Montreal wants more businesses to plant trees
In April, the City of Montreal announced it wanted to accelerate tree planting by incentivizing business owners to plant trees on their property, offering to foot 50 per cent of the bill, CTV News reports, in an effort to reduce heat islands, improve air quality and help drain rainwater.
NSERC awards Discovery Grants funding to eight 91涩漫 Agricultural and Environmental Sciences projects
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 91涩漫 research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million, including $639,500 for eight projects submitted by researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.
Bread cartel: Loblaw will give $500 million to people who were cheated
Loblaws and its principal shareholder, George Weston, will pay $500 million to settle a class action lawsuit the company was facing in connection with a bread cartel. The people behind the lawsuit accused the country's major food chains of colluding on the price of bread to increase their profit margins.
Prof. Dastmalchi receives prestigious Phytochemical Society award
Please join us in congratulating Mehran Dastmalchi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Plant Science, on receiving the prestigious Arthur C. Neish Award from the Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA). The 63rd annual PSNA meeting took place in Monterrey, Mexico from July 15鈥�19, 2024, where Professor Dastmalchi presented his lab's research in a keynote speech.
To remove CO2 from the atmosphere, this former 91涩漫 postdoc's startup looks to biomass
In 2019, while doing post-doctoral research in 91涩漫's Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Qinhong Cai (better known as Tammy) travelled to Nunavut to join the聽Oceans Protection Plan, a federal initiative designed to improve marine safety and increase the protection and restoration of coastal and seaway ecosystems.
On NYC beaches, angry birds fight drones patrolling for sharks and struggling swimmers
Patrol drones deployed in May to New York City beaches to look for sharks and struggling swimmers are ruffling feathers. Seabirds have been attacking the drones as if they are predators, flying and swooping at the machines while vocalizing.
Mac Campus and Music staff members honoured for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising
Adelina Lameiras and David Wees are the latest winners of the Dean of Students Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising.
Adelina Lameiras, Student Affairs Administrator at the Schulich School of Music, was recognized in the Administrative Staff category.
91涩漫 student investigating why Quebec's red cardinal population has exploded
The population of red cardinals has exploded in Quebec over the past 25 years. After eight months of tracking 41 cardinals as they flew from tree to tree in different environments, a 91涩漫 biologist spoke to the Journal de Montreal about why cardinals may be thriving here.
Montreal peregrine falcon chicks take first flights into a world full of danger
The world is full of dangers when you're a falcon chick less than six weeks old and learning to fly 鈥� even if you're a member of the fastest species on Earth.
This week, three falcon chicks named Hugo, Polo and Estebane started to spread their wings around the nest site on the 23rd floor of the Universit茅聽de Montr茅al tower, with hundreds of online viewers watching their every move.
2024 inductees selected for Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame, including two former Mac professors
Four agricultural champions from across Canada have been selected by the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame as its 2024 inductees. Dr. Bruce Coulman, Dr. Michael Eskin, Paul Larmer and Dr. Charles Vincent will be formally inducted on November 2 at a ceremony during the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, Ontario.
Louis Robert (BScAgr鈥�82, MSc鈥�86), from agriculture to art
There aren鈥檛 many agronomists who have a piece of artwork that carries their name, but 91涩漫 Macdonald alum Louis Robert (BScAgr鈥�82, MSc鈥�86 鈥� Agricultural Science and Plant Science)聽is one.
Mac student awarded prestigious Seed Science Foundation scholarship
Please join us in congratulating Henry Alexander Cordoba Novoa,聽Ph.D. candidate in plant breeding and genetics at 91涩漫's Macdonald Campus, on receiving the聽Roger Krueger Memorial Scholarship, awarded by聽the Seed Science Foundation聽at the American Seed Trade Association Leadership Summit held in Nashville, TN on June 15鈥�19, 2024.
Three researchers in 91涩漫's Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences honoured with prestigious Canada Research Chairs
On June 14, the Government of Canada announced $693.8 million in funding for discovery and applied research, including $94.5 million for the聽Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program聽to support 121 new and renewed chair holders at 39 postsecondary institutions across the country.
Searching for Life鈥檚 Simple Necessities Across the Asteroid Belt
NASA鈥檚 Europa Clipper mission will explore the characteristics of Jupiter鈥檚 moon Europa. Its data will help scientists assess if the icy body has the potential to host life.
A previous satellite mission indicated the likely existence of a salty global ocean beneath Europa's ice, potentially holding more water than all of Earth's surface.
How AI could help farming become more efficient and sustainable
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing industries across Canada and the world, and agriculture is no exception. Post-secondary institutions and innovative farms are rapidly working to apply AI to food system challenges from labour shortages to climate change.