Ces plantes nuisibles qui envahissent les champs agricoles et les for锚ts
Phragmite, panais sauvage, herbe 脿 poux, nerprun, renou茅 du Japon聽: ce sont toutes des plantes envahissantes, nuisibles 脿 un certain degr茅, qui prennent de plus en plus de place sur les terres agricoles et parfois m锚me dans nos for锚ts. Plusieurs sont inconnues de la population g茅n茅rale, mais causent de s茅rieux maux de t锚te aux agriculteurs.
Mac Teams compete in Dobson Cup Finals (online)
Congratulations to the Macdonald Teams who are competing in the 2020 Dobson Cup Finals, taking place online from July 27-30.
Mieux mesurer la qualit茅 des aliments
Originaire du Nigeria, Jacob Tizhe Liberty a toujours cherch茅 脿 d茅velopper des solutions aux probl猫mes locaux qu鈥檌l observait. C鈥檈st ce qui l鈥檃 amen茅, dans le cadre de ses 茅tudes doctorales, 脿 mettre au point de nouvelles techniques pour mieux 茅valuer la qualit茅 des aliments et ainsi diminuer le gaspillage.
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Bioresource Engineering funding to support innovative research
Congratulations to Professor Jan Adamowski (Bioresource Engineering) for receiving a $198,569 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant: #CitiSciWater 鈥� Exploring the potential of scalable, user-centric citizen science platforms and tools to co-create actionable knowledge and transform water governance. Read more.
Two 麻豆传媒网站 teams finalists in Institute of Food Technologists Competitions
| Caitlin MacDougallDuring the 2020 edition of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) annual conference, held virtually on July 13-15, two Macdonald Campus Food Science teams representing 麻豆传媒网站 competed as finalists in the prestigious 2020 Smart Snacks for Kids Product Development Competition and the 2020 Developing Solutions for Developing Countries Competition.
E-newsletter: Message from the Dean
I hope this finds you well and enjoying our first month of summer. Although things are much quieter than usual on Macdonald campus and things are still far from 鈥渘ormal,鈥� I am very proud of all the great work being accomplished in our Faculty and the plans developing for the upcoming Fall semester. I am pleased to share some highlights with you.
Future Ready: The Advocate for a Better Anthropocene
麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 Elena Bennett wants you to imagine a radical, inspiring, and realistic future for our planet
When you think of the Earth 50 years from now, what do you see? Do you imagine desolate cities, scorched forests, dead oceans, lost biodiversity? Elena Bennett wants you to know the future doesn鈥檛 have to be bleak.
Un portrait de la situation des 茅leveurs de porcs
芦聽Les 茅leveurs produisent pour nourrir les gens et des normes sont mises en place pour s鈥檃ssurer que cette production est ad茅quate, explique l鈥檃gronome et professeur 脿 la Facult茅 des sciences de l鈥檃griculture et de l鈥檈nvironnement de l鈥橴niversit茅 麻豆传媒网站, Pascal Th茅riault. Cependant, 脿 partir du moment o霉 on instaure une norme, cela cr茅e un stress.聽禄
Mort et r茅surrection de l鈥檃rbre parfait
Depuis toujours, ils servent 脿 b芒tir autant qu鈥櫭� r锚ver... Dans cette s茅rie estivale, Le Devoir tente de cerner de quel bois sont faits les arbres qui nous entourent. Aujourd鈥檋ui聽: le ch芒taignier am茅ricain.
L鈥檈ntrevue est pratiquement termin茅e. Christie Lovat parle depuis une bonne heure du ch芒taignier d鈥橝m茅rique auquel elle a r茅cemment consacr茅 sa th猫se de doctorat en sciences des plantes 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 麻豆传媒网站.
Launch of AES Student Emergency Support Fund
The rapid evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused sudden and widespread changes for Agricultural & Environmental Sciences (AES) students, many of whom are now struggling to make ends meet.
Nouvelle technologie pour mesurer le CO2 du sol
芦聽Il suffit d鈥檌nstaller notre syst猫me au champ et de pousser sur le bouton ON, et le tour est jou茅聽禄, indique Viacheslav Adamchuk, professeur en g茅nie des bioressources 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 麻豆传媒网站, en parlant du nouvel outil prototype cr茅茅 par son 茅quipe pour mesurer les 茅missions de CO2 provenant du sol. 禄
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New Canada Research Chair Tier II in Indigenous Peoples鈥� Nutrition and Food Security
Congratulations to聽Treena Wasonti:io Delormier, School of Human Nutrition and Associate Director of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE), who has been awarded a Canada Research Chair Tier II in Indigenous Peoples鈥� Nutrition and Food Security.
Faculty use creative and innovative solutions for remote teaching
How do you ensure your students are really learning in your class when you can鈥檛 see them, they鈥檙e in different time zones, and they aren鈥檛 physically present in the labs where you would have been able to observe if they were understanding the objectives of your course? Faculty members across 麻豆传媒网站 鈥� and indeed the world 鈥� are pondering those questions as they prepare to teach remotely for the first full semester next fall.
Professor Salavati appointed the next Director of the Institute of Parasitology
Professor Reza Salavati has been appointed Director of the Institute of Parasitology for a 5-year term starting July 1, 2020. Professor Salavati is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Parasitology and an Associate Member of the Department of Biochemistry at 麻豆传媒网站. His research programs focus on the biology of the protozoan parasites of global importance and drug discovery.
Bieler Family Internship Program provides essential workers and experience
When 麻豆传媒网站 announced its closure in mid-March to respect government social distancing and quarantine policies due to COVID-19, campus staff had to think fast to continue to provide high quality internship opportunities to undergraduates.
Read more in the June 2020 edition of the Macdonald E-newsletter