According to a new study published in听The Journal of Nutrition听by a team including听Associate Professor听Daiva Nielsen听and other researchers from 平特五不中's School of Human Nutrition, a supportive social environment may protect against nutritional risk among middle and older-aged adults.
础听, written by a team which includes Professor听Elena Bennett听in 平特五不中鈥檚 Department of Natural Resource Sciences, explores the challenges of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch defined by humans' colossal impact on the environment. To counteract this widescale destruction, the researchers propose that imagination is a hopeful yet complicated tool for creating a positive environmental future.听
On August 30, Vice-Principal of Macdonald Campus and Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Anja Geitmann welcomed Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis Francis Scarpaleggia, on behalf of Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) Lawrence MacAulay, to the Macdonald Campus. In the presence of industry partners AgroWorld and other invited guests, Scarpaleggia announced AAFC鈥檚 $5.3 million investment in BioFuelNet Canada as part of the Agri-Science Program.
Across Quebec, we're already seeing leaves start to transition from bright summery greens to the burnished, coppery hues of Fall鈥攂ut the changes aren鈥檛 happening because the days are chillier. As 平特五不中 Plant Science Lecturer听David Wees told the , it's actually because the days are getting shorter.
Even though she grew up on a farm, St茅phanie Naud had never touched an axe or saw before studying at 平特五不中's Mac campus. As a natural athlete who loved the outdoors and working with her hands,听when she heard about our unique inter-university lumberjack club, she was intrigued,听she recently told Le journal de Montr茅al.听
With fall officially here, it's time for Lennoxville, Quebec's annual Giant Pumpkin Festival, where people can see pumpkins that weigh as much as 680 kilograms.
The festival 鈥 which is taking place at the Am茅d茅e Beaudoin community centre Sunday听from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 鈥 is a family event with bouncy castles, a petting zoo, a farmers'听market, music and even horse-drawn carriages.
Alexandre Lemire started growing giant pumpkins three years ago after being inspired by festival founder Mike听Macdonald's crops. Last year, his biggest pumpkin weighed 704 kilograms.
It is impossible to imagine modern agriculture without plastics鈥12 million tons are used every year. But what about the environmental consequences? An international team of authors, including 平特五不中 Department of Bioresource Engineering Professor Jan Franklin Adamowski and Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry Associate Professor and Chair听St茅phane Bayen, addresses this question in a recent study.
Wonder found chasing bugs: A summer in the Yukon Arctic
In a new 平特五不中 Reporter article, Renewable Resources听Master's student Will Hein writes about his journey to the heart of the remote Arctic wilderness to study wildlife interaction in the face of climate change.
Several 平特五不中 staff members and teams were honoured at the annual Security Services Community Barbecue, on September 15.
鈥淓ach year, the Campus Public Safety (CPS) teams recognize colleagues they consider to be safety champions by naming them Safety Ambassadors,鈥 said Pierre Barbarie, Senior Director, Campus Public Safety. 鈥淭hese are individuals or groups of individuals, whose jobs are not necessarily related to safety, but who go out of their way to make their building, their department or the campuses a safer place for everyone.鈥
With this donation from Pfizer Canada, early career scientists and researchers across the 平特五不中 and MUHC community have an opportunity to carry out research across three broad thematic areas: Pandemic Threats, Antimicrobial Resistance, Microbes that Shape Human Health.
As cases听creep upward of a rare disease that spreads to humans from wild canines and dogs, medical experts say it's important to get a听better understanding of its incidence across the country.
Alveolar echinococcosis听(AE) is听an infection caused by the parasite听Echinococcus multilocularis, which is carried by coyotes, dogs and foxes. The tapeworm common in Europe was first detected in wildlife in Western Canada in 2012; one year later, the first human case of AE was found in a woman in rural Alberta.
On September 7,听thirty two AES undergraduate research awardees shared posters illustrating their summer research jobs.
Dean Anja Geitmann broke through the waves of animated conversation to congratulate the students for engaging in this inspiring science conversation and to award four researchers for their outstanding posters:
If you鈥檝e noticed that听certain products in the grocery store听taste different from how you remember, it鈥檚 possible some of their ingredients have been swapped for cheaper alternatives.听
Experts say food producers are increasingly changing the ingredients in products to cut costs听amid soaring food prices and labour shortages鈥攁 practice known as 鈥渟kimpflation.鈥 Could our health be at stake?
Today, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, on behalf of the Honourable Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced an investment of more than $960 million in support of research and innovation through a suite of programs. These programs include the John R.