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Unmasking the ‘manosphere’: Dal Health researcher explores online radicalization, masculinity and power
Dal researcher Dr. Luc Cousineau investigates how online communities radicalize young men, revealing the dangerous intersection of digital culture, masculinity, and far-right extremism. Read more.
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Monday, July 14, 2025
These student researchers tackled a key challenge in polar research by creating a communication system that could transform how scientists monitor oceans under melting ice sheets.
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Dal scientists use cutting-edge technology to glean insight into the behaviour of an ancient species under threat, work that's featured in new Apple TV+ series The Wild Ones.
Thursday, June 26, 2025
The future of Canada’s farming sector — and by extension its food security, rural communities and economic sovereignty — will depend on its ability to turn today’s crisis into tomorrow’s opportunity.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Upcoming changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program should include improvements to the Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers.
Friday, September 27, 2024
Fifteen innovation-inspired events. More than 1,500 participants. More bold ideas than you can imagine. Learn more about a week brimming with transformative potential.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Artificial intelligence tools are power hungry, generating huge emissions through electricity consumption. Computer Science's Dr. Tushar Sharma is striving to clean them up.
Monday, September 23, 2024
Dal researchers are trying to better understand the potential relationship between cannabis use and brain development in teens, particularly among those who've experienced psychotic-like experiences.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Dr. Elaine Craig's Mainstreaming Porn: Sexual Integrity and the Law Online explores how law, policy, and social measures can address the harmful consequences of algorithm-driven mainstream porn.