/plant/taxonomy/term/5/all en /plant/channels/event/barbados-interdisciplinary-tropical-studies-program-bits-summer-2024-information-booth-355213 <div> <div></div></div> Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:26:41 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 6230 at /plant /plant/channels/event/annual-summer-internship-poster-event-359772 <p>Come speak with nearly 60 undergraduate students (representing all Mac programs) about the experience they gained this summer through the The Alton and Diane McEwen and Family Internship Program. Open to all members of the Mac community.</p> Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:41:15 +0000 admin 7049 at /plant /plant/channels/news/saturday-night-sushi-comes-grocery-store-pascal-theriault-comments-359714 <p>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.</p> Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:44:16 +0000 admin 7035 at /plant /plant/channels/news/hidden-climate-cost-food-loss-waste-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions-359713 <p>Professor Gordon Price from Dalhousie University and <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/grant-clark">Professor Grant Clark</a> from ����ֱ��'s Department of Bioresource Engineering study the hidden climate change costs of food loss and waste in Canada. In a <a href="https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/the-hidden-climate-cost-food-loss-waste-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions/182311/">new article for Open Access Government</a>, they highlight the need for greater cooperation and data sharing.</p> Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:20:36 +0000 admin 7033 at /plant /plant/channels/event/macdonald-campus-company-presentations-359710 <h2>Employers are coming to Mac Campus to meet you!</h2> <p>Each company is doing an information session to inform you of their organization, potential recruitment and more.</p> Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:58:27 +0000 admin 7032 at /plant /plant/channels/event/autumn-nature-scavenger-hunt-359657 <p>The Office of Student Academic Services has created a new nature scavenger about the <a href="/morganarboretum/">Morgan Arboretum</a>!</p> Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:43:41 +0000 admin 7027 at /plant /plant/channels/news/how-mcgills-sustainability-projects-fund-improved-campus-life-over-past-15-years-359517 <p>Have you ever used one of ����ֱ��’s water-bottle <a href="/sustainability/ban-bottle-sp0179">refill stations</a>?</p> Tue, 10 Sep 2024 19:15:14 +0000 admin 7025 at /plant /plant/channels/news/little-known-and-threatened-orcas-north-atlantic-359516 <p>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.</p> Tue, 10 Sep 2024 19:01:15 +0000 admin 7024 at /plant /plant/channels/news/prof-christopher-buddle-mosquitos-thriving-quebec-thanks-summer-rainfall-359472 <p>Professor <a href="/nrs/academic-0/buddle">Christopher Buddle</a>, an entomologist in ����ֱ��’s Department of Natural Resource Sciences whose research focuses on the biodiversity of insects and spiders, <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mosquitos-are-thriving-in-quebec-thanks-to-this-summers-heavy-rainfall-and-heat">told the Montreal Gazette</a> that the rain this summer has been particularly “good” for mosquitos.</p> <p>Mosquito larvae are aquatic, relying on standing water to thrive.</p> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:09:16 +0000 admin 7023 at /plant /plant/channels/news/trying-protect-agriculture-and-preserve-antibiotics-interview-prof-jennifer-ronholm-359473 <p>A major issue associated with antimicrobial resistance is the overuse and potential misuse of antibiotics in agriculture.</p> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:26:47 +0000 admin 7022 at /plant /plant/channels/event/biodiversity-festival-358812 <p>Come celebrate the one-year anniversary of ����ֱ��’s first <a href="/sustainability/commitments/biodiversity-plan" title="/sustainability/commitments/biodiversity-plan">Biodiversity Plan</a> on Tuesday, Sep</p> Tue, 27 Aug 2024 18:26:20 +0000 admin 7019 at /plant /plant/channels/news/first-cohort-mcgill-sustainability-systems-initiative-fellows-includes-mac-campus-smart-insecticide-359296 <h2>New award provides support for the next generation of sustainability researchers, promotes interdisciplinary approaches </h2> <p>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 <a href="/mssi/">����ֱ�� Sustainability Systems Initiative</a> (MSSI) Fellows. </p> Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:45:22 +0000 admin 7018 at /plant /plant/channels/event/activity-booklet-mysteries-halloween-2024-edition-334375 <h2>Join us in celebrating National Pumpkin Day!</h2> Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:29:09 +0000 admin 7014 at /plant /plant/channels/event/activity-booklet-delights-winter-season-2024-edition-335449 <h2>Join us in celebrating the holiday season!</h2> Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:46:50 +0000 admin 7016 at /plant /plant/channels/news/feeding-quebecers-alumni-founded-ferme-cooperative-tourne-sol-thriving-358902 <p><strong><big>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</big></strong></p> <p><em>By François Shalom for the ����ֱ�� Reporter</em></p> <p>“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.”  </p> Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:37:26 +0000 admin 7000 at /plant