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 2026 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.

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 hfxbaw.org/brain-fair-2026 for list of labs attending and photos of past Brain Fair events.

DONALD O. HEBB MEMORIAL LECTURE

with Dr. Gyorgi Buszaki, Biggs Professor of Neuroscience, New York University School of Medicine

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 (Animal Super Powers made with LEGO® Bricks), are just the tip of the Discovery Centre iceberg! 

And the Brain Repair Centre will be hanging out there on Friday March 20th with hands-on games and displays. Come down an say Hi!