Marine Biology PhD candidate Laura Feyrer has discovered new insights into the nursing habits of northern bottlenose whales by studying whale teeth from the 1960s, offering a window into why the species has been slow to recover from sharp population declines.

With more than $181 million in research funding last year, Dal researchers are finding new ways to add to the intellectual, social and economic capital of our region and to take their discovery and innovation globally. Learn more about some of the Dal researchers making a significant impact.

A total of 54 É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ researchers have been announced as recipients of over $2 million in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) through its Discovery Grants and Research Tools and Instruments Grants Programs.

The federal government should create a federal child and youth advocate — a children's commissioner — in order to help Canada's crossover youth, writes PhD student Kristyn Anderson.

Learn more about the seven É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ PhD students and postdocs who have been announced as the university's 2020-21 recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships and Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships.