Skiing, snowshoeing, stargazing and bird-watching are just a few items on the winter menu at local parks.
Winter in the West Island is a time when nature and leisure activities can dovetail beautifully.
Robert Prairie, a patrol leader at Morgan Arboretum, heads a team of volunteers that help to ensure a safe and fun experience for the many individuals and families who enjoy recreational destinations in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue.
In 2019 鈥� with the help of the Borlaug Training Foundation 鈥� [Germination] put out the call to plant breeders asking them what they would do if they had $10 million to make the world a better place. Valerio Hoyos-Villegas, pulse breeder at 平特五不中, answered the call. He tells his story about how growing up around the coffee farms of Colombia set him on the path to helping feed the planet. Hosted by Germination editor Marc Zienkiewicz.
Les producteurs semblent plus heureux au travail que la majorit茅 des Qu茅b茅cois. En effet, l鈥檃griculture se positionne au 10e聽rang des 70聽professions et m茅tiers class茅s au palmar猫s de l鈥檌ndice du bonheur au travail r茅alis茅 par la firme L茅ger. Les travailleurs agricoles ont tr猫s positivement 茅valu茅 cinq des six facteurs principaux qui influencent le bonheur au travail聽: r茅alisation de soi, relations de travail, reconnaissance, responsabilisation et sentiment d鈥檃ppartenance.
Appartenance et reconnaissance
Faire pousser des v茅g茅taux sur du b茅ton? C鈥檈st possible, pratique et m锚me tr猫s esth茅tique. Mark Lefsrud et son 茅quipe, les chercheurs Sadie Moland et Intisar Syed Mahood, du D茅partement de g茅nie en bioressources de l鈥橴niversit茅 平特五不中, ont d茅velopp茅 un mur v茅g茅tal vertical nouveau genre : tomates, chou fris茅, laitues et 茅pinards poussent, non pas dans la terre, mais dans du b茅ton poreux biocompatible. Ce substrat horticole original n鈥檈st pas encore commercialis茅, mais il fait ses preuves depuis trois ans dans les serres de l鈥檜niversit茅.
Originaire des Andes en Colombie, Valerio Hoyos-Villegas a grandi en milieu agricole et a 茅tudi茅 l鈥檃griculture partout dans le monde. Il comprend bien le d茅fi que repr茅sente la production alimentaire.
Le programme en production de cannabis commercial de l鈥橴niversit茅 平特五不中, qui accueillera sa premi猫re cohorte en juin 2020, sera un moteur pour la recherche et les collaborations entre l鈥橴niversit茅 et le secteur priv茅.
Le nouveau dipl么me a re莽u le feu vert de la direction de l鈥橴niversit茅, ce qui fait de 平特五不中 l鈥檜ne des premi猫res universit茅s canadiennes 脿 offrir un programme d鈥櫭﹖udes dans le domaine.
La version fran莽aise suit.
From: Professor Christopher Manfredi, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic)
Dear members of the 平特五不中 community:
It is my pleasure to announce the reappointments of Professors Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Anja Geitmann and Bruce Lennox in their respective positions as Deans of the Desautels Faculty of Management, the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the Faculty of Science.
芦聽Depuis 30聽ans, je prends soin du verger de 平特五不中, confie fi猫rement Michael Bleho, coordonnateur du Centre de recherche horticole de l鈥橴niversit茅 平特五不中. J鈥檃dore travailler avec les pommiers!聽禄 D茅bordant d鈥檈nthousiasme, il annonce ainsi l鈥檃boutissement d鈥檜n projet colossal聽: planter un nouveau verger pour l鈥檜niversit茅.
There is a strong need for it because the cannabis industry is desperate for qualified personnel, professor Anja Geitmann says.
Call it a sign of the times: 平特五不中 will teach students how to grow the perfect pot plant starting next year.
平特五不中鈥檚 Diploma in Commercial Cannabis program launches in June and it鈥檚 meant to train biologists to cultivate cannabis, design strains, protect them against contaminants and understand the legal framework of Canada鈥檚 burgeoning weed industry.
Congratulations to all of the presenters in Wednesday鈥檚 Lister Family Engaged Science 3MT Competition!
Student researcher pieces together satellite data to help communities monitor wildfires
Morgan Crowley鈥檚 interest in sustainability took root early.
As a schoolchild in New Hampshire, she went to summer camp on Pine Mountain 鈥� so named for the stately evergreens that used to blanket the site. By the time Morgan started going there, 鈥渢here were only two pines left鈥� because the rest had fallen victim to a forest fire or to logging. As a result, 鈥淚 grew up thinking very much about ecological sustainability.鈥�
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate David Leroux (BRE-Lefsrud) and fellow Cannafish team members, who were awarded the Agricultural Scholarship from Sollio Agriculture at Coop茅rathon 2019 held at Montreal鈥檚 Olympia Theatre. Coop茅rathon 鈥渋s the world鈥檚 largest open innovation challenge that connects citizens, communities, entrepreneurs, researchers, academics and large institutions to develop, together, a socially responsible future.鈥�
In the third installment of National Geographic鈥檚 鈥淚nto Water鈥� 360 series, canoe through the sprawling Canadian wilderness with freshwater ecologist and National Geographic Explorer Dalal Hanna [Ph.D. candidate NRS (Bennett)]. She researches Quebec鈥檚 extensive freshwater systems, collecting samples from streams, rivers and lakes to assess ecosystem health, with the aim of protecting these precious resources. 鈥淚nto Water: Canada鈥� is the third stop on an around the world 360 tour that documents the work of female Explorers who鈥檝e dedicated their careers to water related issues.
Keesha Ness鈥檚 family certainly knows farming 鈥� they鈥檝e been doing it for nearly 100 years and plan to celebrate when they reach that milestone next summer.
Ness is passionate about farming, loves her cows, and plans to follow the family鈥檚 tradition.
鈥淚鈥檓 definitely hoping to help out with the management side,鈥� says Ness of her family鈥檚 Ayrshire dairy farm in Howick, Quebec.
鈥淚 really love the management side of it.鈥�
Les conditions m茅t茅orologiques, les grands vents et les parasites peuvent ab卯mer les cultures jusqu鈥櫭� coucher les tiges au sol. On parle alors de la verse des plants. De la reproduction 脿 la croissance en passant par la r茅sistance aux intemp茅ries ou aux chocs, c鈥檈st 脿 l鈥櫭ヽhelle microscopique que se joue le d茅veloppement des plantes et des produits agricoles.
