Empowering Local Solutions to Global Challenges: The Hult Prize Comes to the McGill Dobson Centre

Published: 21 November 2024

The Hult Prize is a globally renowned social entrepreneurship competition that empowers young people to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges through innovative business solutions. At...

Ottawa researcher hopes bugs can address global food insecurity

Published: 11 June 2014

Gabe Mott is spending the summer in Mexico, where the company he's part of is trying to figure out how to industrialize the production of insects — or micro-livestock — to address global food...

How to Breed a Tasty Cricket

Published: 25 September 2015

It’s hard to hear anything over the chirping. Cardboard boxes filled with egg cartons and sheets of plastic buzz with thousands of young-adult crickets calling out to one another to mate. The brush...

Hult Prize Accelerator Preps Competitors for $1m

Published: 15 August 2013

The problem: finding a high-quality source of protein for hundreds of millions of people that can be raised quickly, without consuming a lot of land, water, and other resources....

Desautels students head to 2015 Hult Prize regionals

Published: 16 February 2015

On March 13-14, McGill students Amanda Chalupa (MSc in Social & Transcultural Psychiatry), Alyssa Wiseman (MBA-Law), Attiya Hirji (BA in International Development), Lida Faridian (MBA) and...

Tepung Jangkrik yang Tinggi Protein Enak Diolah Jadi Cookies dan Cake

Published: 8 September 2014

Tahun lalu, tim mahasiswa MBA dari McGill University Kanada memenangkan $1 juta (Rp 11,8 miliar) dari kompetisi Hult Prize. Mereka berhasil menciptakan 'power flour', yakni tepung lokal (gandum,...

Peneliti Kanada Berharap Serangga dapat Atasi Masalah Pangan Global

Published: 12 June 2014

Berkurangnya pasokan makanan dunia sempat membuat PBB tahun lalu memromosikan hidangan dari seranggayang kaya nutrisi, tinggi protein, rendah lemak dan mudah didapatkan. Selain itu dalam konferensi...

Entomophagy: Can you swallow this food trend?

Published: 3 February 2016

Would you rather miss a PB by a single second, or eat a grasshopper? Runners who are competitive enough would probably strongly consider the grasshopper in this moment… being grossed out is...

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