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What 50 years of buried data tell us about Canada鈥檚 mining oversight

What 50 years of buried data tell us about Canada鈥檚 mining oversight

Canada鈥檚 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.  Read more.

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Kala Hirle Clarke and Mia Samardzic
Friday, October 24, 2025
色妹妹直播 celebrates six scholars awarded the final Vanier and Banting fellowships, spotlighting groundbreaking research in health, sustainability, sexual well-being, and marine conservation.
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Thursday, October 23, 2025
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Science student May Engelhardt visited Sable Island this month, where she spent the day carrying out research to support conservation efforts.

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Ellie Garry-Jones
Friday, November 22, 2024
Award-winning journalist Doug Saunders and celebrated political scientist Dr. Debra Thompson visited Dal this week to dig into a question on many minds right now: What does Donald Trump鈥檚 re-election as U.S. president mean for the trajectory of democracy worldwide?
Joshua Boyter
Thursday, November 21, 2024
PhD candidate Jamil Muradov unlocked new perspectives in his research on treating brain trauma thanks to a Killam International Research Award that took him to Leipzig University in Germany.
Kenneth Conrad
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Dal biologists have identified a microbe 鈥 T. haligoni 鈥 found in the Bedford Basin near Halifax that could help scientists better understand the health of the ocean.
Tanis Trainor
Monday, November 18, 2024
Dust explosions, how pathogens jump from animals to humans, and cancer patient empowerment programs are just some of the innovative research advances that were recognized at the 22nd annual Discovery Awards.
Matt Reeder
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Learn more about Dal's improvement in Human Biological Sciences and its other best-ranked subjects in the 2024 Global Rankings of Academic Subjects.