惭肠骋颈濒濒鈥檚 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.
芦听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 平特五不中, Pascal Th茅riault. Cependant, 脿 partir du moment o霉 on instaure une norme, cela cr茅e un stress.听禄
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听: 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 平特五不中.
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.
芦听Il suffit d鈥檌nstaller notre syst猫me au champ et de pousser sur le bouton ON, et le tour est jou茅听禄, indique Viacheslav Adamchuk, professeur en g茅nie des bioressources 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 平特五不中, en parlant du nouvel outil prototype cr茅茅 par son 茅quipe pour mesurer les 茅missions de CO2 provenant du sol. 禄
Congratulations to听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.
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 平特五不中 鈥� and indeed the world 鈥� are pondering those questions as they prepare to teach remotely for the first full semester next fall.
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 平特五不中. His research programs focus on the biology of the protozoan parasites of global importance and drug discovery. He has developed computational and experimental methods to determine the functions of the poorly annotated parasite genomes to target unique pathways for drug discovery.
When 平特五不中 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.
On May 1, 2020, 脡ric Gosselin, BScAgr鈥�91, FAB member since 2017 and partner in the Business Law Group in Montreal for McCarthy Tetrault LLP, stepped into the role of FAB Chair for a three-year term. He took some time to answer a few questions about himself, his role as Chair and his vision for the future of the FAB.
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Summer has officially begun! It is amazing what warmer weather, sunshine and time spent outdoors in the fresh air can do to lift the spirits. There is no doubt that the past few months have been challenging and full of ups and downs, but with the changing season comes renewed optimism and strength to continue moving forward. I am both grateful for and incredibly proud of the continued commitment, passion and support provided by our Macdonald community.
芦听On va devoir changer nos habitudes alimentaires, pas seulement nous les consommateurs, mais l'ensemble de la cha卯ne de production. On est un peu victime de notre propre demande听禄, estime Pascal Th茅riault, 茅conomiste et directeur des relations communautaires pour la facult茅 des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'environnement de l'universit茅 平特五不中.
Jennifer Ronholm, professeure adjointe au D茅partement des sciences animales et au D茅partement des sciences de l鈥檃limentation et de la chimie agricole, nous parle de s茅curit茅 au super march茅 et offre quelques conseils pratiques afin de se prot茅ger du SARS-CoV-2 lorsque vous faites vos courses. Dans le cadre de ses recherches, elle utilise des techniques de s茅quen莽age de prochaine g茅n茅ration pour 茅tudier l鈥檈ffet du microbiome des animaux destin茅s 脿 la consommation sur la qualit茅 des aliments ainsi que l鈥檈ffet du microbiome des aliments sur la sant茅 humaine.
Alice Cherestes, a senior lecturer at Bioresource Engineering in 惭肠骋颈濒濒鈥檚 faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
There鈥檚 less ice, more capelin and lots of hungry polar bears
Climate change in the eastern Arctic has already altered the travel, diet and safety of some of the most numerous birds in the circumpolar world: thick-billed murres, known as akpait in Inuktitut.
These and other changes are likely to continue, says Allison Patterson, a 平特五不中 graduate student [with Professor Kyle Elliott] who has tracked the habits of these black-and-white birds on Hudson Bay鈥檚 Coats Island, known as Akpatordjuark in Inuktitut.
