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The weed industry is booming but cannabis companies are struggling with a growing problem: finding the right employees in the run-up to Canada legalizing recreational marijuana in October.

As Canada becomes only the second country to legalize recreational use, the cannabis industry could add 150,000 jobs over the next several years, according to an estimate from Deloitte.

An expert says the number of jobs available are “legion” and that “it’s a great time to come into this new marketplace” but companies have lots of job vacancies they’re anxious to fill....

Classified as: cannabis, cannabis industry, qualified personnel
Published on: 12 Sep 2018

Des chercheurs montrĂ©alais et colombiens ont dĂ©couvert trois super pommes de terre capables de lutter contre la faim et la malnutrition. « Ce sont des pommes de terre plus nutritives que les autres, une vĂ©ritable innovation », se rĂ©jouit Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, directeur de l’Institut pour la sĂ©curitĂ© alimentaire globale, Ă  l’UniversitĂ© ş«ąúÂăÎč.

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Classified as: global food security, hunger, Institute for Global Food Security, super potato
Published on: 12 Sep 2018

There will doubtless be more and more postgraduate degrees based on cannabis production after it has been legalized, says Anja Geitmann, dean of agriculture at Montreal’s ş«ąúÂăÎč. “I’m pretty sure it’s going to change the research landscape in the sense that researchers now have access or can do research on the plant much easier,” she says.

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Classified as: cannabis, education, medical cannabis, Research
Published on: 10 Sep 2018

Like a high-tech vending machine, but with lettuce!

A group of ş«ąúÂăÎč Bioresource Engineering students have developed a project, funded by the Sustainability Projects Fund, that has installed the first autonomous controlled-environment growth chamber display on the Macdonald campus. ĚýPierce Dias Carlson, Rachael Warner, Leo McGuire and Connor Miller each offer a unique skill-set in successfully creating a productive autonomous growth chamber.

Classified as: Controlled environment agriculture
Published on: 27 Aug 2018

ş«ąúÂăÎč’s Very Own Circular Micro-Economy

Published on: 27 Aug 2018

Les universités canadiennes accueillent encore bien peu d'étudiants autochtones, encore moins dans le domaine de la santé.

Classified as: Indigenous Peoples, Mentoring
Published on: 27 Aug 2018

By Vardit Ravitsky, Associate Professor of Bioethics at the University of Montreal and Sarah Kimmins, Associate Professor at ş«ąúÂăÎč and Canada Research Chair in Epigenetics, Reproduction and Development.

Classified as: epigenetics, in vitro fertilization
Published on: 27 Aug 2018

To humans, 31 miles may not seem like a very long distance to travel, but for a spider, it’s a long, long way to go. Emily Chung at the CBC reports on a new study that shows that since the 1960s, the northern black widow spider, Latrodectus variolus, has crawled that much further into Canada and may continue skittering northward as the climate changes.

Classified as: Research, black widow spiders
Published on: 27 Aug 2018

Martine Bourgeois [BSc(Agr)'82] gagne pour une deuxième annĂ©e consĂ©cutive le prix de l’Agricultrice de l’annĂ©e de la MontĂ©rĂ©gie-Est. … « Quand je faisais mes Ă©tudes [au baccalaurĂ©at en agriculture Ă  l’UniversitĂ© ş«ąúÂăÎč], il y avait peu d’accès pour les filles. J’ai Ă©tĂ© chanceuse d’avoir eu un emploi, mais il a vraiment fallu que je fasse ma place. J’ai osĂ© faire des changements et sortir de ma zone de confort, ce que je ne regrette pas.

Classified as: agriculture
Published on: 23 Aug 2018

Peut-on amĂ©nager une Ă©table pour offrir un plus grand bien-ĂŞtre aux animaux qui y passent leur vieĚý? Des chercheurs se penchent sur la question.

Environ 90Ěý% des fermes laitières au QuĂ©bec recourent Ă  la stabulation entravĂ©e. Selon cette formule, les vaches mènent toutes leurs activitĂ©s dans la stalleĚý: elles y mangent, y dorment et s’y font traire. D’oĂą l’importance de leur fournir un espace favorable au bien-ĂŞtre.

Classified as: Cow comfort and management
Published on: 22 Aug 2018

Les fermes du QuĂ©bec gĂ©nèrent chaque annĂ©e 75 millions de tonnes de plumes de poulets! Une partie est rĂ©duite en farine et ajoutĂ©e Ă  la nourriture animale, mais le reste finit souvent dans les poubelles. Marie-JosĂ©e Dumont, professeure au DĂ©partement de gĂ©nie des bioressources Ă  l’UniversitĂ© ş«ąúÂăÎč, ne pouvait imaginer laisser une telle ressource gratuite et disponible en aussi grande quantitĂ© finir sa vie aux ordures.

Classified as: recycling, plumes de poulets, super absorent gels, chicken feathers
Published on: 22 Aug 2018

The Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue City Council has voted in favor of banning left turns on boulevard des Anciens-Combattants northbound at the intersection of the ramp for Highway 20 West between 16h00 and 18h00. The changes will go into effect on September 17, 2018.

Rest assured that officials from Macdonald and John Abbott College did make a representation to the Town about the potential impact of this decision on the campus community prior to the decision being taken.

To learn more about this Pilot Project, please read the notice below.

Classified as: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
Published on: 21 Aug 2018

Le dimanche 9 septembre , de 10Ěýh Ă  16Ěýh, c’est un rendez-vous sur plus de 100Ěýfermes partout au QuĂ©bec et au Parc olympique de MontrĂ©al pour la 16eĚýĂ©dition des Portes ouvertes sur les fermes du QuĂ©bec....PrĂ©sentĂ© par l’UPA depuis 2003, cet Ă©vĂ©nement familial gratuit permet de visiter des fermes qui en plus de leur accueil offrent des dĂ©gustations de produits rĂ©gionaux, dĂ©monstrations agricoles, rencontres avec des experts tels que vĂ©tĂ©rinaires et agronomes et, surtout, un contact privilĂ©giĂ© avec les gens de passion qui se cachent derrière nos bons produits d’ici.

Classified as: Portes Ouvertes UPA, UPA Open House
Published on: 20 Aug 2018

Based in Kahnawake, Quebec Indigenous Mentorship Network seeks to support and encourage Indigenous students. (...) "We do need more representation in all health-related fields. There's a growing number, but we're all very stretched with demands," said Treena Delormier, an associate professor in the School of Human Nutrition at ş«ąúÂăÎč.

Classified as: health, Indigenous Peoples, mentorship
Published on: 20 Aug 2018

NOVEL REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AIM TO BUILD CAPACITY IN THE CANADIAN BUFFALO MILK INDUSTRY

Classified as: genetics, buffalo, Milk Production
Published on: 20 Aug 2018

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