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Unmasking the ‘manosphere’: Dal Health researcher explores online radicalization, masculinity and power

Unmasking the ‘manosphere’: Dal Health researcher explores online radicalization, masculinity and power

Dal researcher Dr. Luc Cousineau investigates how online communities radicalize young men, revealing the dangerous intersection of digital culture, masculinity, and far-right extremism.  Read more.

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Andrew Riley
Monday, October 30, 2023
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Stephanie Rogers
Friday, October 27, 2023
'The better our soil functions, the better everything works because soil security is related to water security, food security, energy security and ecosystem services," says Dr. Brandon Heung, who has been helping lead a renaissance in soil mapping.
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Friday, October 27, 2023
Award-winning filmmaker and writer Dr. Sylvia D. Hamilton cast a critical eye on past portrayals of African descended people in Nova Scotia and called out segregation in schools in her talk on ancestry at the Universities Studying Slavery conference last week.
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Friday, October 27, 2023
This week on Sciographies, meet Dr. Kevin Hewitt, a professor in the Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science and the Faculty of Science's first associate dean of equity and inclusion. Learn more about Dr. Hewitt's coming to Canada, his research related to health outcomes for African Canadians, and his mother’s influence on his success.
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Thursday, October 26, 2023
An award-winning book about the influence of tuberculosis on the modern stage, a deep dive into the archives of Apartheid, and a novel about the threat of nuclear war — the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences contains multitudes as illustrated at this year's celebration of research, publications, and creative activities.