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                            Research, Science
                    
            
                    Wednesday, August 17, 2022
            International proposals to ban the trade of polar bear parts undercut Inuit rights, knowledge and decision-making, writes Marine Affairs Program Adjunct Professor Jamie Snook.
        
                    
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                            Psychology, Science
                    
            
                    Monday, August 15, 2022
            Researchers at Dal have discovered that balsam fir needles can kill blacklegged ticks during the winter, preventing them from surviving until spring — offering hope that this natural resource could be used to battle the disease-carrying bugs whose population has surged in recent years.
        
                    
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                            News
                    
            
                    Monday, August 15, 2022
            ShanghaiRanking Consultancy’s annual ranking places Dal in the top 301-400 globally and 13-17 nationally.
        
                    
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                            Medicine, Architecture and Planning, News
                    
            
                    Friday, August 12, 2022
            Five Âé¶¹Éç faculty members were among more than 60 Nova Scotians awarded Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal last week in recognition of significant service to the province, particularly during the pandemic.
        
                    
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                            Alumni, Medicine
                    
            
                    Thursday, August 11, 2022
            Dr. Saud Alshanafey trained in general and paediatric surgery at Dal, a comprehensive learning experience he says proved invaluable when he began developing a fetal diagnostic and therapy program for the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
        
                    
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                            Sports
                    
            
                    Wednesday, August 10, 2022
            This week, Tigers women’s soccer head coach Cindy Tye leads Canada’s U20 women’s national team to the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Costa Rica. The international tournament kicks off tonight with the Canucks facing Korea Republic.
        
                    
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                            Continuing Education, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Wednesday, August 10, 2022
            Students from Colombia's Universidad del Atlántico visited Halifax in July for a Language Educators' program hosted by Âé¶¹Éç, creating memories of new friendships, new cultural experiences and new learning challenges — big and small.
        
                    
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                            Medicine, Health Professions
                    
            
                    Tuesday, August 9, 2022
            In a recent video service, members of the Dal community paid tribute to those individuals who have donated their bodies to science through the program, enabling world-class learning for the next generation of health and medical students.
        
                    
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                            Philosophy, Arts and Social Sciences, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Friday, August 5, 2022
            Instead of complacent acceptance of misinformed beliefs, we need institutional moves to cultivate trust between experts and the public.
        
                    
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                            Sports
                    
            
                    Thursday, August 4, 2022
            Fifty-three incoming, current and former Tigers will be traveling to Niagara, Ontario this month for the 2022 edition of the Canada Summer Games.