Seven 㽶Ƶ researchers have been awarded over $190,000 in Connection Grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The awards are part of $1.7 million in federal funding invested in 54 projects nationwide.
Please note that there will be a ventilation shutdown at the Barton Building which houses the Macdonald Campus Library on Tuesday, November 14 and Wednesday, November 15from 18:00 to 06:00. As a result, extended hours that run from 17:00 - midnight will be canceled on these two days.
This shutdown is necessary in order to perform general maintenance on ventilations systems.New bearings, belt, and pillow blocks will also be installed.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
The customary reds, oranges and yellows of the trees, marking the arrival of fall, may have appeared early this year, or not at all. The dramatic summer weather that brought wildfires in some parts of the country and heavy rain in others is being reflected in fall colours across Canada, researchers say.
DATE: October 17th 2023 |TIME: 2:00pm (EST) |Location: Macdonald Engineering Building RM: 497
Present byProfessor Søren Husted
Free Hybrid Seminar- Available on zoom
The Brace Water Centre (Brace) welcomes members from the McGill research community who are working on water-related issues. Membership is open to faculty members, post-doctoral fellows, research associates and graduate students.
Due to an electrical shutdown, the Macdonald Campus Library will close at 5PM on Tuesday, November 1.
This shutdown is necessary for Facilities to relocate an electrical disconnect switch at the Macdonald Stewart Building.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Congratulations to Maxime Leduc, BSc(AgEnvSc)’12, a self-employed consultant in forage systems and Farm Management and Technology Program Lecturer, who has been awarded the Prix Jeune Agronome from l’Ordre des Agronomes du Quebec for his exceptional contributions to Quebec agriculture. Earlier this year Maxime received the Macdonald Distinguished Young Alumni Award.
Professors Murray Humphries, Director of the McGill Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment (CINE), and Treena Delormier and Hugo Melgar-Quinonez, both from the School of Human Nutrition, will play key roles in the NFRF-T project, Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples, led by the University of A
Today, the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT), along with its partner the ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation (MAPAQ) announced the creation of the Réseau québécois de recherche en agriculture durable (RQRAD), a flagship measure of the (PAD).
Today, Élisabeth Brière, Member of Parliament for Sherbrooke and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages announced funding results from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Innovation Fund (IF) for universities in Quebec.
@WorkingHumansofMcGill is whereinspiring stories/experiences of working McGill students through candid portraits and accompanying mini-narratives about on-campus work, part-time or casual jobs, internships and/or full-time positions will be shared. These stories are meant to highlight the successes, challenges, discoveries and insights of those working while studying at McGill(concept based on Brandon Stanton’s Humans of NY photo-blog).
Judith Largy-Nadeau (BRE) and Dainava Blayney (NRS) andstudents from the Université de Sherbrooke are going door-to-door inPointe-Claire to promote good waste habits this summer.
Scientists at the University of Alberta and 㽶Ƶ have discovered a direct link between calcium and cholesterol, a discovery that could pave the way for new ways of treating high blood cholesterol.
“It has been something of a mystery why predators are so important in animal extinctions,” says Kyle Elliott, an assistant professor in 㽶Ƶ’s Dept. of Natural Resource Sciences and the first author of a recent study on the subject published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. “As prey populations decline, predators should simply switch to other prey.