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It鈥檚 a tough job market out there, and students can no longer rely on getting a job right out of university. Students from McGill鈥檚 Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences longing to start business ventures of their own now have a new toolkit to help them reach their goals鈥攖he Entrepreneurship and Innovation program.
It was nearing eleven and the late September sun was beating down on the rolling cornfields surrounding the quiet town of Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue as I toured the MacDonald Student Run-Ecological Gardens (MSEG). On the two-acre plot of land situated on McGill University鈥檚 MacDonald Campus Farm, a small but passionate team of student farmers is growing over sixty different crop species.
Models provide researchers with a view to the future, allowing stakeholders the opportunity to adapt to the effects of climate change
Faculty, staff and students from McGill'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:
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STUDY FINDS PLANTS NEED ACTIVE SOCIAL LIVES TO STAY HEALTHY
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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 McGill Conference on Global Food Security: Current and Future Challenges for Sustainable Food Security.
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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.
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City TV's morning show, Breakfast Television, spent an early morning on the Macdonald Campus Farm to hear about McGill'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 "McGill Feeding McGill" program.
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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.
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.
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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.
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A $1-million gift from Macdonald College of McGill University alumnus J. William Ritchie, BSc(Agr)'51, will provide major support for McGill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.
Take a look in your pantry: the miracle ingredient for fighting obesity may already be there. A simple potato extract may limit weight gain from a diet that is high in fat and refined carbohydrates, according to scientists at McGill University.
McGill University scientists, led by Ajjamada Kushalappa of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, have teamed up with researchers from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia to develop nutritious, high-yielding, and more disease-resistant potatoes for food-insecure indigenous communities in Colombia.
Whether it is for research into clean energy sources, the future of wireless communication or a better understanding of the processes involved in language learning, over 160 established McGill researchers and more than 80 graduate students will benefit from support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) over the next five years.
