Students vote in favour of SPF and Daily Publications Society
鈥淸The Sustainability Projects Fund] is a resource for all 成人VR视频 community members to launch or grow a sustainability initiative on campus [and] spark positive change in their own learning and work environment. We are thrilled by the level of enthusiasm reflected in the results of the SSMU referendum.鈥 Shona Watt, Sustainability manager in the 成人VR视频 Office of Sustainability.
2022 Scholastic Awards 鈥 Celebrating Student Excellence
The 2022 Scholastic Awards Reception on November 8th recognized more than 175 outstanding Macdonald undergraduate and graduate students. The Faculty awarded over $380,000 in named scholarships at the undergraduate level and more than $465,000 in fellowships and awards at the graduate level.
FMT grads find success with Ferme des Paniers
Congrats to FMT students Diego Occhicone and Rami Sader, FMT鈥22, who had a successful season in their new venture, the Ferme des Paniers market garden. The pair who met at Macdonald during their studies, sell their produce through subscription baskets and at local markets.
H. Deep Saini is next Principal and Vice-Chancellor
The Board of Governors of 成人VR视频 is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. H. Deep Saini as the University's 18th Principal and Vice-Chancellor. Currently President and Vice-Chancellor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Prof. Saini will begin his five-year, renewable term at 成人VR视频 on April 1, 2023. He will also hold the appointment of Full Professor in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Elena Bennett: Exploring the complexity of ecosystems
Exploring the complexity of ecosystems by John AllemangElena Bennett聽delights in uncertainty.
Huge crowd pays respect to military veterans
Standing at the podium surrounded by 1,500 people on the John Abbott football field, Joe Maxwell, gazed up into the sunny November sky and said 鈥淚t鈥檚 good to be alive.鈥
Zacharie Cloutier named Best Cheese in Quebec
Zacharie Cloutier from Fromagerie Nouvelle France in the Easte
Virtual map aims to connect people to food resources across Toronto
With the help of Agincourt community services, Registered Dietitian Ekta Amarnani, M.Sc.鈥17 has put together an interactive map that helps people locate food resources across Toronto with the intention of increasing access to food.
COVID-19 reshaped the way we buy, prepare and consume food
To better understand food-related decisions during the pandemic, our research team conducted an online survey among a sample of adults from the province of Qu茅bec. This survey spanned three different time points between the initial lockdown in the spring of 2020 and the curfew period in Qu茅bec in the winter of 2021.
Fall colours on full display at Mac Campus
Macdonald Campus is beautiful year-round, but is truly spectacular in the fall. Neale McDevitt, the Editor of the 成人VR视频 Reporter, took a stroll through Mac Campus this past weekend and took the following pictures.
View photos in the 成人VR视频 Reporter.
Ferme Le Paysan Gourmand finding creative ways to reduce food waste
L'脡picerie recently featured Rosemarie Allen (B.Sc.(AgEnvSc)鈥12) and Jacob Morin (FMT鈥11) of Ferme Le Paysan Gourmand in Saint-F茅lix-de-Kingsey who participate in an on-farm program to reduce food waste. The episode follows Meilleur Apr猫s volunteers who harvest produce that would have remained in the field.
2022 Distinguished Alumni announced
Congratulations to Luce Daigneault BScAgr鈥82, MSc鈥85, Gibson (Gib) Patterson BScAgr鈥60, Isabelle Lam BSc(NutrSc)鈥19 and Jamie Lee BSc(NutrSc)鈥19 who will receive Macdonald Distinguished Alumni Awards at the Homecoming Lunch on Saturday.
Read full bios.
Mac alumni win Homegrown Innovation Challenge
Hydroponic strawberry growers and Co-founders of Vertit茅, Ophelia Sarakinis (FMT鈥19) and Phillip Rosenbaum (B.Sc.(AgEnvSc)鈥19, MSc.鈥21) and their partners have just won the first phase of the Homegrown Innovation Challenge, a 鈥渟ix-year, $33-million initiative from the Weston Family Foundation to future-proof food production in Canada.鈥
Whalen offers expert view on status of soil health in Canada
On September 29th, James 成人VR视频 Professor Joann Whalen, Natural Resource Sciences, testified as an expert before Canada鈥檚 Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry on the topic of 鈥淩eview and report on the status of soil health in Canada鈥.
Watch her testimony on ParlVu (09:43:59)
David Wees explains the science of fall colours
"People think that the colder fall temperatures trigger the colour change, but it鈥檚 actually the photoperiod," explains Plant Science Faculty Lecturer David Wees. However, some regions of Quebec are luckier when it comes to fall colours than others: those with a lot of deciduous trees like maples, oaks or even birches. On the other hand, areas that have more conifers will see fewer transformations to their landscape.鈥