Updates

Tracking whales and pinpointing cells

Oceanographer Dr. Sarah Fortune looks out to the expanse of the ocean and wonders how climate change is impacting the movements of the creatures that swim below the surface. Dr. Tobias Karakach looks within, focusing his sights on the blueprints of our cells, the smallest physical units that define us.

January 25, 2023
New study may lead to better health for young people with disabilities

Nearly one in three Nova Scotians 15 years of age and older experience at least one disability, and nearly one in five Nova Scotian children and youth experience functional difficulties of some kind.

January 13, 2023
Learning about the experiences of trans and queer young adults with primary care in northeastern rural Nova Scotia

The following article was originally posted by St. Francis Xavier University as part of their “Contributing to our Health” series. Laura Hughes McKay, a fourth year nursing student from Truro, NS, has launched a survey to explore the experiences of trans and queer young adults with primary care in northeastern rural Nova Scotia. To conduct…

January 12, 2023
Research Nova Scotia supports early-career health researchers with $1.37 million in funding

Thirteen early-career health researchers in Nova Scotia have received a New Health Investigator Grant to support work that aligns with the province’s health research priorities.

January 10, 2023
The technology of conservation: how ocean-going robots are protecting the critically endangered right whale

Since 2008, collaborators in Canada and around the world have been using OTN’s infrastructure and analytical tools to document the movements of more than 300 keystone and commercially and culturally valuable aquatic species in the context of changing ocean and freshwater environments.

January 5, 2023
Research Nova Scotia and CANSSI Atlantic offering up to $400,000 toward climate change research.

Research Nova Scotia and the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI) Atlantic have launched the Atlantic Climate Research Collaboration (ACRC) to fund research that will tackle complex data-focused problems related to climate change and its impacts on coastal communities.

December 13, 2022