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Thursday, May 12, 2022
AV¾ãÀÖ²¿'s next Open Dialogue Live event on May 26 will offer a unique look at how humanity's quest to explore and voyage beyond the Earth's atmosphere is accelerating and changing in exciting new ways — and the important role Canada has to play.
Medicine, News, Community & Culture
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Thursday, May 12, 2022
A new partnership between AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ Medical School and Cape Breton University (CBU) aims to create solutions to alleviate family physician shortages in rural Nova Scotia.
Alumni
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Wednesday, May 11, 2022
More than a half-century after graduating, Atlantic music scene pioneer Brookes Diamond is back at Dal to produce Resounding — a show celebrating the revitalized AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ Arts Centre.
Research, Management, Social Work, Resource and Environmental Studies, Women In Research, Health Professions
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022
New projects funded by SSHRC’s Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative are forging university-community partnerships to examine systemic racism in health care and improve the influence of Indigenous leadership in natural resource management.
Research, Health Professions, News, Nursing
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022
A conversation with Martha Paynter — PhD candidate, registered Nurse and author of a new book on reproductive health and justice — about what the U.S. Supreme Court's presumed ruling on abortion could mean for reproductive rights on both sides of the border.
Agriculture, Research
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Monday, May 9, 2022
AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ President Deep Saini, Dean of Agriculture David Gray, and Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture Executive Director Carolyn van den Heuvel discuss feeding the world, environmental stewardship, and food security.
Alumni, News
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Friday, May 6, 2022
When Clayton Burrill (JD‘11) heard that he and his fellow Hillsburn bandmates had scored five 2022 East Coast Music Awards (ECMA) nominations, it was a wonderful but surreal moment. After all, the COVID-19 pandemic essentially shut down live performances, making life as working musician challenging.
Psychology, Science
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Thursday, May 5, 2022
Research highlights the importance of daily meditation, exercise and sleep for improving executive functioning, a component of attention that helps people focus, writes Colin McCormick.
Computer Science, Science, Health Professions, News, Community & Culture
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Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Shannex joined with Pulse, AV¾ãÀÖ²¿â€™s Health Innovation Sandbox, to host a hackathon event in March that gave students from several local post-secondary institutions the opportunity to work on real-world long-term care challenges such as resident falls, social isolation, disease progression and care transitions, and responsive behaviours.
Research, News
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Since 2020, 67 business leaders have mentored Lab2Market and Ready2Launch student teams from Dal Innovates. With the support of these trusted advisors these teams have raised a total of 4.2 million in private and public funding and created 83 jobs in the region.