/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1305/all en /newsroom/channels/news/small-dietary-changes-can-cut-your-carbon-footprint-25-355698 <p>The latest <a href="https://food-guide.canada.ca/en/">Canada’s Food Guide</a> presents a paradigm shift in nutrition advice, nixing traditional food groups, including meat and dairy, and stressing the importance of plant-based proteins. Yet, the full implications of replacing animal with plant protein foods in Canadians’ diets are unknown.</p> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 15:42:24 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 308646 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/does-canadas-food-guide-provide-adequate-guidance-older-adults-354026 <p>The latest <a href="https://food-guide.canada.ca/en/">Canada’s food guide</a> recommendations are primarily aimed at reducing chronic disease risk, however how well does our national guide for healthy eating serve the nutritional needs of all Canadians?</p> Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:48:52 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 307574 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/killer-whales-diet-more-important-location-pollutant-exposure-study-says-352197 <p>Both elegant and fierce, killer whales are some of the oceans’ top predators, but even they can be exposed to environmental pollution. Now, in the largest study to date on North Atlantic killer whales, researchers in the American Chemical Society’ <i>Environmental Science & Technology</i> report the levels of legacy and emerging pollutants in 162 individuals’ blubber. The animals’ diet, rather than location, greatly impacted contaminant levels and potential health risks — information that’s helpful to conservation efforts.</p> Tue, 24 Oct 2023 14:38:07 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 307413 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-halloween-candy-shrinkflation-and-spending-habits-352358 <p>Halloween is a celebration often spent indulging in chocolate, binging scary movies, and perhaps investing time and money into creative costume designs. But for many Canadians, the preparations can be costly. For candy alone, the average household will spend anywhere from $25 to $40, according to experts. (<a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/halloween-candy-shrinkflation-and-spending-habits-what-experts-say-could-change-this-spooky-season-1.6615095">CTV News</a>)<br /> <br /> Here is an expert from ����ֱ�� that can provide comment on this issue:</p> Mon, 30 Oct 2023 20:34:44 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 307424 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-how-climate-change-can-affect-fall-colours-352218 <p>The customary reds, oranges and yellows of the trees, marking the arrival of fall, may have appeared early this year, or not at all. The dramatic summer weather that brought wildfires in some parts of the country and heavy rain in others is being reflected in fall colours across Canada, researchers say.</p> Tue, 24 Oct 2023 20:22:12 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 307418 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/not-so-sweet-after-all-are-candy-striped-spiders-threat-ecosystems-across-north-america-347859 <div class="bl-tpl">For years, pollinator declines have been a pressing issue for ecosystem health and food security in the face of climate change and human impacts on the environment. Even in their sleep, pollinating insects cannot catch a break – for fear they’ll be taken down by a small, but mighty predator: the candy-striped spider. Research published in <i>Ecology </i>took a closer look into this spider’s behaviour and found that the result of their stealth attacks could have substantial impacts on ecosystems.</div> Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:48:17 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 298497 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/caucasian-households-us-emit-most-carbon-despite-greater-energy-efficiency-335054 <p>Residential energy use represents roughly one-fifth of annual greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. A team of researchers led by ����ֱ�� has used data from 60 million individual American households to look into how carbon emissions caused by household energy use vary by race and ethnicity across the country. Paradoxically, this first national level analysis found that even though energy-efficient homes are more often found in Caucasian neighbourhoods, carbon emissions from these neighbourhoods are higher than in African American neighbourhoods.</p> Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:43:54 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 283649 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/25-million-creation-reseau-quebecois-de-recherche-en-agriculture-durable-334031 <p>Today, the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT), along with its partner the ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation (MAPAQ) announced the creation of the Réseau québécois de recherche en agriculture durable (RQRAD), a flagship measure of the <a href="https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-contenu/adm/min/agriculture-pecheries-alimentation/publications-adm/dossier/plan_agriculture_durable/PL_agriculture_durable_synthese_MAPAQ.pdf?1603387731">Plan d’agriculture durable 2020-2030</a> (PAD).</p> Fri, 08 Oct 2021 13:45:39 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 278759 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/digestive-system-cows-influences-humans-vitamin-b12-intake-331408 <p>Milk is the main source of vitamin B12 consumption for Canadians. A glass of cow’s milk contains about 46% of the daily-recommended dietary intake of vitamin B12 for adults. But what factors influences the concentration of B12 in a glass of milk? Turns out, what cows eat and how they digest it can impact human’s B12 intake.</p> Tue, 08 Jun 2021 17:38:45 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 269349 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/five-mcgill-teams-awarded-funding-new-genomic-integration-program-331618 <p>Today Genome Quebec announced the results of its Genomic Integration Program, Human Health Stream competition. Five ����ֱ�� teams from a diverse array of fields were awarded funds, totaling nearly $1 million. One of the defining features of this program is the requirement that institutional applicants must also have an external non-academic partner, thus supporting program goals of stimulating the Quebec economy and encouraging the use of genomic technologies in the Quebec healthcare system.</p> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:23:59 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 269886 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/pcb-contamination-icelandic-orcas-matter-diet-330886 <p><i>Image caption: These killer whales may appear healthy, but a new study has found extremely high levels of PCB contamination in some of the whales. There was a 300-fold difference between the levels of PCBs among the most contaminated orcas compared to the least contaminated ones. The variation was mainly due to their eating habits. CREDIT: Filipa Samarra - Icelandic Orca Project</i></p> Thu, 06 May 2021 14:01:45 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 263707 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/there-no-one-size-fits-all-road-sustainability-patchwork-earth-327883 <p>In a world as diverse as our own, the journey towards a sustainable future will look different depending on where in the world we live, according to a recent paper published in <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590332221000506?dgcid=author">One Earth</a> and led by ����ֱ��, with researchers from the Stockholm Resilience Centre.</p> Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:04:15 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 256393 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/puzzling-shapes-unlocking-mysteries-plant-cell-morphology-299197 <p>The discovery of the mechanics and molecular mechanism that dictate cell shape formation in plants by a team of ����ֱ�� researchers offers new clues about the fundamental processes governing tissue formation in multicellular organisms. </p> <p>Plants are made of cells that come in a wide array of shapes and sizes, each of which is closely related and essential to the function of a specific tissue. </p> Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:38:21 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 185016 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-new-canadas-food-guide-293644 <p>"Instead of eating four food groups, Canadians are now encouraged to follow three guidelines on what to eat regularly, what to avoid and the importance of cooking and preparing meals at home." (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/canada-food-guide-unveil-1.4987261">CBC</a>)</p> <p>Here are two ����ֱ�� experts from the School of Human Nutrition who are available to answer media requests on the newly released Canadian food guide:</p> Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:22:10 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 134676 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/5-million-gift-mcgills-global-food-security-institute-supports-efforts-understand-and-reverse-world-290492 <p>Every night, some 800 million people – one in nine people on earth – go to bed hungry. And projections suggest that unless creative solutions are found, the world will need to increase food production by an additional 50% in the next 30 years, when the planet’s population is expected to exceed 9 billion.</p> Tue, 09 Oct 2018 19:46:10 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 87740 at /newsroom