Ottawa announced an investment of $3.34 million in research to understand the health impacts of extended periods of inactivity and the effectiveness of preventative measures to mitigate the impact of inactivity on our health.

We鈥檝e gotten through the COVID-19 pandemic thus far by looking out for one another. Now, with hope on the horizon, we have to keep doing what we鈥檝e been doing well to keep each other safe.

Jonathon Betteridge, who graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering in May 2020, worked with fellow students last year to build the simulator, now in use at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax.

Thanks to leadership from Naiomi Metallic, the Chancellor鈥檚 Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy, law students at Dal now have the opportunity to add an Aboriginal and Indigenous law specialization as part of their degree 鈥� part of a larger project of Indigenizing the law school.

3D BioFibR focuses on the production of biofibre that has the type of quality and scale not achievable with current manufacturing methods.