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First cohort of McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative Fellows includes Mac Campus "Smart insecticide" team

New award provides support for the next generation of sustainability researchers, promotes interdisciplinary approaches 

Developing a smart insecticide, assessing protective coatings in marine environments and measuring space allocated to active transport are among the projects undertaken by the inaugural cohort of McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI) Fellows. 

Published: 4 Sep 2024

McGill Spinoff FeX Energy receives major grant from Axelys

Company technology leverages high energy density of iron to provide carbon-free, stable renewable energy that is environmentally safe and highly dispatchable

Published: 5 Aug 2024

AI and Sustainability: Balancing Innovation with Planetary and Social Well-being

Date: October 10th, 2024 | Time: 6:00 PM | Location: The McGill Faculty Club | Free Event 
Published: 17 Jul 2024

Can hopeful moments lead to hopeful futures?

Can hopeful moments lead to hopeful futures?

By Daphne Chalmers (McGill, Education), Julia Freeman (McGill, Bieler School of Environment), Diane Dechief (McGill, Office of Science Education), Natalya Gomez (McGill, Earth and Planetary Sciences), Blane Harvey (McGill, Education), Amy Janzwood (McGill, Bieler School of Environment/Political Science) and Nik Luka (McGill, Architecture and Urban Planning)

Published: 8 Jul 2024

Interdisciplinary collaboration key for sustainability-focused curriculum redesign program

The team of experts behind McGill’s Sustainability Education Fellows reflects on the challenges and successes of the program’s first year.

Published: 16 Aug 2023

Newly certified sustainable workplaces at McGill: Summer 2023

Improving accessibility, rethinking old habits, and hosting a clothing swap were among the actions taken by new and returning sustainably certified workplaces.

Published: 15 Aug 2023

How do we maintain momentum as students graduate?

Outgoing Office of Sustainability Communications Intern Maya Willard-Stepan and her peers reflect on the challenges of building a sustainability movement on campus despite high student turnover.

As summer approaches, another cohort of McGillians prepare to make their way across the convocation stage, and thousands of students who have been involved in sustainability projects on campus head out into the world.

Published: 31 May 2023

Newly certified sustainable workplaces at McGill: Spring 2023

Teamwork was a major motivator for many of the offices that joined the Sustainable Workplace Certification program this semester.\

It’s surprisingly easy. That was the most common takeaway for the 11 teams that joined the Sustainable Workplace Certification program this academic year.

Published: 31 May 2023

Sustainable Sparks: Stephanie Leite on learning for the future

How do we encourage respirology residents to consider climate change when they develop treatment plans? What tools do future elementary school teachers need to bring environmental education into their classrooms? What latest advancements in synthetic biology could help students develop solutions to real-world sustainability issues?

Published: 25 May 2023

Sustainability in research: Six McGill labs receive My Green Lab certification

As McGill prepares to launch its own sustainable lab certification program, six research teams tested the waters to see what it takes to go green.

Published: 18 May 2023

Newly certified sustainable workplaces at McGill: Winter 2023

Five offices across disciplines and campuses embrace sustainability at work and beyond through the Sustainable Workplace Certification program

What motivates sustainable change?

Published: 17 May 2023

McGill receives government recognition for waste management practices

The ICI on recycle + program highlights organizations across Quebec committed to improving their waste sorting and reduction efforts

McGill is one of two Quebec universities to receive recognition from the provincial government for its waste management practices. RECYC-QUÉBEC, the branch responsible for sustainable waste management, recently awarded McGill’s downtown campus the Performance certification level of its ICI on recycle + program.

Published: 16 May 2023

Sustainability in research: If you want to green your lab, start with the freezer

Cell biology researcher Dieter Reinhardt explains why his lab is cool with turning up the temperature of their freezers

Published: 15 May 2023

Sustainability in research: The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance lab on finding creative solutions

Helium is probably not the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think about recycling – unless they’re experimental chemists working in McGill’s Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facilities.

Published: 16 Mar 2023

Students launch new hub to advocate for global food security

The name of a new global food security hub at McGill might be a mouthful, but the students behind it are confident their work will help get food into the mouths of people who need it.

“We want to be a place where students can get hands-on experience advocating for solutions,” said Efrata Woldeyohanes, the undergraduate student leading the recently launched Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security Student Nexus.

Published: 9 Mar 2023

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