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According to a new study published inThe Journal of Nutritionby a team includingAssociate ProfessorDaiva Nielsenand other researchers from McGill's School of Human Nutrition, a supportive social environment may protect against nutritional risk among middle and older-aged adults.

Classified as: School of Human Nutrition, Daiva Nielsen
Published on: 4 Oct 2023

, written by a team which includes ProfessorElena Bennettin McGill’s Department of Natural Resource Sciences, explores the challenges of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch defined by humans' colossal impact on the environment. To counteract this widescale destruction, the researchers propose that imagination is a hopeful yet complicated tool for creating a positive environmental future.

Classified as: Department of Natural Resource Sciences, elena bennett
Published on: 4 Oct 2023

On August 30, Vice-Principal of Macdonald Campus and Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Anja Geitmann welcomed Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis Francis Scarpaleggia, on behalf of Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) Lawrence MacAulay, to the Macdonald Campus. In the presence of industry partners AgroWorld and other invited guests, Scarpaleggia announced AAFC’s $5.3 million investment in BioFuelNet Canada as part of the Agri-Science Program.

Classified as: Anja Geitmann, Don Smith, Department of Plant Science
Published on: 4 Oct 2023

Across Quebec, we're already seeing leaves start to transition from bright summery greens to the burnished, coppery hues of Fall—but the changes aren’t happening because the days are chillier. As McGill Plant Science LecturerDavid Wees told the , it's actually because the days are getting shorter.

Classified as: david wees, Department of Plant Science
Published on: 2 Oct 2023

Even though she grew up on a farm, Stéphanie Naud had never touched an axe or saw before studying at McGill's Mac campus. As a natural athlete who loved the outdoors and working with her hands,when she heard about our unique inter-university lumberjack club, she was intrigued,she recently told Le journal de Montréal.

Classified as: Woodsmen
Published on: 2 Oct 2023

With fall officially here, it's time for Lennoxville, Quebec's annual Giant Pumpkin Festival, where people can see pumpkins that weigh as much as 680 kilograms.

The festival — which is taking place at the Amédée Beaudoin community centre Sundayfrom 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. — is a family event with bouncy castles, a petting zoo, a farmers'market, music and even horse-drawn carriages.

Alexandre Lemire started growing giant pumpkins three years ago after being inspired by festival founder MikeMacdonald's crops. Last year, his biggest pumpkin weighed 704 kilograms.

Classified as: david wees, Farm Management and Technology Program, Department of Plant Science
Published on: 27 Sep 2023

It is impossible to imagine modern agriculture without plastics—12 million tons are used every year. But what about the environmental consequences? An international team of authors, including McGill Department of Bioresource Engineering Professor Jan Franklin Adamowski and Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry Associate Professor and ChairStéphane Bayen, addresses this question in a recent study.

Classified as: Stephane Bayen, Jan Adamowski, Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Department of Bioresource engineering
Published on: 27 Sep 2023

Wonder found chasing bugs: A summer in the Yukon Arctic

In a new McGill Reporter article, Renewable ResourcesMaster's student Will Hein writes about his journey to the heart of the remote Arctic wilderness to study wildlife interaction in the face of climate change.

Classified as: renewable resources, Bieler School of Environment
Published on: 27 Sep 2023

Several McGill staff members and teams were honoured at the annual Security Services Community Barbecue, on September 15.

“Each year, the Campus Public Safety (CPS) teams recognize colleagues they consider to be safety champions by naming them Safety Ambassadors,” said Pierre Barbarie, Senior Director, Campus Public Safety. “These are individuals or groups of individuals, whose jobs are not necessarily related to safety, but who go out of their way to make their building, their department or the campuses a safer place for everyone.”

Classified as: Campus Safety
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Published on: 27 Sep 2023

With this donation from Pfizer Canada, early career scientists and researchers across the McGill and MUHC community have an opportunity to carry out research across three broad thematic areas: Pandemic Threats, Antimicrobial Resistance, Microbes that Shape Human Health.

Classified as: Institute of Parasitology, Qian (Vivian) Liu
Published on: 27 Sep 2023
This was the worst year for Canadian wildfires on record and though fire season is not yet over, we can already start to see and look at some of the impact of fires on our ecosystems across the country. One population particularly affected by the fires this summer is birds.
Classified as: David Bird, Dept. of Natural Resource Sciences
Published on: 20 Sep 2023

As casescreep upward of a rare disease that spreads to humans from wild canines and dogs, medical experts say it's important to get abetter understanding of its incidence across the country.

Alveolar echinococcosis(AE) isan infection caused by the parasiteEchinococcus multilocularis, which is carried by coyotes, dogs and foxes. The tapeworm common in Europe was first detected in wildlife in Western Canada in 2012; one year later, the first human case of AE was found in a woman in rural Alberta.

Published on: 20 Sep 2023

On September 7,thirty two AES undergraduate research awardees shared posters illustrating their summer research jobs.

Dean Anja Geitmann broke through the waves of animated conversation to congratulate the students for engaging in this inspiring science conversation and to award four researchers for their outstanding posters:

Classified as: Anja Geitmann, Murray Humphries, Salwa Karboune, Stephane Bayen, Xin Zhao, USRA, Varoujan Yaylayan
Published on: 20 Sep 2023

If you’ve noticed thatcertain products in the grocery storetaste different from how you remember, it’s possible some of their ingredients have been swapped for cheaper alternatives.

Experts say food producers are increasingly changing the ingredients in products to cut costsamid soaring food prices and labour shortages—a practice known as “skimpflation.” Could our health be at stake?

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 5 Sep 2023

Today, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced an investment of more than $960 million in support of research and innovation through a suite of programs. These programs include the John R.

Classified as: Anja Geitmann, lyle whyte, Salwa Karboune, Stephane Bayen, Viacheslav Adamchuk, Jianguo Xia, Ebenezer Miezah Kwofie, Xiaonan Lu, Thavy Long, Idaresit Ekaette, Saji George, Shiv Prasher, Denis Roy
Published on: 30 Aug 2023

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