/channels/news_feeds/all/term/diet_human_nutrition_sch/rss en /channels/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-awarded-55-million-cfi-funding-359755 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Twenty ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ researchers have received infrastructure awards from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to support their innovative projects, for a total federal investment of $5.5 million.  </p> <p>These grants will be matched by the Quebec government, doubling their value.  </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/mcgill-arts-sunset-2024-alex-tran-1536x1025.png?itok=LBKXUOb0" width="160" height="88" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">18 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:55:28 +0000 webfull 202760 at /channels /channels/channels/news/nserc-awards-discovery-grants-funding-eight-mcgill-agricultural-and-environmental-sciences-projects-358155 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million, including $639,500 for eight projects submitted by researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.</p> <p>The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">30 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 30 Jul 2024 19:10:20 +0000 webfull 201006 at /channels /channels/channels/news/three-researchers-mcgills-faculty-agricultural-and-environmental-sciences-honoured-prestigious-357787 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>On June 14, the Government of Canada announced $693.8 million in funding for discovery and applied research, including $94.5 million for the <a href="http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/media-medias/lists-listes/2024/spring-printemps-eng.aspx">Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program</a> to support 121 new and renewed chair holders at 39 postsecondary institutions across the country.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">25 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:53:37 +0000 webfull 200593 at /channels /channels/channels/news/how-reduce-ecological-footprint-your-plate-without-becoming-vegan-357695 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Are you having guests over for a barbecue at the end of the week? What will you put on the grill? Animal proteins, most likely. Even if we know the effects of red meat consumption on the environment and potentially on health, for many people it's inconceivable to go without.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/pexels-samerdaboul-2233729.jpg?itok=6dry4cZI" width="160" height="94" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:07:28 +0000 webfull 200480 at /channels /channels/channels/news/prof-patrick-cortbaoui-presents-food-medicine-workshop-ndu-lebanon-357681 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Within its efforts to introduce and promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture in the educational sector, the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences (FNHS) and the Lifelong Learning Center (LLC) at Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU) in Lebanon held an enriching workshop titled Food as Medicine. The informative event featured NDU President Father Bechara Khoury, FNHS Dean Dr. Jessy El Hayek, Major General Muhammad Al-Mustafa, President of the Food Safety Lebanese Commission Elie Awad, Representative of the Minister of Agriculture Dr.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/fnhs-food-as-medicine_news6.jpg?itok=pOcAGJaf" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 11 Jun 2024 20:21:31 +0000 webfull 200464 at /channels /channels/channels/news/ottawa-valley-farm-fork-finds-new-revenue-stream-growing-field-agritourism-357352 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>What started as a Mac alum and her husband's humble vegetable garden has grown into an Ottawa Valley agri-tourism destination offering everything from accommodation and dining to education and tours, <a href="https://obj.ca/ottawa-valley-farm-to-fork-growing-field-of-agritourism/">the Ottawa Business Journal writes.</a></p> <p>In April, Ottawa Valley Farm to Fork received the new tourism product award from the Ottawa Valley Tourism Association for the farm’s focus on agri-tourism, including its farm-to-table dining events.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 15 May 2024 20:45:44 +0000 webfull 200075 at /channels /channels/channels/news/two-mccall-macbain-scholars-coming-mac-2024-357159 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The McCall MacBain Scholarships at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ today announced its fourth cohort of recipients: 30 students who will pursue a funded master’s or professional degree combined with mentorship and leadership programming, as well as 117 who earned entrance awards ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 each.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">1 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 01 May 2024 14:40:05 +0000 webfull 199853 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgills-prize-winning-researchers-and-scholars-shine-bravo-gala-356704 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>On March 21, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ celebrated 111 laureates at the 19^th edition of Bravo, a gala event honouring researchers who won major provincial, national, and international research prizes and awards in 2023. Guests, including researchers, their families and friends, faculty, students, and members of ±«ÓãÖ±²¥â€™s academic administration, gathered to celebrate their accomplishments.</p> <p>Eight of the honourees were from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences:</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/bravo-laureates-1536x1024.jpg?itok=uO-69BD7" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">10 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:38:54 +0000 webfull 199335 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-school-human-nutrition-student-manon-fantino-wins-francophone-mcgill-mt180-competition-356693 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to School of Human Nutrition PhD candidate Manon Fantino, winner of ±«ÓãÖ±²¥â€™s francophone 3-Minute Thesis (MT180) competition! Manon will represent ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ at the Concours <a href="https://www.acfas.ca/prix-concours/ma-these-en-180-secondes">ACFAS MT180</a> Nationals in Ottawa on May 15^th.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/lisdphnrq2j8du_1.jpg?itok=HtXR5rfK" width="160" height="108" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">10 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:34:55 +0000 webfull 199322 at /channels /channels/channels/news/appetite-business-mcgill-experience-helped-dietetics-student-build-company-thats-true-her-values-356688 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Although Zoey Li, BSc(NutrSc)’17, always had an interest in business, she never expected to launch a company that helps people take charge of their health.</p> <p>Li, who was recently named to the <em>Forbes 30 Under 30</em> in the food and beverage category, built her success on her ability to find opportunities, develop new skills and make connections, as an undergraduate and afterward.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/zoey-li-1536x1151.jpg?itok=oWdG6Y7h" width="160" height="120" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">10 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:26:18 +0000 webfull 199317 at /channels