/macdonald/taxonomy/term/2/all en /macdonald/channels/event/2024-john-abbott-macdonald-remembrance-day-ceremony-357478 <p>“Remembrance Day gives us all an opportunity to pay respect to the men and women who serve to protect our freedom but it also allows us to connect the students of today to our shared history.</p> Wed, 29 May 2024 15:02:37 +0000 admin 6060 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/tentative-date-last-day-nutr-409-stage-dietetics-level-3-354860 <p>(Tentative Date) Last day for NUTR 409, Stage in Dietetics Level 3.</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:20:21 +0000 admin 12958 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/open-science-office-hours-open-hardware-362912 <h2><strong>Atelier "Matériel Ouvert</strong><b>"</b></h2> <h4>En quoi ça consiste, et tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu demander sans savoir comment!</h4> <p><b>Vendredi, le 7 février 2025<br /> 11:30 – 12:30 h HNE</b><br />  </p> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:53:18 +0000 admin 12873 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/geography-department-celebrates-80th-anniversary-362910 <p>McGill’s Department of Geography turns 80 this year! </p> <p>This milestone marks the anniversary of George Kimble’s appointment as McGill’s first Professor of Geography and Department Chair on January 1, 1945. </p> <p>Kimble, who had previously been a meteorologist with the Royal Navy, was allocated two rooms in the Arts Building (rooms 30 and 38) by the Faculty of Arts and Science to lay the foundation for the new department. A few months later, F.K. Hare was appointed as McGill’s second Professor of Geography (eventually becoming Dean of Arts and Science in 1961). </p> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:03:17 +0000 admin 12864 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/mcgills-department-psychology-ranks-21st-times-higher-education-top-50-list-362911 <p>McGill provides a top-tier education in a wide variety of fields, as highlighted in the <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject">World University Rankings by Subject 2025</a>, released on January 22 by Times Higher Education (THE). </p> <p>McGill ranks among the top 90 in the world in all of the 11 subjects assessed, placing six subjects in the top 50. The number of institutions of higher education considered varied by discipline, from 389 for Law to 1,488 for Engineering. </p> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:08:12 +0000 admin 12863 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/anil-wasif-tackling-25-tariff-threats-policy-magazine-362561 <p>January 13, 2025 | Alumnus Anil Wasif MPP'21 wrote an <a href="https://www.policymagazine.ca/premiers-tear-down-these-internal-trade-walls/">article</a> as Canada braces for U.S. tariff threats of 25% after the newly elected Trump administration. The strategies disparity between the federal and provincial governments poses a greater problem. </p> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:42:27 +0000 admin 12696 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/aftab-ahmed-metas-dominance-policy-magazine-362893 <p>January 22, 2025 | Alumnus Aftab Ahmed MPP'23 wrote about growing <a href="https://www.policymagazine.ca/when-meta-met-maga/">Meta's dominance in the digital economy</a> as social media applications such as Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp command over three billion active monthly users worldwide. In the Policy Magazine, he wrote "Meta faces no competition capable of challenging its influence.</p> Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:27:05 +0000 admin 12695 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/aftab-ahmed-challenging-asias-great-power-influence-policy-magazine-359297 <p>September 3, 2024 | Alumnus Aftab Ahmed MPP'23 wrote about the <a href="https://www.policymagazine.ca/can-india-challenge-china-as-asias-great-power-ask-its-neighbours/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" title="https://www.policymagazine.ca/can-india-challenge-china-as-asias-great-power-ask-its-neighbours/">challenging influence of India in the regional Asian subcontinent</a> given the current political environment of Bangladesh. He explains how India's heavy-handed foreign policy has fueled the crisis in Bangladesh and strained its relationships with other neighbouring countries.</p> Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:55:16 +0000 admin 12701 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/anil-wasif-imf-and-world-bank-addressing-global-challenges-policy-magazine-360671 <p>October 22, 2024 | Alumnus Anil Wasif MPP'21 wrote an <a href="https://www.policymagazine.ca/at-the-imf-world-bank-annual-meetings-the-mood-is-for-reform/">article</a> about the IMF and the World Bank initiating to promote global economic stability. It has been 80 years since the establishment of these institutions and new challenges have sprung.</p> Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:40:19 +0000 admin 12697 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/old-books-and-new-research-uncovering-forgotten-work-mary-hinckley-answer-new-ecological-questions-362855 <p><i>Version française à venir.</i></p> Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:40:52 +0000 admin 12662 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/winter-2025-examination-period-farm-management-and-technology-354859 <p>Winter term examination period for Farm Management and Technology program.</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:20:21 +0000 admin 12622 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/info-session-introduction-mcgills-mentorship-network-platform-362838 <div><img src="https://se-images.campuslabs.ca/clink/images/b7d86836-92e8-4273-b37c-5fc8824d211027a702fd-c12f-4f7b-a818-feaa8573640e.png?preset=med-w" width="320" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom:15px" alt=" Introduction to McGill’</body></html>" /></div> Thu, 23 Jan 2025 07:47:20 +0000 admin 12623 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/author-talk-and-book-signing-dan-brisebois-author-seed-farmer-complete-guide-growing-using-and-362836 <p><i>Version française à venir.</i></p> Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:34:21 +0000 admin 12589 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/why-are-egg-yolks-different-colours-comments-macdonald-campus-farm-technician-louis-philippe-362784 <p>National Post published an article that cracking the case of egg yolk colours, from nutrition to taste, and how they came about in the first place.</p> <p>Unlike shell colour, which depends on the breed of chicken, the hue of an egg yolk is determined by the hen’s diet.</p> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:54:21 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 12510 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/macdonald-grad-studies-office-earns-silver-mcgills-sustainable-workplace-certification-program-362573 <p><i><small>From left to right: Academic Associate </small></i><small><i>Laura Wittebol, Graduate Program Coordinators Maude Bélanger, Erin Minnett, and Simone Clamann, and </i><em>Associate Dean (Graduate Education) Jean-Benoit Charron</em></small></p> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 22:57:05 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 11814 at /macdonald