Rendering: The devil is in the details

Published: 18 March 2025

A Sanimax animal rendering plant in Montreal's east end has drawn complaints from residents for years, largely centering on odors coming from the facility. Recently, an agreement reached between...

Consumers are increasingly using boycotts, but do they actually work?

Published: 22 April 2025

While there are plenty of examples to the contrary, the general academic consensus is that boycotts don’t work for a sustained period, as consumers eventually disengage and reprioritize brand...

What people need to know about food recalls—interview with Prof. Jennifer Ronholm

Published: 18 December 2024

A number of recent food recalls across Canada have raised concerns for some about food safety and health risks. Global News interviewed Professor Jennifer Ronholm, Canada Research Chair in...

Decades after peregrines came back from the brink, a new threat emerges—comments from Prof. David Bird

Published: 18 March 2025

After DDT use nearly wiped out peregrine falcons in the 20th century, numbers are collapsing again in many countries, the Guardian reports....

McGill has become a leader in cannabis science

Published: 22 April 2025

The 4th Cannabis Scientific Symposium: From Plants to People, to be held May 5–6 at the RI-MUHC, brings together top researchers as well as investigators, policymakers and industrial stakeholders...

Better education can mitigate post-harvest food losses, increase global food security

Published: 15 November 2024

Better educating farmers and food processors about how to avoid post-harvest food losses – which amount to one-third of global food production, worth US$1 trillion annually – would reduce global...

Nobody knows why this snowy owl is orange—David Bird weighs in

Published: 26 March 2025

An orange tinted snowy owl in Michigan has baffled scientists with its orange colouring, CBC News reports. Experts say it could be a genetic mutation, an accident, or human mischief....

Atlantic killer whales show dangerously high levels of toxic chemicals: study

Published: 7 November 2024

Killer whales off Canada’s Atlantic coast continue to be contaminated with dangerously high levels of toxic chemicals that put them at elevated risk of severe immune-system and reproductive...

School of Human Nutrition Professor Treena Delormier awarded King Charles III Coronation Medal alongside 18 other McGillians

Published: 7 January 2025

Nineteen members of the McGill community, including President Deep Saini, have been awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal. The medal is conferred on individuals who have made significant...

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