November 2021

Dal News asked Drs. David Kelvin and Chris Richardson, both professors in Dal’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology, about this new — and potentially more infectious variant — and what it might mean in the ongoing effort to control COVID-19.

Dalhousie University STEM researchers took centre stage last night at the 19th annual Discovery Awards hosted virtually by Halifax’s Discovery Centre. The awards, co-presented by Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s University, celebrated outstanding innovators who make Nova Scotia a leader in scientific discovery.

Studies show an overwhelming increase in violence against women related to the pressures of the pandemic, reflected in a dramatic uptick in reports to police, calls to domestic abuse hotlines, demand for women’s shelters and visits to hospital.

A group of scholars and researchers co-led by a Dalhousie professor has joined forces in an effort to re-shape medical and health education in Canada to better reflect the impacts of anti-Black racism on the delivery of care for African Nova Scotians and Black people.