Universities are enriching their communities, provinces and the Atlantic Region with Research That Matters.

The Association of Atlantic Universities (AAU) is pleased to share recent news about how our 16 public universities support regional priorities of economic prosperity, innovation and social development.

• Unlocking the genetic clues behind OCD: largest study of its kind uncovers specific genetic links to the mental health condition, making it clearer who may be at greater risk of developing it
  Dalhousie University, 13 May 2025

• Memorial University researcher using artificial intelligence and machine learning to drive the next generation of climate research and discovery
  The Gazette – Memorial University, 22 May 2025

• Dalhousie and StFX researchers ask, when friendship is treated as essential, what happens to young adults who don’t have any?
  Dalhousie University, 22 May 2025

• The Change Lab Action Research Initiative (CLARI) at Saint Mary’s is reshaping how research meets real-world needs. With over $1 million in provincial funding, it aims to help Nova Scotians with research that doesn’t stay on the shelf
  Saint Mary’s University, 05 June 2025

• St. Thomas, Dalhousie researchers for The Conversation: Resilient, sustainable food systems are Canada’s best defence against American tariffs
  The Conversation, 11 June 2025

• Université de Moncton partners with Dassault Systèmes have partnered on a pilot project that will address housing, urban growth, and ecological challenges in southeastern New Brunswick
  Université de Moncton, 16 June 2025

Submissions

The AAU is please to share our recent Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research (June 2024).