The discovery that could shake up the beer industry

Published: 3 January 2018

Jaswinder Singh can hardly contain his excitement when talking about TLP8, a useful protein he discovered in barley. “It could revolutionize the brewing industry,” said the associate professor at...

Maintaining momentum in forages

Published: 3 January 2018

It takes a long time to develop a new variety from scratch. Dr. Bruce Coulman of the University of Sask­atchewan recently recalled the start of his forage breeding career at McGill University....

Keep the animal agriculture industry out of the new food guide

Published: 3 January 2018

Researchers from McGill University (Paul Thomassin) found that if Canadians ate less meat, and more fruits and vegetables, Canada's GDP would benefit. The authors recommended the government...

Alum recipient of Canada’s Volunteer Awards’ Emerging Leader Award (Quebec Region)

Published: 14 December 2017

Congratulations to alum Valérie Toupin-Dubé, BSc (AgEnvSci)’16, recipient of the Canada’s Volunteer Awards’ Emerging Leader Award for the Quebec region!...

Réflexion sur l'agriculture avec la doyenne de la Faculté de l'agriculture de l'Université McGill

Published: 18 December 2017

En cette fin d'année, nous vous proposons une réflexion sur l'agriculture avec une femme qui a consacré sa vie aux enjeux agricoles. Anja Geitmann est doyenne de la faculté des sciences de l...

Professor Jeff Xia named CRC Chair (Tier 2)

Published: 12 December 2017

Congratulations to Professor Jianguo (Jeff) Xia, Department of Animal Science and Institute of Parasitology, who has been named a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)  in Bioinformatics and Big Data...

Professors inducted into Royal Society of Canada

Published: 11 December 2017

Congratulations to Jan Adamowski (Bioresource Engineering) and Elena Bennett (Natural Resource Sciences) on their induction into the Royal Society of Canada. The announcement was made in September,...

Plant trees to control climate change

Published: 1 December 2017

Scientists at an international conference said on [November 30] that climate change was a global phenomenon that could only be controlled by planting more and more trees. This was stated in the...

PhD Oral Defense: Biochar production in an auger pyrolysis reactor and its amendment to soil as a tool to mitigate climate change

Wednesday, December 13, 2017 10:00

PhD Oral Defense of Patrick Brassard, Department of Bioresource Engineering21111 Lakeshore Road, St Anne de Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, CA/macdonaldCategory: Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental...

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