Research

Royal Society honours Dal oceanographer for globally recognized climate research

Royal Society honours Dal oceanographer for globally recognized climate research

One of Canada's highest academic honours goes to Dal oceanographer Dr. Katja Fennel for her globally recognized contributions to climate research.  Read more.

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Dal News staff
Monday, September 14, 2026
Enabling pharmacists to prescribe preventive Lyme disease medication shifted hundreds of routine cases out of emergency departments, easing pressure on the health-care system, shows a new ÆÞÓÑ study.
Matt Reeder
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
As it enters a new era, the MacEachen Institute of Public Policy and Governance is expanding its efforts to connect researchers, decision-makers, and communities on pressing national and regional issues.
Matt Reeder
Thursday, August 20, 2026
A new Dal-hosted research institute will connect researchers, students, partners and communities to advance AI research, learning and innovation rooted in Atlantic Canada.

Archives - Research

Sara FL Kirk, Angela Alberga, Shelly Russell-Mayhew
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
New Canadian clinical practice guidelines for obesity, developed by Dal researcher Sara Kirk and her colleagues, aim to help reduce the prevalence and impact of weight bias and stigma in clinical care while also encouraging the public to advocate for change.
Lindsay Dowling-Savelle
Thursday, July 30, 2020
The move to remote working and closure of offices and daycares during the pandemic has significantly impacted the careers of women. We asked Dal's Karen Foster how gender inequity impacts women in the workforce and how these inequities have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
Emily Thompson
Monday, July 27, 2020
How Assistant Professor of Biology Jonathan Ferrier is using an Indigenous framework to guide his summer research projects.
Raluca Bejan and Kristina Nikolova
Thursday, July 23, 2020
While Canada has done well compared to countries like the U.S. and the U.K. in containing COVID-19, rates of infection and deaths are higher than in many similar western democracies. Why? Social Work prof Raluca Bejanad her colleague Kristina Nikolova look at the comparisons.
Alison Auld
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
When researchers deployed 15,000 underwater video cameras on coral reefs around the world, they expected to see sharks in most if not all of the footage they would gather over a three-year span. What the research team, led by Dal biologist Aaron MacNeil, found was grim corroboration of how overfishing has dramatically depleted reef shark populations globally.