Patrick Cortbaoui Appointed UNAI Vice Chair

Published: 5 November 2025

Patrick Cortbaoui, Senior Managing Director of McGill’s Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security, has been appointed Vice Chair for Outreach and Partnership for the United Nations...

Experts: Food insecurity in Quebec

Published: 30 October 2025

Food bank use in Quebec in 2025 has hit record numbers, surpassing 3 million assistance requests, according to Food Banks Canada's HungerCount 2025 recent report. Employed people and students are...

Prof. Patrick Cortbaoui presents at Food as Medicine workshop at NDU Lebanon

Published: 11 June 2024

Within its efforts to introduce and promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture in the educational sector, the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences (FNHS) and the Lifelong Learning Center (LLC) at...

McGill launches new partnership with the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development

Published: 25 July 2023

On May 31, 2023, McGill University’s Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) and SOCODEVI, in collaboration with the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural...

Patrick Cortbaoui on securing food for the future

Published: 18 July 2022

Food security is one of the fundamental challenges to sustainability of the 20th century, with approximately 11.7 percent of the global population experiencing extreme food insecurity, according to...

Unlocking the Potential Towards Healthy Food Systems

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 10:00to15:00

Part of McGill's Global Health Week Program...

Sowing sustainable food systems (in French)

Wednesday, March 9, 2022 12:30to13:30

This event is presented as part of the conference and inauguration of the HEC Montréal seed library....

Connecting the Dots Towards Sustainable Food Systems - SDG Action & Awareness Week 2022

Thursday, March 3, 2022 10:00to11:00

Sustainable Development Goals Action & Awareness Week 2022 /globalfoodsecurityCategory: Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Food Macdonald Campus

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