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Mapping the data that quietly threatens Canada’s national security
Through a research partnership with Calian, ±«Óãtv is helping defence and government leaders understand how everyday digital activity creates exploitable cyber risk, and how to mitigate it before it becomes an operational vulnerability. Read more.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Sciographies returns next week with a brand-new season of stories that spotlight the people and discoveries shaping science at ±«Óãtv.
Monday, February 2, 2026
New ±«Óãtv research reveals how Arctic permafrost aquifers that store and move groundwater are expected to shift as temperatures and sea levels rise.
Friday, January 9, 2026
Dr. OmiSoore Dryden brings visionary leadership to the School of Nursing and the Faculty of Health as Canada Research Chair in Black Health Studies: Antiracism in Health Education and Practice.
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Friday, June 16, 2023
Dr. David Kelvin, an infectious disease expert at Dal, is launching an $850,000 research project to identify hotspots for poxviruses and better understand their spread, filling an important knowledge gap while improving preparedness, prevention, and response efforts for future outbreaks.
Thursday, June 15, 2023
So, you have an idea you think can improve the world? An innovation that can help people in their lives? Don’t keep it to yourself, especially when it could earn you a trip to Berlin to share it on the global stage at the Falling Walls Lab competition.
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
±«Óãtv-led research program receives $15-million to study how to leverage the ocean to mitigate climate change.
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Efforts to disrupt online misogyny need to focus on stopping online forums from becoming misogynistic echo-chambers, write Michael Halpin and Finlay Maguire.
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
They are tiny, exist in a galaxy far, far away and were detected by a ±«Óãtv University astrophysicist using the James Webb Space Telescope in one of the first results to be produced by the powerful tool.