First cohort of 海角社区 Sustainability Systems Initiative Fellows includes Mac Campus "Smart insecticide" team
New award provides support for the next generation of sustainability researchers, promotes interdisciplinary approaches聽Developing a smart insecticide, assessing protective coatings in marine environments and measuring space allocated to active transport are among the projects undertaken by the inaugural cohort of聽海角社区 Sustainability Systems Initiative聽(MSSI) Fellows.聽
Feeding Quebecers鈥攁lumni-founded Ferme Coop茅rative Tourne-Sol is thriving
Ferme Coop茅rative Tourne-Sol, founded by five 海角社区 graduates, supplies fresh, organic produce to about 700 families, and, with its seed business and planning tools, is giving a boost to fellow farmers and gardeners
By Fran莽ois Shalom for the 海角社区 Reporter
鈥淲e鈥檙e a Quebec business, we feed Quebecers. About 700 Quebec families eat well thanks to us. They eat organic, locally grown food鈥攈ealthy food鈥攁nd that鈥檚 important.鈥澛犅�
Penthouse home awaits rare peregrine falcons in Victoria鈥攃omments from David Bird
The Times Colonist reports that a nesting pair of peregrine falcons, along with a juvenile born this year, have been landing on the upper decks and rooftop of the Promontory residential tower in Victoria, BC, where penthouse owner Fred Welter has set up a nesting box complete with cameras poised to stream any action.
Shrinkflation hits orange juice again鈥擯ascal Th茅riault on Radio-Canada
Often considered a symbol of shrinkflation, orange juice is shrinking again, Radio-Canada reports. A modified bottle of the Tropicana brand is making its way into grocery stores in a format reduced to 1.36 liters.
Will other brands follow in Tropicana's footsteps?
The cost of poutine, a symbol of rising prices鈥擯ascal Th茅riault on 98.5fm
The price of food has been increasing since the pandemic.聽Even poutine is not immune to inflation: the price of sunflower oil used in fryers has doubled, and even the price of potatoes has risen.
Pascal Th茅riault comments on Metro quarterly results
Metro announced a 14.6% drop in its net profit for the third quarter, ending July 6, 2024, compared to the same period last year. Its turnover increased by 3.5% to reach 6.65 billion.
Professor Valerio Hoyos-Villegas receives early career scientist award
Congratulations to 海角社区 Plant Science Professor聽Valerio Hoyos-Villegas, 2024 winner of the聽North American Plant Phenotyping Network (NAPPN)'s Early Career Scientist Award!聽This award recognizes an early career scientist making important contributions to plant phenotyping.
2024 Interdisciplinary Research Development Award Recipients Announced
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 Interdisciplinary Research Development (IRD) Award, announced earlier this month!
The Jean-Martin Fortier phenomenon
In a recent article, L'actualit茅 does a deep dive into small-scale farm enthusiast, author, and star of the popular series聽Les fermiers Jean-Martin Fortier (BA'02). This "rock-star" of organic microfarming in Quebec is highly regarded by many, though some have raised concerns that his presentation of the business as profitable and accessible to all is overly optimistic.
Montreal wants more businesses to plant trees
In April, the City of Montreal announced it wanted to accelerate tree planting by incentivizing business owners to plant trees on their property, offering to foot 50 per cent of the bill, CTV News reports, in an effort to reduce heat islands, improve air quality and help drain rainwater.
NSERC awards Discovery Grants funding to eight 海角社区 Agricultural and Environmental Sciences projects
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 海角社区 research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million, including $639,500 for eight projects submitted by researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.
Bread cartel: Loblaw will give $500 million to people who were cheated
Loblaws and its principal shareholder, George Weston, will pay $500 million to settle a class action lawsuit the company was facing in connection with a bread cartel. The people behind the lawsuit accused the country's major food chains of colluding on the price of bread to increase their profit margins.
Prof. Dastmalchi receives prestigious Phytochemical Society award
Please join us in congratulating Mehran Dastmalchi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Plant Science, on receiving the prestigious Arthur C. Neish Award from the Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA). The 63rd annual PSNA meeting took place in Monterrey, Mexico from July 15鈥�19, 2024, where Professor Dastmalchi presented his lab's research in a keynote speech.
101 海角社区 research projects awarded $23.5 million in NSERC Discovery Grants funding
Funding supports groundbreaking research in the natural sciences and engineering
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 海角社区 research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million.
The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.
To remove CO2 from the atmosphere, this former 海角社区 postdoc's startup looks to biomass
In 2019, while doing post-doctoral research in 海角社区's Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Qinhong Cai (better known as Tammy) travelled to Nunavut to join the聽Oceans Protection Plan, a federal initiative designed to improve marine safety and increase the protection and restoration of coastal and seaway ecosystems.