Exploring the complexity of ecosystems
by John Allemang
Elena Bennett聽delights in uncertainty.
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Published on: 15 Nov 2022
Standing at the podium surrounded by 1,500 people on the John Abbott football field, Joe Maxwell, gazed up into the sunny November sky and said 鈥淚t鈥檚 good to be alive.鈥�
A 97-year-old WWII vet, Maxwell was one of the special guests at the November 3 Remembrance Day ceremony featuring veterans and dignitaries who spoke, recited poetry or contributed with music. Anja Geitmann, Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, addressed the crowd, and Defne Helvacioglu, Macdonald Campus Student Society President, recited the poem Nameless.
Published on: 11 Nov 2022
Zacharie Cloutier from in the Eastern Townships, has been crowned best cheese in Quebec in the
Published on: 11 Nov 2022
With the help of Agincourt community services, Registered Dietitian Ekta Amarnani, M.Sc.鈥�17 has put together an interactive map that helps people locate food resources across Toronto with the intention of increasing access to food.
Published on: 11 Nov 2022
To better understand food-related decisions during the pandemic, our research team conducted an online survey among a sample of adults from the province of Qu茅bec. This survey spanned three different time points between the initial lockdown in the spring of 2020 and the curfew period in Qu茅bec in the winter of 2021.
Published on: 2 Nov 2022
With an investment of nearly $1 million from the Government of Canada, the Association of Veterinary Practitioners of Quebec will be able to develop a digital tool to anticipate and reduce the risks associated with metabolic diseases in dairy cows which are a major health problem, especially in the post-calving period. Prof. Xin Zhao (AnSci) and Maxime Leduc, BSc(AgEnvSc)鈥�12 an Affiliate Member of the Department of Bioresource Engineering, are participating in the project.
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Published on: 2 Nov 2022
Every day for the past 18 years, Natasha Lapointe has been showing up for work at the Dairy Unit at Macdonald Campus Farm at 5 am. Luckily, she has a short commute.
鈥淲e live on campus (on the farm site) just a two-minute walk from the dairy barn,鈥� says Lapointe, this year鈥檚 winner of the Principal鈥檚 Award for Administrative and Support Staff in the Technical, Library Assistants and Nurses Category.
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Published on: 2 Nov 2022
Macdonald Campus is beautiful year-round, but is truly spectacular in the fall. Neale McDevitt, the Editor of the 平特五不中 Reporter, took a stroll through Mac Campus this past weekend and took the following pictures.
in the 平特五不中 Reporter.
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Published on: 20 Oct 2022
L'脡picerie recently featured Rosemarie Allen (B.Sc.(AgEnvSc)鈥�12) and Jacob Morin (FMT鈥�11) of Ferme Le Paysan Gourmand in Saint-F茅lix-de-Kingsey who participate in an on-farm program to reduce food waste. The episode follows Meilleur Apr猫s volunteers who harvest produce that would have remained in the field. Produce harvested is then shared between the participants, the producer and Meilleur Apr猫s 鈥� who in turn redistribute the produce to organizations in the region or transform it into products that are then sold to finance operations.
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Published on: 20 Oct 2022
Congratulations to Luce Daigneault BScAgr鈥�82, MSc鈥�85, Gibson (Gib) Patterson 叠厂肠础驳谤鈥�60, Isabelle Lam BSc(NutrSc)鈥�19 and Jamie Lee BSc(NutrSc)鈥�19 who will receive Macdonald Distinguished Alumni Awards at the Homecoming Lunch on Saturday.
Published on: 20 Oct 2022
Hydroponic strawberry growers and Co-founders of Vertit茅, Ophelia Sarakinis (FMT鈥�19) and Phillip Rosenbaum (B.Sc.(AgEnvSc)鈥�19, MSc.鈥�21) and their partners have just won the first phase of the Homegrown Innovation Challenge, a 鈥渟ix-year, $33-million initiative from the Weston Family Foundation to future-proof food production in Canada.鈥�
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Published on: 20 Oct 2022
On September 29th, James 平特五不中 Professor Joann Whalen, Natural Resource Sciences, testified as an expert before Canada鈥檚 Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry on the topic of 鈥淩eview and report on the status of soil health in Canada鈥�.
Watch her testimony on
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Published on: 6 Oct 2022
"People think that the colder fall temperatures trigger the colour change, but it鈥檚 actually the photoperiod," explains Plant Science Faculty Lecturer David Wees. However, some regions of Quebec are luckier when it comes to fall colours than others: those with a lot of deciduous trees like maples, oaks or even birches. On the other hand, areas that have more conifers will see fewer transformations to their landscape.鈥�
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Published on: 6 Oct 2022
When an Indigenous patient receiving treatment at the MUHC refused to eat, 平特五不中 MScA candidate Manveen Sethi was enlisted to find an authentic recipe for Bannock bread, a traditional Indigenous snack. Through research and with the help of Indigenous patients who taste-tested recipes, Sethi found a recipe that will now be permanently available on the MUHC menu and hopefully offer a little comfort to Indigenous patients being treated at the facility.
Published on: 6 Oct 2022
平特五不中 students have proven time and time again that they are some of the most creative, versatile and adaptive people in their approach to solving problems, and they鈥檙e using knowledge acquired in and outside of the classroom to generate innovative solutions to the world鈥檚 most pressing issues.
Published on: 6 Oct 2022
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