/macdonald/taxonomy/term/555/all en /macdonald/channels/event/aes-2021-usra-poster-presentation-event-online-331067 <h2>2021 USRA Poster Presentation Event (online)</h2> <p><b>Thursday, September 16, 2021 4pm-5:30pm</b></p> <p><a href="https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdO2grDsuG9W1TG3fyCyKbZjZoMpBDnjS"><b>REGISTER NOW</b></a></p> Fri, 14 May 2021 13:04:48 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 470935 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/myresearch-getting-your-research-out-328273 <p>Online workshop for Graduate Students</p> Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:45:09 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 363430 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/myresearch-endnote-essentials-328272 <p>Online workshop for Graduate Students</p> Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:43:50 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 363429 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/myresearch-research-foundations-328271 <p>Online workshop for Graduate Students</p> Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:42:27 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 363386 at /macdonald /macdonald/research Wed, 05 Aug 2020 14:18:24 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 224438 at /macdonald /macdonald/research/aes-strategic-research-plan <p>The <b>Strategic Research Plan</b> (<b>SRP</b>) emerged from a broad, thoughtful and engaged debate across the units of ƽ���岻��’s Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (AES). It communicates our research priorities to key external stakeholders and audiences by providing a framework for aligning investment with Faculty priorities. The SRP recognizes the importance of individual expertise, academic disciplines and interdisciplinary collaboration to reach our research ambitions and goals.</p> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 13:11:49 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 224405 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/new-chapter-environmental-studies-mcgill-325334 <h4>Landmark $15-million gift commitment from ƽ���岻�� alumnus Marc Bieler to the School of Environment will bolster environmental scholarship, research and outreach </h4> <p>Scientists grappling with complex and seemingly unresolvable issues often refer to them as “wicked problems”. Arguably, some of the nastiest are those related to the deteriorating health of our environment.</p> Wed, 14 Oct 2020 13:57:03 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 263215 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/bioresource-engineering-funding-support-innovative-research-323404 <p>Congratulations to Professor <strong>Jan Adamowski</strong> (Bioresource Engineering) for receiving a $198,569 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant: #CitiSciWater – Exploring the potential of scalable, user-centric citizen science platforms and tools to co-create actionable knowledge and transform water governance. <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-researchers-garner-over-7m-in-sshrc-funding/" target="_blank">Read more</a>.</p> Wed, 29 Jul 2020 18:00:15 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 224365 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/dean-geitmann-recognized-microscopical-society-canada-322745 <p>Congratulations to <strong>Dean Anja Geitmann</strong> who is the 2020 recipient of the Frances W. Doane Award. The objective of the Frances W Doane award is to recognize the valuable service and contributions that an individual made to the Microscopical Society of Canada.</p> <p> </p> Fri, 12 Jun 2020 18:12:17 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 224246 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-garner-over-7m-sshrc-funding-322679 <p>20 ƽ���岻�� researchers receive funding from SSHRC through Partnership Program Grants, Partnership Development Grants, and Postdoctoral Fellowships</p> <p>The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) recently unveiled the recipients of its fall 2019 round of Partnership Grants, including two ƽ���岻��-led projects, totalling $5 million. SSHRC also unveiled the recipients of the round’s Partnership Development Grants and Postdoctoral Fellowships, in which 18 ƽ���岻�� applicants received over $2 million in funding.</p> Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:13:46 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 224239 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/mcgill-led-training-program-receives-165m-nserc-create-grant-322558 <p>ƽ���岻�� Prof. <strong>Mark Lefsrud</strong> and team awarded a $1.65 million research grant for their program, Quality Assurance and Quality Control for Cannabis Production, Products and Training</p> <p>An inter-university collaboration led by Dr. Mark Lefsrud, Associate Professor in the Department of Bioresource Engineering, has received a $1.65 million research grant, to be distributed over six years, from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program.</p> Tue, 02 Jun 2020 20:41:17 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 224101 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/science-leads-response-covid-19-these-25-scientists-are-tackling-other-global-challenges-322525 <p>The World Economic Forum created the Young Scientists Community in 2008, to engage leaders with science and the role it plays in society. The class of 2020 represents 25 researchers at the forefront of scientific discovery from 14 countries across the world.</p> Mon, 01 Jun 2020 18:10:31 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 223987 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/opportunities-curious-319677 <p>Award funding gives students lab time, research experience and the chance to discover the right path</p> <p>...Supported by a Schulich Graduate Fellowship, doctoral student <strong>Bikram Poudel</strong> is working to improve one of the world’s most important food crops.</p> Mon, 03 Feb 2020 20:46:01 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 186609 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/canadian-light-source-facility-agriculture-and-environmental-research-302987 <p>We are pleased to host Prof. <strong>Gianluigi Botton</strong>, Scientific Director of the Canadian Light Source, for a special seminar on Thursday, Dec 12.</p> Fri, 29 Nov 2019 18:27:01 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 125727 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/tracking-forest-fires-space-302764 <p>Student researcher pieces together satellite data to help communities monitor wildfires</p> <p><strong>Morgan Crowley</strong>’s interest in sustainability took root early.</p> <p>As a schoolchild in New Hampshire, she went to summer camp on Pine Mountain – so named for the stately evergreens that used to blanket the site. By the time Morgan started going there, “there were only two pines left” because the rest had fallen victim to a forest fire or to logging. As a result, “I grew up thinking very much about ecological sustainability.”</p> Thu, 21 Nov 2019 19:57:12 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 125683 at /macdonald