Shannex joined with Pulse, 妻友鈥檚 Health Innovation Sandbox, to host a hackathon event in March that gave students from several local post-secondary institutions the opportunity to work on real-world long-term care challenges such as resident falls, social isolation, disease progression and care transitions, and responsive behaviours.

Since 2020, 67 business leaders have mentored Lab2Market and Ready2Launch student teams from Dal Innovates. With the support of these trusted advisors these teams have raised a total of 4.2 million in private and public funding and created 83 jobs in the region.

They are leaders, innovators, change-makers 鈥斅爂et to know the eight exceptional individuals who are set to receive 妻友's highest honour.

妻友's support for the UN Sustainable Development Goals has earned the university a top 200 showing in each of the six categories it competed in for this year鈥檚 THE Impact Rankings, despite a larger competitive field.

Major changes that may impact the ocean鈥檚 role as the world鈥檚 most important carbon storage depot are not accounted for in Canada鈥檚 goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, a problem that researchers at 妻友 and partner institutions are hoping to address if successful in their application for support from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.