In a recent episode of Ěý, Professor Salwa Karboune gaves viewers a birds-eye view of her work to define the antimicrobial activity of certain natural ingredients and better understand how they interact with each other. “The more we understand this, the more we will be able to modulate the ingredients in such a way that they function appropriately in our food products”.Ěý
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Published on: 21 Sep 2018
Le campus Macdonald de l’UniversitĂ© McGill disposera bientĂ´t d’un nouvel espace pour faire connaĂ®tre au grand public la vraie nature de l’agriculture moderne.Ěý ...
Published on: 21 Sep 2018
Kyle Elliott (NRS), Canada Research Chair in Arctic Ecology is in Tianjin, China to participate in the Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum (WEF). In 2017, Kyle was named by the WEF one of the best scientists in the world under the age of 40. ĚýThe theme of this year’s meeting is the need for global collaboration in the 4th Industrial Revolution. Ěý
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Published on: 17 Sep 2018
The weed industry is booming but cannabis companies are struggling with a growing problem: finding the right employees in the run-up to Canada legalizing recreational marijuana in October.
As Canada becomes only the second country to legalize recreational use, the cannabis industry could add 150,000 jobs over the next several years, according to an estimate from Deloitte.
An expert says the number of jobs available are “legion” and that “it’s a great time to come into this new marketplace” but companies have lots of job vacancies they’re anxious to fill....
Published on: 12 Sep 2018
Des chercheurs montréalais et colombiens ont découvert trois super pommes de terre capables de lutter contre la faim et la malnutrition. « Ce sont des pommes de terre plus nutritives que les autres, une véritable innovation », se réjouit Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, directeur de l’Institut pour la sécurité alimentaire globale, à l’Université McGill.
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Published on: 12 Sep 2018
There will doubtless be more and more postgraduate degrees based on cannabis production after it has been legalized, says Anja Geitmann, dean of agriculture at Montreal’s Ď㽶ĘÓƵ. “I’m pretty sure it’s going to change the research landscape in the sense that researchers now have access or can do research on the plant much easier,” she says.
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Published on: 10 Sep 2018
Like a high-tech vending machine, but with lettuce!
A group of McGill Bioresource Engineering students have developed a project, funded by the Sustainability Projects Fund, that has installed the first autonomous controlled-environment growth chamber display on the Macdonald campus. ĚýPierce Dias Carlson, Rachael Warner, Leo McGuire and Connor Miller each offer a unique skill-set in successfully creating a productive autonomous growth chamber.
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Published on: 27 Aug 2018
McGill’s Very Own Circular Micro-Economy
Published on: 27 Aug 2018
Les universités canadiennes accueillent encore bien peu d'étudiants autochtones, encore moins dans le domaine de la santé.
Published on: 27 Aug 2018
By Vardit Ravitsky, Associate Professor of Bioethics at the University of Montreal and Sarah Kimmins, Associate Professor at Ď㽶ĘÓƵ and Canada Research Chair in Epigenetics, Reproduction and Development.
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Published on: 27 Aug 2018
To humans, 31 miles may not seem like a very long distance to travel, but for a spider, it’s a long, long way to go. Emily Chung at the CBC reports on a new study that shows that since the 1960s, the northern black widow spider, Latrodectus variolus, has crawled that much further into Canada and may continue skittering northward as the climate changes.
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Published on: 27 Aug 2018
Martine Bourgeois [BSc(Agr)'82] gagne pour une deuxième année consécutive le prix de l’Agricultrice de l’année de la Montérégie-Est. … « Quand je faisais mes études [au baccalauréat en agriculture à l’Université McGill], il y avait peu d’accès pour les filles. J’ai été chanceuse d’avoir eu un emploi, mais il a vraiment fallu que je fasse ma place. J’ai osé faire des changements et sortir de ma zone de confort, ce que je ne regrette pas.
Published on: 23 Aug 2018
Peut-on amĂ©nager une Ă©table pour offrir un plus grand bien-ĂŞtre aux animaux qui y passent leur vieĚý? Des chercheurs se penchent sur la question.
Environ 90Ěý% des fermes laitières au QuĂ©bec recourent Ă la stabulation entravĂ©e. Selon cette formule, les vaches mènent toutes leurs activitĂ©s dans la stalleĚý: elles y mangent, y dorment et s’y font traire. D’oĂą l’importance de leur fournir un espace favorable au bien-ĂŞtre.
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Published on: 22 Aug 2018
Les fermes du Québec génèrent chaque année 75 millions de tonnes de plumes de poulets! Une partie est réduite en farine et ajoutée à la nourriture animale, mais le reste finit souvent dans les poubelles. Marie-Josée Dumont, professeure au Département de génie des bioressources à l’Université McGill, ne pouvait imaginer laisser une telle ressource gratuite et disponible en aussi grande quantité finir sa vie aux ordures.
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Published on: 22 Aug 2018
The Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue City Council has voted in favor of banning left turns on boulevard des Anciens-Combattants northbound at the intersection of the ramp for Highway 20 West between 16h00 and 18h00. The changes will go into effect on September 17, 2018.
Rest assured that officials from Macdonald and John Abbott College did make a representation to the Town about the potential impact of this decision on the campus community prior to the decision being taken.
To learn more about this Pilot Project, please read the notice below.
Published on: 21 Aug 2018
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