Research
Foraging frenemies: Researchers find evidence of killer whales and dolphins working together to find food
New research suggests the two top predators have forged a co-operative rather than competitive relationship to find and feast on salmon off B.C. coast. Read more.
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Thursday, December 4, 2025
Experts warn rising grocery costs will strain household budgets as new analysis reveals key trends, regional impacts, and policy shifts shaping Canada’s food affordability in the year ahead.
Friday, December 19, 2025
For the second straight year, three Dal faculty members made the list of Highly Cited Researchers compiled by data analytics company Clarivate. We asked them to share an international collaboration that helped them increase their reach.
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Dalhousie’s Killam Celebration shone a light on groundbreaking research and honoured those scholars shaping global innovation, while unveiling a bold new vision for the prestigious Killam Doctoral Scholarship launching next year.
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Friday, October 9, 2020
The success of Healthy Stores 2020 — a real-world community trial in remote Indigenous Australia to study the effect of restricting merchandising of unhealthy products on sales — owes much to Dal’s Catherine Mah as one of the study’s chief investigators.
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
The classical music scene in Canada is shaped by histories and hierarchies that reinforce racism and cultural appropriation, writes MFA candidate Gloria Blizzard and colleague Gillian Turnbull. Black classical musicians are calling for systemic change.
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
A ground-breaking court case in the Netherlands could influence the way Canadian courts rule on the government's actions on climate change, writes PhD student and part-time law prof Karinne Lantz.
Monday, October 5, 2020
Alice Aiken, Dal’s vice-president research and innovation, had the opportunity to share insight on Dal's incorporation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals into the university's research strategy at the 2020 International Conference on Sustainable Development.
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Growing up, Tim Bardouille had many hobbies, including music and judo. But it was his early fascination with technology and philosophy that sparked his desire to study physics — and which led him to a career in research focused on how best to capture and analyze brain signals. Learn more in this preview of the latest episode of the Sciographies podcast.