檚 opportunity.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's proposals for massive tariffs on Canadian goods has spooked many. Dr. Brian Bow explains what it could mean for Canada.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
A look at some of the latest publications and creative work emerging out of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, from books about the daughters of immigrants and Canadian exceptionalism to a philosophy professor's foray into stand-up comedy.
Friday, November 22, 2024
Award-winning journalist Doug Saunders and celebrated political scientist Dr. Debra Thompson visited Dal this week to dig into a question on many minds right now: What does Donald Trump鈥檚 re-election as U.S. president mean for the trajectory of democracy worldwide?
Thursday, November 21, 2024
PhD candidate Jamil Muradov unlocked new perspectives in his research on treating brain trauma thanks to a Killam International Research Award that took him to Leipzig University in Germany.
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Dal biologists have identified a microbe 鈥� T. haligoni 鈥� found in the Bedford Basin near Halifax that could help scientists better understand the health of the ocean.