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ÈâÈ⴫ý leads global AI workshop on the future of livestock farming
A ÈâÈ⴫ý‑led global workshop explores how AI-powered digital twins could transform livestock farming by predicting health, improving welfare and reducing methane to build a more resilient climate‑smart food system. Read more.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2026
ÈâÈ⴫ý is helping to prepare Canada’s defence community for AI-supported command and control, including fast developing Arctic surveillance scenarios, by simulating how humans and intelligent systems make decisions together under pressure.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
A young scientist shares her journey from two cultures into biochemistry and her drive to create new solutions for plastic waste.
Friday, January 9, 2026
Dr. OmiSoore Dryden brings visionary leadership to the School of Nursing and the Faculty of Health as Canada Research Chair in Black Health Studies: Antiracism in Health Education and Practice.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Canada’s fragmented approach to mining assessments has left regulators, communities and industry working with incomplete information as they head into a modern mining rush, write Dal's Alana Westwood and Ben Collison in a new commentary piece for Policy Options.
Friday, October 31, 2025
Dal researchers and their partners used fruit flies to identify genes linked to long-term memory. Their findings, accepted by a top science journal, could illuminate human neurological disorders and inspire future breakthroughs.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
ÈâÈ⴫ý and community partners hosted Waters Flowing Together in Iona, Cape Breton last month —a three-day celebration blending Indigenous knowledge, ocean science, music, and culture on Bras d'Or Lake.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
ÈâÈ⴫ý’s new marine biodiversity centre opens to the public this December, offering guests a chance to explore the ocean through immersive exhibits, Indigenous storytelling, and Michael’s Whale — a breathtaking blue whale skeleton.
Friday, October 24, 2025
ÈâÈ⴫ý celebrates six scholars awarded the final Vanier and Banting fellowships, spotlighting groundbreaking research in health, sustainability, sexual well-being, and marine conservation.