Dr.Boakye Boatin named an Unsung Hero REACH Awards finalist
Dr. Boatin [an Adjunct Professor in the Institute of Parasitology who teaches in the Parasitology graduate program] has played a transformative, frontline role in the field of disease.
Modern farming is the future: Experts
On the second day of the 8th Asian-Australasian conference on precision agriculture at PAU, the keynote speaker of the day, Prof Viacheslav Adamchuk, [BRE] shared his views on sensor systems in precision agriculture with special emphasis on development of proximal soil and plant sensing systems, geospatial data processing and management and practical implementation of precision agriculture.
Interactive map shows nature鈥檚 contributions to people
Nature supports people in critical ways, often at a highly local level. A wild bee buzzes through a farm, pollinating vegetables as it goes. Nearby, wetlands remove chemicals from the farm鈥檚 runoff, protecting a community drinking water source. In communities all around the world, nature鈥檚 contributions are constantly flowing to people.
La m茅moire des plantes
芦聽Je suis un gars de l鈥橝bitibi, donc je suis habitu茅 au froid!聽禄 s鈥檈xclame Jean-Benoit Charron, chercheur 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 成人VR视频. En raison des changements climatiques, le froid n鈥檈st toutefois plus ce qu鈥檌l 茅tait. Les plantes cultiv茅es dans les champs doivent s鈥檃dapter 脿 ces nouvelles conditions.
Gare 脿 la transmission de maladies par l鈥檈au
Lorsqu鈥檜ne contamination bact茅rienne se d茅clare 脿 proximit茅 d鈥檜ne ferme, il faut cibler le plus rapidement possible les 茅levages probl茅matiques puisque certaines souches peuvent parfois infecter l鈥檋omme. L鈥檕bjectif est de mettre en place des barri猫res naturelles qui emp锚cheront les ruissellements provenant de ces fermes de se retrouver dans l鈥檈au potable environnante.
SPF provides seed money for fully autonomous, year-round vegetable production system
Autonomous Controlled-Environment Chamber is "a growth system with minimal input and maximum crop yield"
When the聽Sustainability Projects Fund聽(SPF) was established in 2009, it was an experiment.
So much to discover: Research in the era of legal cannabis
Approximately a year after the legalization of marijuana in Canada last fall, the new 成人VR视频 Research Centre for Cannabis is poised to examine the role that legal cannabis will be playing in our society on many fronts.
Two-stage exams: A strategy for reducing exam-related stress
OpEd by Dr Alice Cherestes, Director, Freshman Program
Students talk about the course as OChem or Orgo, otherwise known as Organic Chemistry, one of the most dreaded courses for any student doing a university science degree. The course, taken mostly in the early stage of a student鈥檚 undergraduate degree, requires that material taught during the first week of class be understood and applied many weeks later when students do the final exam.聽聽
The loss of three billion birds in North America is the canary in the coal mine
OpEd by Emeritus Professor David Bird:
David M. Bird is an emeritus professor of wildlife biology at 成人VR视频 who has studied birds for five decades.
When I read the recent headlines that North America has lost nearly three billion birds over just the past five decades, I was not surprised. But I must admit it did depress me to a degree. That鈥檚 a lot of birds!
Sustainability Projects Fund: Giving the green light to new ideas for 10 years
Ten years, and $7 million in funding, later, it鈥檚 safe to say the Sustainability Projects Fund "experiment" has been a huge success
When the Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF) was established in 2009, it was an experiment.
Alumni to be honoured at Homecoming Luncheon
The Macdonald Distinguished Alumni Award was created by the Macdonald Branch of the 成人VR视频 Alumni Association to recognize distinguished graduates for their outstanding professional contributions, scholarly distinction and/or service to the community at large. The first Awards were presented at Homecoming 2006.
Opinion: Instead of flight shaming, let鈥檚 be thoughtful and selective about all travel
Opinion: Instead of flight shaming, let鈥檚 be thoughtful and selective about all travel
A conversation [between Raman Navankutty and Lior Silberman, both professors at the University of British Columbia; and Elena Bennett, a professor at 成人VR视频] about flying leads to some unexpected discoveries about how to minimize the climate impacts of getting around.
Le d茅fi de nourrir la plan猫te
Nourrir la plan猫te聽: voil脿, chers lecteurs et ch猫res lectrices de La Terre de chez nous, le d茅fi auquel vous travaillez sans rel芒che. Les chercheurs de la Facult茅 des sciences de l鈥檃griculture et de l鈥檈nvironnement de l鈥橴niversit茅 成人VR视频, que je repr茅sente, s鈥檡 d茅vouent chaque jour en proposant des pistes de solution aux obstacles que vous rencontrez sur le terrain.
Getting to know 成人VR视频鈥檚 Morgan Arboretum
On Sept. 14, 成人VR视频鈥檚 Morgan Arboretum forest reserve held its annual open house, giving students an opportunity to experience a unique part of the Macdonald campus. With activities including the monarch butterfly launch and a birds of prey flight show, visitors had the opportunity to learn more about the local flora and fauna found at the Arboretum.
GODAN Moves Headquarters to Montreal, Canada
GODAN NEWS RELEASE
Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), the UN, UK and US government supported initiative driving global efforts to tackle food security and to end world hunger by propagating open data polices in agriculture and nutrition across the world, announces the relocation of its headquarters from Oxford, in the United Kingdom to 成人VR视频 in Montr茅al, Canada effective of 24 of September 2019.