Follow along for updates on current funding opportunities, upcoming events, award recipients, and researcher stories that highlight the research taking place in Nova Scotia.
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African Nova Scotian Researcher Directory
The Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute is creating the first African Nova Scotian Researcher Directory. The purpose of the directory is to help bring awareness to, and create a network of, researchers of African descent in a range of fields. The directory will be a “go to” place for researchers looking to work collaboratively and… Read more
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‘The echo pandemic of mental health’: survey finds that Nova Scotia has the highest COVID-19 Anxiety and Depression levels in Canada
HALIFAX, NS (October 1, 2020) “The echo pandemic of mental health will be one of the legacies of COVID-19” said Dr. Katie Aubrecht, assistant professor in the department of sociology at St. Francis Xavier University. Nova Scotians are reporting Canada’s highest levels of anxiety and depression due to COVID-19, and the greatest nation-wide increase since… Read more
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Scholar Strike Nova Scotia: Teach in for Black Lives
Research Nova Scotia supports our academic colleagues who participated in the Scholar Strike on Sept 9th & 10th, 2020 to protest anti-Black, racist and colonial police brutality in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere. Watch scholars from across Nova Scotia actively engaged in ending all forms of racist, carceral, institutional and systemic forms of violence. Read more
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Dalhousie researchers receive $2.5M from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and Research Nova Scotia
This announcement originally appeared on Dalhousie University’s website and has been republished with their permission. Researchers at Dalhousie are the recipients of $1.5 million in funding that will help acquire the cutting-edge tools they need to conduct world-class research. The funding for these Dal-led projects is part of a larger $96 million investment to support 377 new research… Read more
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Two Saint Mary’s University scientists receive $795,000 in research funding
This announcement originally appeared on the Saint Mary’s University website and has been republished with their permission. Two researchers in the Faculty of Science at Saint Mary’s have received a total of $795,000 in funding from two government organizations. Dr. Erin Adlakha and Dr. Erin Cameron will have their work, on hydrothermal ore mineral deposits and soil invertebrates,… Read more
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Acadia University psychology professors receive prestigious funding
This announcement originally appeared on Acadia University’s website and has been republished with their permission. The Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has just announced that Acadia Psychology Professors, Dr. Anne-Sophie Champod and Dr. Daniel Lametti, have been awarded $371,012 through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) toward a $927,533 project to construct and equip the Acadia… Read more
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