Alumni /plant/taxonomy/term/915/all en Autumn Nature Scavenger Hunt /plant/channels/event/autumn-nature-scavenger-hunt-359657 <p>The Office of Student Academic Services has created a new nature scavenger about the <a href="/morganarboretum/">Morgan Arboretum</a>!</p> Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:43:41 +0000 admin 7027 at /plant The little-known—and threatened—orcas of the North Atlantic /plant/channels/news/little-known-and-threatened-orcas-north-atlantic-359516 <p>Anaïs Remili, PhD(AgEnvSc)'23, an ecotoxicologist and postdoctoral researcher, tracks contaminants that threaten the health of North Atlantic orcas. While Pacific orca populations are well studied, little is known about those that swim off the Canadian and European east coasts, and they are less protected.</p> Tue, 10 Sep 2024 19:01:15 +0000 admin 7024 at /plant Biodiversity Festival /plant/channels/event/biodiversity-festival-358812 <p>Come celebrate the one-year anniversary of McGill’s first <a href="/sustainability/commitments/biodiversity-plan" title="/sustainability/commitments/biodiversity-plan">Biodiversity Plan</a> on Tuesday, Sep</p> Tue, 27 Aug 2024 18:26:20 +0000 admin 7019 at /plant Activity Booklet: The Mysteries of Halloween - 2024 edition /plant/channels/event/activity-booklet-mysteries-halloween-2024-edition-334375 <h2>Join us in celebrating National Pumpkin Day!</h2> Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:29:09 +0000 admin 7014 at /plant Activity Booklet: The Delights of the Winter Season - 2024 edition /plant/channels/event/activity-booklet-delights-winter-season-2024-edition-335449 <h2>Join us in celebrating the holiday season!</h2> Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:46:50 +0000 admin 7016 at /plant Day Trips to Gault Nature Reserve on Mont-Saint-Hilaire /plant/channels/event/day-trips-gault-nature-reserve-mont-saint-hilaire-359053 <div><img src="https://se-images.campuslabs.ca/clink/images/31c171ac-abbb-4427-9624-380f691ccd901a835200-fe31-4c9b-8b1f-1d197ad26fab.png?preset=med-w" width="320" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom:15px" alt="Day Trips to Gault Natur</body></html>" /></div> Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:51:42 +0000 admin 7006 at /plant Day Trips to Gault Nature Reserve on Mont-Saint-Hilaire /plant/channels/event/day-trips-gault-nature-reserve-mont-saint-hilaire-359054 <div><img src="https://se-images.campuslabs.ca/clink/images/31c171ac-abbb-4427-9624-380f691ccd901a835200-fe31-4c9b-8b1f-1d197ad26fab.png?preset=med-w" width="320" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom:15px" alt="Day Trips to Gault Natur</body></html>" /></div> Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:51:43 +0000 admin 7007 at /plant Day Trips to Gault Nature Reserve on Mont-Saint-Hilaire /plant/channels/event/day-trips-gault-nature-reserve-mont-saint-hilaire-359055 <div><img src="https://se-images.campuslabs.ca/clink/images/31c171ac-abbb-4427-9624-380f691ccd901a835200-fe31-4c9b-8b1f-1d197ad26fab.png?preset=med-w" width="320" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom:15px" alt="Day Trips to Gault Natur</body></html>" /></div> Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:51:43 +0000 admin 7008 at /plant Day Trips to Gault Nature Reserve on Mont-Saint-Hilaire /plant/channels/event/day-trips-gault-nature-reserve-mont-saint-hilaire-359051 <div><img src="https://se-images.campuslabs.ca/clink/images/31c171ac-abbb-4427-9624-380f691ccd901a835200-fe31-4c9b-8b1f-1d197ad26fab.png?preset=med-w" width="320" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom:15px" alt="Day Trips to Gault Natur</body></html>" /></div> Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:51:41 +0000 admin 7004 at /plant Day Trips to Gault Nature Reserve on Mont-Saint-Hilaire /plant/channels/event/day-trips-gault-nature-reserve-mont-saint-hilaire-359052 <div><img src="https://se-images.campuslabs.ca/clink/images/31c171ac-abbb-4427-9624-380f691ccd901a835200-fe31-4c9b-8b1f-1d197ad26fab.png?preset=med-w" width="320" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom:15px" alt="Day Trips to Gault Natur</body></html>" /></div> Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:51:42 +0000 admin 7005 at /plant Feeding Quebecers—alumni-founded Ferme Coopérative Tourne-Sol is thriving /plant/channels/news/feeding-quebecers-alumni-founded-ferme-cooperative-tourne-sol-thriving-358902 <p><strong><big>Ferme Coopérative Tourne-Sol, founded by five McGill graduates, supplies fresh, organic produce to about 700 families, and, with its seed business and planning tools, is giving a boost to fellow farmers and gardeners</big></strong></p> <p><em>By François Shalom for the McGill Reporter</em></p> <p>“We’re a Quebec business, we feed Quebecers. About 700 Quebec families eat well thanks to us. They eat organic, locally grown food—healthy food—and that’s important.”  </p> Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:37:26 +0000 admin 7000 at /plant Activity Booklet: Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall! - 2024 edition /plant/channels/event/activity-booklet-goodbye-summer-hello-fall-2024-edition-333609 <p>The <a href="/osas/cpd">Office of Student Academic Services</a> in collaboration with the Sonia Bujold Initiative and Let’s Talk Science at 㽶Ƶ, has put together a lovely <strong>free online booklet of self-paced</strong></p> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 16:14:55 +0000 admin 6995 at /plant McGill Recreation Fall Programming /plant/channels/event/mcgill-recreation-fall-programming-358856 <div><img src="https://se-images.campuslabs.ca/clink/images/bc1e2f39-4de2-466c-9e70-fce317032cb820a9bfac-40a5-4cb8-acfa-c5b7f0cd72f7.png?preset=med-w" width="320" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom:15px" alt="McGill Recreation Fall P</body></html>" /></div> Tue, 27 Aug 2024 05:18:52 +0000 admin 6992 at /plant Lister Family Engaged Science 3-Minute Thesis Competition /plant/channels/event/lister-family-engaged-science-3-minute-thesis-competition-332979 <p>Since 2017, the <a href="/osas/cpd/listerengagedscience">Lister Family Engaged Science Initiative</a> has supported the Lister Family Engaged Science 3-Minute Thesis Competition. </p> Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:43:17 +0000 admin 6969 at /plant The Jean-Martin Fortier phenomenon /plant/channels/news/jean-martin-fortier-phenomenon-358254 <p>In a recent article, <a href="https://lactualite.com/societe/le-phenomene-jean-martin-fortier/">L'actualité does a deep dive</a> into small-scale farm enthusiast, author, and star of the popular series <i>Les </i><em>fermiers </em>Jean-Martin Fortier (BA'02). This "rock-star" of organic microfarming in Quebec is highly regarded by many, though some have raised concerns that his presentation of the business as profitable and accessible to all is overly optimistic.</p> Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:24:40 +0000 admin 6961 at /plant