Automated defibrillator proves critical in cardiac arrest case on campus

Published: 14 September 2022

Just as she was preparing to leave her Macdonald campus office on May 24, 2022, Kelsey Tibbo, Operations Manager, Security Services, got a call from a patroller reporting that a man had collapsed...

COVID-19 reshaped the way we buy, prepare and consume food

Published: 2 November 2022

To better understand food-related decisions during the pandemic, our research team conducted an online survey among a sample of adults from the province of Québec. This survey spanned three...

Quebec increases its sustainable agriculture program by $15 million

Published: 12 December 2022

On Monday, Minister of Agriculture André Lamontagne will speak at the 7th Summit of Subnational Governments and Cities, an "official side event" of COP15. The Minister, alongside a dozen...

A blueprint for life on MARS

Published: 7 July 2022

Lost Hammer Spring, in Nunavut in Canada’s High Arctic, is one of the coldest and saltiest terrestrial springs discovered to date. The water which travels up through 600 metres of permafrost to the...

David Wees explains the science of fall colours

Published: 6 October 2022

"People think that the colder fall temperatures trigger the colour change, but it’s actually the photoperiod," explains Plant Science Faculty Lecturer David Wees. However, some regions of Quebec...

Whalen speaks at ILO session on emerging green economy in Africa

Published: 30 November 2022

Prof. Joann Whalen (NRS) was an invited speaker at a recent session hosted by the AgriEdge program at Morocco’s Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) and the ProAgro Program at the...

McGill teams participate in Deep Space Food Challenge

Published: 25 January 2023

On January 17, two McGill teams, InSpira Photobioreactor and the Cricket Rearing, Collection, and Transformation System (CRCTS) competing under the McGill Advanced Bio-Regenerative Toolkit for Long...

Building agricultural capacity in Quebec

Published: 29 September 2022

In the 1960s, only about three percent of the land in Quebec was suitable for cultivation. The Province’s population and need for food outstripped the yield from Quebec farms. More than half of...

FMT grads find success with Ferme des Paniers

Published: 17 November 2022

Congrats to FMT students Diego Occhicone and Rami Sader, FMT’22, who had a successful season in their new venture, the Ferme des Paniers market garden. The pair who met at Macdonald during their...

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