平特五不中

| November 6 2015

Faculty, staff and students from 平特五不中's Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences joined with their campus partners - John Abbott College and Macdonald High School -听as well as with听Veterans from the Veterans' Hosital in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and invited guests from the local community to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can enjoy the freedoms and privileges we have today.

Dean Anja Geitman shared her personal experience:

Classified as: Macdonald Campus, Remembrance Day Ceremonies
Published on: 5 Nov 2015

| KATHY MACLEAN, October 27, 2015

Why do we wait for a crisis to hit before we take action? Has "prevention is better than a cure" lost all its meaning?听 Two important questions, Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, put to attendees at the Public Lecture launching the 8th 平特五不中 Conference on Global Food Security: Current and Future Challenges for Sustainable Food Security.

Classified as: global food security, Kanayo F. Nwanze, 平特五不中 Conference on Global Food Security, 平特五不中 Institute for Global Food Security
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Published on: 28 Oct 2015

Dr. William C. Campbell, D.Sc.'07, is among the three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, announced October 5, 2015, by the Nobel Prize Committee. William Campbell received his Honorary Doctorate at the Macdonald Campus convocation in 2007.

Classified as: Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Parasitology, Ivermectin, Macdonald Campus, Nobel prize, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015, William C. Campbell
Published on: 5 Oct 2015

City TV's morning show, Breakfast Television, spent an early morning on the Macdonald Campus Farm to hear about 平特五不中's agriculture programs and try to learn some farm skills. Visits were made to the Dairy Barn, the Horticulture Centre, and the high tunnels; reporter Wilder Weir talked with Farm Director Paul Meldrum and Mike Bleho about the various programs offered at Macdonald and the "平特五不中 Feeding 平特五不中" program.

Classified as: Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Macdonald Campus, Macdonald Campus Farm
Published on: 2 Oct 2015

Bioresource Engineering professor Mark Lefsrud and PhD candidate D茅bora Parrine were featured on CBC's The National on Tuesday, September 22.

Mark spoke about his work with Urban Barns, and how the new growth systems that he is developing are changing the face of agriculture.

Classified as: bioresource engineering, Mark Lefsrud, Urban Barns
Published on: 23 Sep 2015

Associate Dean (Student Affairs) Chris Buddle was interviewed on about the use of laptops in the classroom. A new study suggests that taking notes on a laptop leads to poorer marks citing distraction. Buddle says that "laptops and technology can play a pretty powerful role in the classroom..."

Listen to the entire program or to Professor Buddle's comments that begin at approximately 16:00 mins into the episode.

Published on: 9 Sep 2015

Professor Lawrence Goodridge, Ian and Jayne Munro Chair in Food Safety and Food Science professor, was about his $9.8 M听 Salmonella research project while attending recent International Association for Food Protection meetings in Portland, Oregon.

Classified as: food safety, Lawrence Goodridge, Macdonald, Research, salmonella
Published on: 13 Aug 2015

Gift from graduate William Ritchie forms centrepiece of $2.5-million plan to educate the public, open campus to more visitors

A $1-million gift from Macdonald College of 平特五不中 alumnus J. William Ritchie, BSc(Agr)'51, will provide major support for 平特五不中鈥檚 Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in its efforts to open its Macdonald campus to more visitors and provide a unique, hands-on education into the critical role of agriculture in the food supply chain.

Published on: 22 May 2015

b-Shack: Bourdonnement d鈥檌nitiatives sur le campus MacDonald.

publi茅 11 f茅v 2014 | Le D茅lit
R茅dig茅 par Alexandra Nadeau

Classified as: Sustainability, Macdonald Campus, b-Shack, Bees, FARMM
Published on: 18 Feb 2014

平特五不中 School Or Architecture teams up with volunteers to foster growth of Montreal's bee population.

Published on Feb 7, 2014 | Inhabitat
Written by Lori Zimmer

Classified as: Sustainability, Macdonald Campus, b-Shack, Bees, FARMM
Published on: 18 Feb 2014

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