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Meet John Batt, manager of º£½ÇÉçÇøâ€™s Aquatron

Meet John Batt, manager of º£½ÇÉçÇøâ€™s Aquatron

Dal’s Sciographies kicks off its new season with John Batt, longtime Aquatron manager, sharing his lifelong passion for marine life and the vital conservation work happening inside Canada’s largest aquatic research facility.  Read more.

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Andrew Riley
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Through a research partnership with Calian, º£½ÇÉçÇø 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.
Alison Auld
Monday, February 2, 2026
New º£½ÇÉçÇø research reveals how Arctic permafrost aquifers that store and move groundwater are expected to shift as temperatures and sea levels rise.
Dawn Morrison
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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Kenneth Conrad
Thursday, December 4, 2025
An Instagram contest turned lab work into a ticket to Valencia for Biology PhD student Flavie Perron, who showcased mussel research and made global aquaculture connections.
Heather Tasker, Sabine Lee, and Susan Bartels
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Hundreds of returnees and forced migrants reported being terrorised by soldiers and armed militias on both sides of the Sudan civil war, write Heather Tasker, Sabine Lee, and Susan Bartels.
Andrew Riley
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
º£½ÇÉçÇø researchers partner with Nova Scotia’s wild blueberry farmers to develop climate-smart innovations. Through the new Atlantic Institute for Digital Agriculture, they’ll deliver precision technologies to sustain the province’s top agricultural export.
Linden Thomas
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Extreme weather events expose systemic gaps in emergency planning. Sarah Norris’s doctoral work examines how policies fail — and what inclusion could look like for vulnerable communities.
Ryan McNutt
Friday, November 21, 2025
Nearly 30 awards were presented to more than 50 individuals and groups from across the university at the 8th Annual Legacy Awards. Read the full list of honourees.