Sacrifice Zones: Life along the fenceline between the land and industry

Published: 22 July 2025

In a recent article exploring the environmental and health impacts of plastic pollution on Indigenous fenceline communities in Canada—residential areas that sit next to facilities that emit...

McGill Joins Ghanaian Partners to Empower Youth and Transform Agrifood Systems

Published: 17 July 2025

As part of the Nkabom Collaborative supported by the Mastercard Foundation, McGill University has joined forces with Ghanaian institutions in a bold initiative to foster youth leadership and...

Macdonald alumna Stéphanie Naud heads to World Lumberjacking Championship

Published: 17 July 2025

The athlete began this sport at McGill University, the only school in Quebec to offer the opportunity to do logging as a sport....

Coffee, stuck between inflation and shrinkflation—comments from Pascal Thériault

Published: 5 March 2025

Coffee is suffering the consequences of global warming, condemning consumers of the popular drink to rising prices and shrinking formats, reports Radio-Canada. 

Students weigh in on what matters to them in agriculture

Published: 5 March 2025

Farm consolidation, lack of financial supports, and agriculture-inclusive education streams are some of the most important issues for students attending the recent Future of Food conference in...

Tariff trouble prompts Montrealers to prepare for price hikes—comments from Pascal Thériault

Published: 5 March 2025

Food including meat, vegetables, and fruits are on the long list of products from the U.S. subject to Canada’s 25% counter-tariffs....

Pascal Thériault: For American farmers, it is impossible to do without Canadian potash

Published: 11 March 2025

As the threat of impending tariffs and counter-tariffs loom, U.S. agricultural producers have very few options to substitute Canadian potash, an essential ingredient in fertilizer, McGill...

Addressing Canada's agricultural labour shortage—column by Pascal Thériault

Published: 26 February 2025

In 2019, RBC released an alarming report revealing a labour shortage in Canada's agricultural sector that could reach 123,000 vacant positions, a slowdown in exports compared to our competitors, a...

Extended deadline: Macdonald Campus Distinguished Young Alumni Awards

Thursday, July 31, 2025

We are pleased to have extended the deadline to submit a nomination for the Macdonald Campus Distinguished Young Alumni Award!/macdonaldCategory: Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences...

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