Government of Canada funds collaborative research to clean Arctic oil spills

Published: 3 September 2019

Two McGill researchers developing solutions to clean marine oil spills in the Northwest Passage and in oceans surrounding Canada to receive $3.7 million in funding from the Multi-Partner Research...

Optimiser le confort des vaches en stabulation entravée

Published: 22 August 2018

Peut-on aménager une étable pour offrir un plus grand bien-être aux animaux qui y passent leur vie ? Des chercheurs se penchent sur la question....

$5-million gift to McGill’s global food security institute supports efforts to understand and reverse world hunger and malnutrition

Published: 11 October 2018

Every night, some 800 million people – one in nine people on earth – go to bed hungry. And projections suggest that unless creative solutions are found, the world will need to increase food...

Four Burning Questions for Professor Emerita Harriet V.Kuhnlein, Commissioner, Lancet Report on Obesity

Published: 11 February 2019

The Lancet commission on Obesity published a report today on the joint pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change. In the report, the commissioners point to the fact that malnutrition...

5 lessons for a non-linear scientific career

Published: 21 March 2019

Éliane Ubalijoro, BSc(Agr)'92, PhD'01 has an incredible story. As a Rwandan college student, she was studying in Canada at the outbreak of the Rwandan civil war. She returned to Rwanda during the...

New and Renewed Canada Research Chairs for the Faculty

Published: 18 June 2019

On June 14 in Victoria, British Columbia, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, announced an investment of over $275 million for 346 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at...

Deep roots. Quebec's farmers are among the youngest in the country, and they're facing new challenges

Published: 21 August 2019

Peter Enright, director of McGill University's farm management and technology program, said regardless of the specialization, there has been one major shift between the generations of John and...

Getting to know McGill’s Morgan Arboretum

Published: 25 September 2019

On Sept. 14, McGill’s Morgan Arboretum forest reserve held its annual open house, giving students an opportunity to experience a unique part of the Macdonald campus. With activities including the...

Un nouveau centre pour démystifier les sciences agricoles

Published: 21 September 2018

Le campus Macdonald de l’Université McGill disposera bientôt d’un nouvel espace pour faire connaître au grand public la vraie nature de l’agriculture moderne.  ...

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