DONALD O. HEBB MEMORIAL LECTURE

with Dr. Doug Munoz, Queen’s University

The D.O. Hebb Memorial Lecture honours the memory of Donald Olding Hebb, who graduated from Dalhousie University with his BA in 1925 and was Professor Emeritus in the Psychology Department at Dalhousie University from 1977 to 1985.

See events.dal.ca for more details and background on Donald Hebb

March Break at the Discovery Centre is unlike any other! Come play, learn, and be curious. Their Dome Theatre shows, and Featured Exhibits (TBC), are just the tip of the Discovery Centre iceberg! 

And the Brain Repair Centre will be hanging out there on Friday March 14th with hands-on games and displays. Come down an say Hi!

This is a public event which will showcase some brain-related research that is taking place at Dalhousie. There will be games, competitions, prizes, experiments, demonstrations, interactive booths and all kinds of information. Learn about how the brain works and what it can do!!

This FREE, student- and family-friendly event provides hands-on, engaging, neuroscience-based activities for all ages! Drop-ins and camp groups welcome!

All ages welcome - kids, parents, march break campers - come and check it out and have some fun. There is something for everyone.

See www.hfxbaw.org/brainfair for photos of past Brain Fair events.

Students enrolled in Neuroscience-focussed independent research projects are invited to present their work in a 3MT-style presentation. This event is a great opportunity for trainees to hone their communication skills.

This event is not open to the public but trainees and supervisors are encouraged to attend.

Celebrated in 35 countries around the world, the Brain Bee is a competition for high school students, grades 9 through 12. Students are tested on the knowledge about the brain and neuroscience research. It is designed to stimulate interest and excitement about brain research.  Students study topics on memory, sleep, intelligence, emotion, perception, stress, aging, brain imaging, neurology, neurotransmitters, genetics, and brain disease (just to list a few).

The 2025 Halifax Brain Bee will see students from HRM competing for a place at the National Competition, to be held in Ottawa later this year.

Check out brainbee.ca for more info about the competition, past winners and more.

Designed to celebrate groundbreaking research and medical innovation, the Breakthrough Breakfast Series features distinguished researchers at the forefront of different fields of medical discovery.

From cardiac research to cancer, immunology and vaccinology, family medicine, neuroscience and brain health, to healthy aging and frailty, the series spans a diverse spectrum of crucial medical research topics. Each event will include researchers, graduate students, patients, or community members who have contributed to or benefited from this research.

This event will focus on brain health and wellness research. It will take place on Tuesday March 11 from 7:30-9:00 a.m. at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.

The speakers will include Drs. Ruth Ann Marrie, Sultan Darvesh, and Alon Friedman.

This Breakthrough Breakfast will take place during Brain Awareness Week and focus on highlighting cutting-edge brain health research, showcasing innovative approaches to diagnosing and treating neurological conditions including Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, and a variety of neurodegenerative diseases.