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Foraging frenemies: Researchers find evidence of killer whales and dolphins working together to find food

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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Kim Humes
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鈥檚 food affordability in the year ahead.
Kenneth Conrad
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.
Mia Samardzic
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Dalhousie鈥檚 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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Sylvain Charlebois
Monday, April 1, 2019
By 2025, Canada鈥檚 population could include five million people who live alone. Those who live alone tend to cook less, but the food industry has plans for them, writes researcher Sylvain Charlebois.
Michele Charlton
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Stanislav Sokolenko, an assistant professor from the Faculty of Engineering, will be using funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund to develop new approaches to cell cultures.
Michele Charlton
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
The UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals can be found throughout Dal's Strategic Direction for Research and Innovation. Now, the university wants to hear from faculty about how the UN SDGs align with their work, in an effort to help grow Dal's research and innovation enterprise.
Amberley Ruetz and Sara Kirk
Monday, March 25, 2019
A well-planned national school food progam in Canada could be a huge boost to children's health outcomes, long-term healthcare spending and local agriculture and economies, writes Dal health researcher Sara Kirk.
Kevin Quigley
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
The documentary "Leaving Neverland" demonstrates the identifiable victim effect: people are more willing to empathize with individual victims than with large statistics, writes Kevin Quigley (scholarly director, MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance).