/plant/taxonomy/term/5/all en /plant/channels/event/barbados-interdisciplinary-tropical-studies-program-bits-summer-2024-information-booth-355213 <div> <div></div></div> Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:26:41 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 6230 at /plant /plant/channels/news/are-canadian-froot-loops-healthier-those-us-comments-prof-stephanie-chevalier-361378 <p>In <a href="https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sciences/2024-11-22/lu-vu-verifie/les-froot-loops-d-ici-sont-ils-meilleurs-que-ceux-des-etats-unis.php">a new article, <em>La Presse </em>investigates claims made by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</a>, Donald Trump's Secretary of Health nominee, that Froot Loops sold in Canada have far less ingredients than their American counterparts. </p> Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:33:37 +0000 admin 7305 at /plant /plant/channels/event/national-day-remembrance-and-action-violence-against-women-361367 <p>On Dec. 6, 1989, 14 women were killed at École Polytechnique. They were killed because they were women, because most were students in an engineering program.</p> Sun, 24 Nov 2024 19:30:41 +0000 admin 7302 at /plant /plant/channels/news/plant-based-beverages-green-alternative-cows-milk-comments-prof-vijaya-raghavan-361315 <p>Almond milk, oat milk, coconut milk, rice milk, macadamia milk... there have never been so many options to replace cow's milk on grocery shelves. But which one has the smallest environmental footprint?</p> Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:03:01 +0000 admin 7207 at /plant /plant/channels/news/artificial-intelligence-reduce-herbicide-use-comments-mathieu-leduc-361310 <p>Students at the Université de Sherbrooke have developed a tool that enables market gardeners to rid their fields of weeds more quickly and without resorting to herbicides, using AI-controlled robotics<em>. </em></p> Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:15:48 +0000 admin 7206 at /plant /plant/channels/news/fifteen-new-or-renewed-canada-research-chairs-awarded-mcgill-361164 <div> <div> <p><em><strong><span><span><span><span>$<span>13.8<span><span> <span><span>million <span>in federal funding <span>for<span> <span>91ÉçÇø’s cohort of <span>10 <span>new<span>,<span> five renewed Canada Research Chairs<span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></em></p></div></div> Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:05:33 +0000 admin 7198 at /plant /plant/channels/news/ai-well-being-cows-and-wallets-breeders-interview-prof-elsa-vasseur-361136 <p>Images captured by cameras scrutinizing the slightest movements of cows. This is the basis of a major study currently being carried out by the Innovation Research Chair in Animal Welfare and Artificial Intelligence (<a href="https://www.well-e.org/fr">WELL-E</a>), jointly created by 91ÉçÇø and UQAM. <a href="https://www.laterre.ca/technique/sante-animale/lia-au-service-du-bien-etre-des-vaches-et-du-portefeuille-des-eleveurs/">A new article in <em>La Terre </em>dives into the project and interviews the 91ÉçÇø team members at the helm.</a></p> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:51:17 +0000 admin 7194 at /plant /plant/channels/news/veterans-honoured-annual-remembrance-day-ceremony-361130 <p><em><small>Photo by Neale McDevitt: On the left, 99-year-old WWII vet Joe Maxwell shakes hands with Colonel Andrew Lussier, 35 years service including tours in Kosovo and Afghanistan. In the middle is Lt. Commander Alex Csank (20 years Canadian Navy).</small></em></p> <p><big>Hundreds of community members take part, including students from local elementary schools, Macdonald High School, John Abbott and Macdonald Campus</big></p> <p>By Neale McDevitt<br /> Editor, <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/">91ÉçÇø Reporter</a></p> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:43:46 +0000 admin 7190 at /plant /plant/channels/event/graduate-program-info-session-plant-science-msc-phd-360977 <p>91ÉçÇø, including its Macdonald Campus, is known throughout Canada and around the world for conducting pioneering and innovative research.</p> Wed, 06 Nov 2024 21:46:02 +0000 admin 7169 at /plant /plant/channels/event/international-day-women-and-girls-science-2025-transforming-global-food-systems-through-359646 <p>The Margaret A.</p> Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:15:51 +0000 admin 7163 at /plant /plant/channels/event/lister-family-engaged-science-three-minute-thesis-3mt-competition-332979 <p>Since 2017, the <a href="/osas/cpd/listerengagedscience">Lister Family Engaged Science Initiative</a> has supported the Lister Family Engaged Science Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition. </p> Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:43:17 +0000 admin 7145 at /plant /plant/channels/event/activity-booklet-delights-winter-season-2024-edition-335449 <h2>Join us in celebrating the holiday season!</h2> Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:46:50 +0000 admin 7147 at /plant /plant/channels/event/graduate-program-info-session-animal-science-msc-phd-360269 <p>91ÉçÇø, including its Macdonald Campus, is known throughout Canada and around the world for conducting pioneering and innovative research.</p> Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:36:57 +0000 admin 7161 at /plant /plant/channels/event/application-deadline-student-experience-enhancement-fund-seef-353154 <p>The <a href="/osas/internshipawards">Student Experience Enhancement Fund</a> (SEEF) for the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (FAES) supports extra-curricular experiential learning initiatives.</p> Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:28:20 +0000 admin 7151 at /plant /plant/channels/event/graduate-program-info-session-parasitology-msc-phd-360760 <p>91ÉçÇø, including its Macdonald Campus, is known throughout Canada and around the world for conducting pioneering and innovative research.</p> Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:56:07 +0000 admin 7160 at /plant