subscribe

Magic Mud Pots win a top award for Food Science students at Chicago food expo

earned its second consecutive victory in the Smart Snacks for Kids category

By Stephanie Wereley for the Reporter

Published: 24 Sep 2024

Saturday night sushi comes from the grocery store: Pascal Thériault comments

As consumers increasingly opt for ready-to-eat meals rather than going to restaurants, restaurants like Au pied de cochon are responding by expanding their grocery offerings.

Published: 17 Sep 2024

The hidden climate cost: Food loss, waste, and greenhouse gas emissions

Professor Gordon Price from Dalhousie University and Professor Grant Clark from 's Department of Bioresource Engineering study the hidden climate change costs of food loss and waste in Canada.

Published: 17 Sep 2024

How ’s Sustainability Projects Fund improved campus life over the past 15 years

Have you ever used one of ’s water-bottle refill stations?

Published: 10 Sep 2024

The little-known—and threatened—orcas of the North Atlantic

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.

Published: 10 Sep 2024

Trying to protect agriculture and preserve antibiotics—interview with Prof. Jennifer Ronholm

A major issue associated with antimicrobial resistance is the overuse and potential misuse of antibiotics in agriculture.

Published: 9 Sep 2024

Prof. Christopher Buddle: Mosquitos thriving in Quebec thanks to summer rainfall

Professor Christopher Buddle, an entomologist in ’s Department of Natural Resource Sciences whose research focuses on the biodiversity of insects and spiders, told the Montreal Gazette that the rain this summer has been particularly “good” for mosquitos.

Published: 9 Sep 2024

First cohort of 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  Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI) Fellows. 

Published: 4 Sep 2024

Feeding Quebecers—alumni-founded Ferme Coopérative Tourne-Sol is thriving

Ferme Coopérative Tourne-Sol, founded by five 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

By François Shalom for the Reporter

“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.”  

Published: 27 Aug 2024

Penthouse home awaits rare peregrine falcons in Victoria—comments from David Bird

The Times Colonist reports that a nesting pair of peregrine falcons, along with a juvenile born this year, have been landing on the upper decks and rooftop of the Promontory residential tower in Victoria, BC, where penthouse owner Fred Welter has set up a nesting box complete with cameras poised to stream any action.

Published: 26 Aug 2024

The Jean-Martin Fortier phenomenon

In a recent article, L'actualité does a deep dive into small-scale farm enthusiast, author, and star of the popular series Les fermiers 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.

Published: 7 Aug 2024

To remove CO2 from the atmosphere, this former postdoc's startup looks to biomass

In 2019, while doing post-doctoral research in 's Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Qinhong Cai (better known as Tammy) travelled to Nunavut to join the Oceans Protection Plan, a federal initiative designed to improve marine safety and increase the protection and restoration of coastal and seaway ecosystems.

Published: 22 Jul 2024

Mac Campus and Music staff members honoured for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising

Adelina Lameiras and David Wees are the latest winners of the Dean of Students Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising.

Adelina Lameiras, Student Affairs Administrator at the Schulich School of Music, was recognized in the Administrative Staff category.

Published: 3 Jul 2024

student investigating why Quebec's red cardinal population has exploded

The population of red cardinals has exploded in Quebec over the past 25 years. After eight months of tracking 41 cardinals as they flew from tree to tree in different environments, a biologist spoke to the Journal de Montreal about why cardinals may be thriving here.

Published: 2 Jul 2024

Mac student awarded prestigious Seed Science Foundation scholarship

Please join us in congratulating Henry Alexander Cordoba Novoa, Ph.D. candidate in plant breeding and genetics at 's Macdonald Campus, on receiving the Roger Krueger Memorial Scholarship, awarded by the Seed Science Foundation at the American Seed Trade Association Leadership Summit held in Nashville, TN on June 15–19, 2024.

Published: 25 Jun 2024

Pages

Back to top