Le gouvernement du Qu茅bec poursuit ses efforts en faveur de la conservation du lac Saint-Pierre et annonce le second volet de son plan qui vise 脿 d茅finir et 脿 promouvoir une agriculture durable compatible avec l鈥櫭ヽosyst猫me du lac Saint-Pierre. 脌 cette fin, il accorde 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 海角社区, 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 Laval et 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Trois-Rivi猫res (UQTR) des subventions d鈥檜n montant de 4,66听M$ sur quatre ans.
Published on: 1 Aug 2018
Two undergraduate teams from the Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences will put their food creations to the test in student competitions.
Every summer, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) attracts the cream of the global food science crop to Chicago for four days of exhibitions, presentations and competitions. At IFT18, held July 15-18, two undergraduate teams from 海角社区鈥檚 Faculty of Agricultur[al] and Environmental Sciences will put their food creations to the test in student competitions.
Published on: 25 Jul 2018
Teens from Indigenous communities across Canada are taking part in a summer camp at 海角社区. The university wants to inspire them to consider careers in Health Science 鈥� and it鈥檚 taking a unique approach. As part of 海角社区鈥檚 Indigenous Health Professions Program, the camp takes inspiration from everyday stories, and incorporates it into science labs.
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Published on: 25 Jul 2018
While much of Quebec has been struggling under a withering heatwave, five 海角社区 students have been recognized for their research based in cooler climes, namely the Arctic.
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Published on: 19 Jul 2018
(Op-ed by Lawrence Goodridge, Associate Professor and Director of the Food Safety and Quality Program in the Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry Department at 海角社区)
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Published on: 3 Jul 2018
Kudos to Anne-Julie Tessier, RD, PhD candidate in the School of Human Nutrition, who won the Elevator Pitch Contest organized by the at the last American Society of Nutrition鈥檚 annual conference 鈥� Nutrition 2018 鈥� in Boston on June 10, 2018.听
Published on: 15 Jun 2018
Kudos to Anne-Julie Tessier, RD, PhD candidate in the School of Human Nutrition, who won the Elevator Pitch Contest organized by the at the last American Society of Nutrition鈥檚 annual conference 鈥� Nutrition 2018 鈥� in Boston on June 10, 2018.听
Published on: 15 Jun 2018
An unconventional library at 海角社区 is allowing students and faculty to borrow seeds.
Reading books might help you grow ideas, but 海角社区鈥檚 [Macdonald] Library is giving out something that sprouts way more literally. The library is offering 130 varieties of seeds, free of charge, as part of a new program.
鈥淲e鈥檙e providing seeds that are more rare, more unusual, and ones that are adapted specifically for our climate,鈥� said librarian Dana Ingalls.
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Published on: 5 Jun 2018
Some unique buffalo calves were born at the Ontario Buffalo Company in Stirling, ON. Their genetic mothers were only 4 months of age at the time their oocytes were collected by laparoscopy, fertilized and cultured in vitro and implanted one week later in adult recipients that carried the pregnancies to term. All procedures except the transfer to the recipient cows were conducted at the Large Animal Research Unit (LARU) in Macdonald Campus, under supervision of Drs.
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Published on: 1 Jun 2018
The BETTER study (BEhaviors, Therapies, TEchnologies and hypoglycemic Risk in Type 1 diabetes), co-led by Professor Anne-Sophie Brazeau, RD, PhD (海角社区 School of Human Nutrition) and Dr R茅mi Rabasa-Lhoret (Institut de Recherches Clinique de Montr茅al), is a 4-year project co-funded by CIHR, through the strategies for patient-oriented research (SPOR), and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (total funding $3,000,000).
Published on: 1 Jun 2018
Professor Raj Duggavathi has been appointed Chair of the Department of Animal Science for the period June 1, 2018 through May 31, 2023.
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Published on: 1 Jun 2018
Tiny but destructive emerald ash borer beetles have infected thousands of trees across Montreal.... Jim Fyles, a 海角社区 professor of forest ecology and director of the Morgan Arboretum, said it's difficult to detect the tiny bugs.
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Published on: 30 May 2018
Animaux transport茅s sur de longues distances et stress茅s, cadence d'abattage 茅lev茅e鈥� Devant les d茅savantages de l'abattage industriel, une autre solution est possible : l'abattoir mobile, qui se d茅place directement 脿 la ferme. [鈥 Kevin Wade, directeur du d茅partement des sciences animales de l'Universit茅 海角社区 : L茅galement, il est possible d'exploiter un abattoir mobile au Qu茅bec, 脿 condition de respecter les exigences pr茅vues par la r茅glementation (loi et r猫glements).
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Published on: 24 May 2018
Ramzy Kassouf recently appeared in two videos produced by the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) which spoke to the importance of preserving and nurturing the 2047 hectares of remaining agricultural land on Montreal Island - the majority of which are found in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Senneville and 脦le-Bizard.
Published on: 2 May 2018
Alice Cherestes, interim Director of the Freshman Program in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; and Teresa Zatylny, Administrative Student Affairs Coordinator in the Faculty of Engineering, were recently presented with the Dean of Students Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising.
Published on: 2 May 2018
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