Health Promotion student Nicole Blinn once questioned whether she’d even go to university. Now, she has risen to the top of her class and is engaged in vital research about the social determinants of health — achievements that have landed her a major scholarship in active learning.

Six scholars from É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ are among the newest Canada Research Chairs recently announced, pushing world-leading research forward in pathogens, risk management, healthy aging, ocean analytics and more.

Six North Atlantic right whales have been found dead thus far this summer — including four in a single 48-hour span. Dal researchers discuss the urgency in identifying where the whales are migrating to help protect the endangered species.

Bluntnose sixgill sharks are rarely seen, thought to inhabit deep waters far from the shore. But Dal marine biologist and vet Chris Harvey-Clark got an up-close look at them during a submersible mission just off Vancouver’s coast.

The global focus on plastic pollution isn't a distraction from other planetary issues, writes Dal researcher Tony Walker.