Her mission is to advance McGill鈥檚 vision for global academic leadership by enhancing the University鈥檚 international presence and ties听
By Neale McDevitt, Editor, McGill Reporter
Anja Geitmann sees herself as a catalyst.听
鈥淚鈥檓 here to connect the dots and to support collaborations between McGill and the rest of the world,鈥� said Geitmann, who today began a five-year renewable term as the University鈥檚 Vice-President (Global Engagement).听
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 McGill 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.
From left to right: Roseann O鈥橰eilly Runte (Director of CFI, Government of Canada), Hugo Dionne (Qu茅bec government representative), Marie-Claude Bibeau (Minister of National Revenue and MP for Compton鈥擲tanstead), Peter Moffett (Director of CORS脠VE), S茅bastien Roy (Professor of Biology, Universit茅 de Sherbrooke), Anja Geitmann (Dean of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill), Carole Beaulieu (Dean of Science, Universit茅 de Sherbrooke), Pierre Cossette (Rector, Universit茅 de Sherbrooke), Catherine Latendresse (Head of Communications, METRO).
Now that our senior leaders have had a few months to settle into their new positions, find out what鈥檚 been happening on campus.听
By Professor Anja Geitmann and Acting Dean听Val茅rie Orsat
On March 21, McGill celebrated 111 laureates at the 19th听edition of Bravo, a gala event honouring researchers who won major provincial, national, and international research prizes and awards in 2023. Guests, including researchers, their families and friends, faculty, students, and members of McGill鈥檚 academic administration, gathered to celebrate their accomplishments.
Eight of the honourees were from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences:
On November 22, a delegation of McGill senior academic leaders, including听Interim Vice-President (Global Engagement) and听Department of Plant Science Professor听Anja Geitmann, Associate Provost (Teaching and Academic Programs) and Department of Natural Resource Sciences Professor Christopher Buddle, and School of Human Nutrition Professor Treena Wasonti:io Delormier, visited the Mohawk commun
As Canadians experience a year of record-breaking wildfires, floods, and extreme heat, experts are warning that these conditions will persist and likely intensify over the coming decades as we experience the escalating effects of climate change and global warming. These impacts are being felt even more acutely in northern regions of the planet, where temperatures are rising at four times the global rate.
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鈥檚 $5.3 million investment in BioFuelNet Canada as part of the Agri-Science Program.
On September 7,听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:
Today, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, on behalf of the Honourable Fran莽ois-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.
The discovery of the mechanics and molecular mechanism that dictate cell shape formation in plants by a team of McGill researchers offers new clues about the fundamental processes governing tissue formation in multicellular organisms.听
Plants are made of cells that come in a wide array of shapes and sizes, each of which is closely related and essential to the function of a specific tissue.听
Plant sex relies on a combination of prodding and a lot of communication and guidance suggests a study published in the September 2018 issue of .
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Selon une 茅tude publi茅e dans le num茅ro de septembre2018 de la revue , la reproduction chez les plantes reposerait sur une pouss茅e 茅nergique et une bonne dose de communication.
En cette fin d'ann茅e, nous vous proposons une r茅flexion sur l'agriculture avec une femme qui a consacr茅 sa vie aux enjeux agricoles. Anja Geitmann est doyenne de la facult茅 des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'environnement 脿 l'Universit茅 McGill.
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