Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements

Published: 1 May 2025

McGill announces 2025 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars ...

Bioresource Engineering Professor's company develops new technology to sex chicks before hatching

Published: 12 February 2025

A company founded by Department of Bioresource Engineering James McGill Professor Michael Ngadi has succeeded in developing HyperEye, a new technology that uses hyperspectral imaging and AI to...

Professor Treena Wasonti:io Delormier to chair expert panel on Indigenous science and food sovereignty

Published: 16 April 2025

The Canadian Council of Academics (CCA) has formed an expert panel to examine how Indigenous science can be supported to advance policy and governance in a way that achieves reciprocal benefits for...

Better training for agricultural producers could reduce food insecurity

Published: 21 January 2025

McGill Bioresource Engineering Professors Valérie Orsat and Vijaya Raghavan spoke to Le Devoir about their recent study, which found that better educating farmers and food processors about how to...

Nobody knows why this snowy owl is orange—David Bird weighs in

Published: 26 March 2025

An orange tinted snowy owl in Michigan has baffled scientists with its orange colouring, CBC News reports. Experts say it could be a genetic mutation, an accident, or human mischief....

Should we fear cadmium? Comments from Mathieu Leduc

Published: 30 June 2025

French doctors are raising the alarm about rising exposure to cadmium, a toxic heavy metal found in phosphate fertilizers. Cadmium is a known carcinogen linked to kidney damage, bone disease, and...

Canada invests in McGill project to protect Lake Simcoe

Published: 18 March 2025

The Government of Canada recently announced an investment of over $1 million in three freshwater projects for the protection of Lake Simcoe, including $412,700 to McGill University to demonstrate...

Prof. Xin Zhao named Fellow of the American Dairy Science Association

Published: 20 May 2025

Congratulations to Xin Zhao, Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Department of Animal Science at McGill University, on being named Fellow of the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA)....

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....

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