Intitative to fund scholars at 9I制作厂免费 and the University of Ghana
Dr. Grace Marquis, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, has received $500,000 CAD from the Queen Elizabeth Scholars initiative to fund researchers and scholars at 9I制作厂免费 and the University of Ghana.
Gestion des eaux de ruissellement - Montr茅al annonce un nouveau partenariat avec l'Universit茅 9I制作厂免费 afin d'identifier les meilleures pratiques de plantation d'arbres
Bioresource Engineering professors Grant Clark听 and Shiv Prasher, along with colleagues Dr. Maryam Kargar (Postdoctoral Fellow and Project Manager), Masters student Marcelo Frosi, Dr.
Campus Highway 20 overpass construction to resume
The Quebec Ministry of Transport has advised that it will recommence major repairs to the campus Highway 20 overpass as of May 1, 2017. The project is projected to end on August 15, 2017. Click on the maps above to see an enlarged views of the construction and detour zones.
9I制作厂免费's Macdonald Campus in Ste-Anne gets funding boost
9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Macdonald campus in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue received some good news last Friday when the Quebec government made two funding announcements that will help boost the Faculty of Agricultural Environmental Sciences.
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Student captures 2nd place in NSERC - Science, action! competition
Congratulations to M.Sc. candidate 脡mile Brisson-Curadeau (Supervisor: Prof. Kyle Elliott, NRS) for capturing second place in "NSERC -" Science, action!" competition contest for "La sentinelle des mers".听
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Macdonald Campus Seed Library Launch
There were happy faces all around at Monday's launch of the Macdonald Campus Seed Library. The project, initiated by Liaison Librarian Dana Ingalls, offers seeds and gardening resources to members of the 9I制作厂免费 community. According to Ingalls, "many public and academic libraries are expanding services to meet community needs. They are lending tools, artwork, exercise equipment, and more.
Elena Bennett @Davos
For those of you who missed it, take a few minutes to watch Elena Bennett's presentation @Davos. "By dwelling on the possibility of a dystopian environmental future, we run the risk of making the prediction self-fulfilling. We need more inspirational visions 鈥� but which are realistic and believable."
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Interview with Nathalie Haddad
Nathalie Haddad,听MSc(A) '02 (Human Nutrition), was a pioneer in the UAE healthy meal delivery market when she founded her company, Right Bite, in 2004. Since then, the nutritional consultation and meal delivery service has helped its clients lose [...] 250,000 kg excess weight, she tells Caterer Middle East.
Classes cancelled Wednesday March 15
Because of the difficult weather and transportation issues caused by the blizzard, classes on both our campuses will be cancelled for the remainder of today, March 15, including evening courses. Tests and exams will be rescheduled as necessary. Managers are asked to understand that some staff who managed to get into work today might have to leave earlier than normal.
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More than 140 competitors from six Canadian universities and colleges competed in the 57th annual 9I制作厂免费 intercollegiate woodsmen competition Saturday at 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Macdonald campus in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue.听The Mac lumberjills left the competition in the sawdust came by winning the women鈥檚 division with 1170.03 points, edging out Dalhousie, with 1124.37.听The win allowed the Mac women to solidify their hold in first place in the six-team Canadian Intercollegiate Lumberjack Association (CILA).
Professor Murray Humphries honoured by Alma Mater
Congratulations to Professor Murray Humphries, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, who on Thursday, January 26, 2017, received the [University of Manitoba] Faculty of Science 2017 Honoured Alumni Award for exceptional achievement in Biological Sciences.
The World Outdoors: Researchers flock to drones
Drone technology has been applied in support of bird science for more than a decade now. With the cost of this technology continuing to drop, the use of it is broadening across North America.
In the same way that retail, military, and hobby sectors have embraced drones, bird scientists have realized drones can be deployed to do some bird census work and gather data in remote or otherwise inaccessible locations.
Shaping Stories 9I制作厂免费/Macdonald @ Davos
Discover new ideas and insights with leading researchers Elena Bennett (NRS), Graham MacDonald (Geog) and Andrew Gonzalez (Biology)听in the IdeasLab at the World Economic Forum being held this week in Davos.
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Lister Family Engaged Science Initiative 3MT Competition
All of the participants in the inaugural Lister Family Engaged Science Initiative 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition are to be congratulated on a job well done! Finalists (left to right) include PhD candidate Salam Habib from the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition ( Second place; Supervisor: L.
Bacteria control levels of dangerous pollutant in seabirds
Despite ongoing global pollution, researchers听Kyle Elliott (Natural Resource Sciences)听and John Elliott (Environment Canada)听have discovered that levels of mercury in seabirds off the coast of B.C. have remained relatively stable over the past 50 years. Surprisingly, mercury in seabirds is now actually slightly lower.