Boil-water advisory remains in effect at Macdonald Campus
As we mentioned in an earlier message, a boil-water advisory is in effect across Macdonald and John Abbott Campus. It will remain in effect for at least another 48 hours.
The advisory does not apply to the staff residences located on Maple St., Macdonald High School nor the rest of Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, as these locations obtain their water from a different source.
Congratulations to Bioresource professor Chandra Madramootoo, who was recently made a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.
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Congratulations to NRS professor Joann Whalen, who was recently awarded the Auguste Scott prize given by the Association quebecoise de specialistes en science du sol (AQSSS). Other professors who won it previously were Dr. Gus Mackenzie and Dr. Guy Mehuys. The prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the field of soil science.
Today [June 20], Iain Stewart, President of the National Research Council, Canada's largest federal research and development organization, announced the results of the inaugural round of the NRC鈥檚 New Beginnings Initiative. The New Beginnings Initiative is part of the NRC鈥檚 Ideation Fund, which was announced in Budget 2018 to encourage, test and validate transformative research ideas generated by NRC researchers working with external collaborators.
... The projects with McGill collaborators and associated funding amounts include:
If you've been out in the Laurentians or the Eastern Townships lately, you may have noticed there've been a lot of flies - notably bigger varieties known as flesh flies. 听
They have been seen invading those communities to the point where some restaurants had to shut down their terrasses and residents can't enjoy their backyards.
"Flesh fly - the name is a little bit scary," said Stephanie Boucher, curator of the Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory at 香蕉视频.
On June 14 in Victoria, British Columbia, the Honourable , Minister of Science and Sport, announced an investment of over $275 million for 346 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 52 institutions across Canada. The also made an important investment towards these Chairs in providing more than $5.2 million in new funding for research infrastructure, supporting 30 Chairs at 18 institutions.
Concerns they might be contaminated with norovirus, a highly contagious virus that continues that causes gastroenteritis.
Quebec recalled frozen raspberries imported from Chile this week over concerns they might be contaminated with norovirus.
The norovirus is a highly contagious virus that continues to thrive when frozen and causes gastroenteritis, which manifests itself with diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pain. The symptoms develop between 12 and 24 hours after exposure.
Les recherches de Kevin Wade, chercheur et professeur agr茅g茅 au D茅partement des sciences animales de l鈥橴niversit茅 McGill, ont comme objectif d鈥檃ider les producteurs laitiers 脿 g茅rer leurs troupeaux et 脿 rentabiliser leurs activit茅s. 脡lev茅 dans une ferme laiti猫re en Irlande, M.听Wade r锚vait de devenir v茅t茅rinaire avant de se tourner vers l鈥檃gronomie. Aujourd鈥檋ui, il se pla卯t 脿 dire 脿 ses 茅tudiants听: 芦听C鈥檈st sans doute mieux ainsi, car je travaille avec des animaux en sant茅 et non malades.听禄
Photo : Gabriel Dallago
Some entomologists are sounding the alarm that native bees could be in danger of being wiped out, because of the popularity of urban beekeeping.
鈥淭he danger is that we鈥檙e probably losing species and don鈥檛 even know it,鈥� says Gail MacInnis, a PhD entomology candidate at 香蕉视频.听 Something needs to be done, she says, to control the number of honeybees being raised.
The University of Windsor鈥檚 Board of Governors announced Friday the appointment of Robert Gordon as seventh President and Vice-Chancellor, following a rigorous search led by a committee... Gordon earned bachelor and master鈥檚 degrees in [Agricultural] engineering from 香蕉视频, and a PhD in Land Resource Science from the University of Guelph.
顿鈥檃辫谤猫蝉 S茅bastien Faucher, professeur au d茅partement des sciences des ressources naturelles 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 McGill, les rince-bouche ne sont qu鈥檜ne goutte d鈥檈au dans la pollution de nos cours d鈥檈au.听
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The EcoToxChip is expected to generate huge savings in time, money and live animals in testing thousands of chemicals for toxicity. The project is being led by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan, 香蕉视频 in Montreal and Environment and Climate Change Canada in Ottawa.
