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Dal study examines how rise in discrimination, harmful rhetoric targeting 2SLGBTQ+ people is affecting their mental health

Dal study examines how rise in discrimination, harmful rhetoric targeting 2SLGBTQ+ people is affecting their mental health

Patrick Hickey continues to hear about the lasting toll anti-2SLGBTQ+ policies and rhetoric has on mental health and feeling safe in our communities. His research explores ways to limit those effects.  Read more.

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Creating space for care: Dal researcher funded to study mental health support for Black women in Nova Scotia
Creating space for care: Dal researcher funded to study mental health support for Black women in Nova Scotia
Andrew Riley
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Dr. Keisha Jefferies leads a groundbreaking study exploring Black women’s mental health in Nova Scotia, aiming to create culturally relevant care and amplify overlooked voices.
‘Making decisions closer to the wharf’ can ensure the sustainability of Canada’s fisheries and oceans
‘Making decisions closer to the wharf’ can ensure the sustainability of Canada’s fisheries and oceans
Matthew Robertson, Megan Bailey and Tyler Eddy
Monday, June 30, 2025
Major reforms could fundamentally reshape fisheries science and management in Canada, write Dal's Megan Bailey and colleagues. Yet most Canadians are unaware of how DFO’s science-management process works, or why change might be needed.
Resilient, sustainable food systems are Canada’s best defence against American tariffs
Resilient, sustainable food systems are Canada’s best defence against American tariffs
Érick Duchesne, Gregory Cameron, Gumataw Kifle Abebe and Monika Korzun
Thursday, June 26, 2025
The future of Canada’s farming sector — and by extension its food security, rural communities and economic sovereignty — will depend on its ability to turn today’s crisis into tomorrow’s opportunity.

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Project to address harmful language relating to Indigenous peoples receives prestigious Mellon Award 
Sonya Jampolsky
Monday, April 8, 2024
The Faculty of Management’s Dr. Stacy Allison-Cassin and project co-lead Camille Callison have received $1.8 million from the Mellon Foundation for their Respectful Terminology Platform Project.
Catching the scent: Dal pilot study shows dogs can smell trauma
Alison Auld
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Dogs can be taught to recognize the smell of trauma reactions on the breath, which could make PTSD assistance dogs more effective.
Dalhousie sociologist receives $1.9M to cultivate network aimed at reducing emissions in Canadian agriculture
Andrew Riley
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Dr. Karen Foster was selected to lead a new national research network that supports the equitable transition to net-zero in Canadian agriculture and its periphery industries.
Dalhousie launches historic $750‑million Bringing Worlds Together campaign for transformational change
Emm Campbell
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Dalhousie new fundraising initiative, the largest ever among Atlantic Canadian universities, aims to build a better future for everyone.
Dal Parkinson's expert now suffering from the disorder spurs next‑gen research
Dayna Park
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Dr. Harold Robertson has spent his career at Dalhousie trying to improve the treatment of neurological disorders. Now, as someone who lives with Parkinson's Disease, his family has established an award for graduate students focusing their research on the disease.