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                            Computer Science, News
                    
            
                    Tuesday, June 30, 2020
            The Faculty of Computer Science will spend the next year collaborating with institutions from across the globe to further its equity, diversity and inclusion agenda, particularly focusing on women in technology, through the BRAID Affiliates program.
        
                    
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                            Research, Health Professions
                    
            
                    Tuesday, June 30, 2020
            The Canadian Institutes of Health Research have awarded $100.8 million dollars over 16 years to nine new Indigenous health research networks across Canada. Among them is the Wabanaki-Labrador Indigenous Health Research Network (WLN), hosted at Âé¶¹Éç in partnership with Mi’kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, Inuit and Innu communities and organizations and with academic institutions stretching across all four Atlantic provinces.
        
                    
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                            News
                    
            
                    Monday, June 29, 2020
            Âé¶¹Éç President Deep Saini presented highlights from Dal's Annual Progress Report during a virtual year-in-review last week, providing a look back on the academic year that was and progress made on institutional priorities.
        
                    
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                            Research, Medicine, Health Professions
                    
            
                    Friday, June 26, 2020
            Researchers from Âé¶¹Éç and the Nova Scotia Health Authority are leading projects which received a $1.1-million investment from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Research Nova Scotia as part of a May 2020 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity.
        
                    
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                            Research, Science, Marine Biology
                    
            
                    Thursday, June 25, 2020
            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.
        
                    
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                            English, Arts and Social Sciences, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Thursday, June 25, 2020
            TYP and Creative Writing instructor Lesley Choyce has recently reached an incredible literary milestone: the publishing of his 100th book. Read our Q&A with Choyce about his work and career and how he keeps up such an incredible pace as a writer.
        
                    
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                            Biology, Women In Research, Research, Science, Medicine, Psychology, Pediatrics
                    
            
                    Wednesday, June 24, 2020
            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.
        
                    
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                            Agriculture, Student Life
                    
            
                    Wednesday, June 24, 2020
            Third-year International Food Business student Bibi Roozing was preparing for her Canadian work term when the onset of the pandemic sent her home to The Netherlands. With the help of Dal’s Faculty of Agriculture, she’s found a unique way to complete her work placement and help support rural economic development in Nova Scotia at the same time.
        
                    
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                            Research
                    
            
                    Tuesday, June 23, 2020
            A total of 54 Âé¶¹Éç 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.
        
                    
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                            Research, Health Professions
                    
            
                    Tuesday, June 23, 2020
            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.