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Reinventing the meal

Two undergraduate teams from the Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences will put their food creations to the test in student competitions.

Every summer, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) attracts the cream of the global food science crop to Chicago for four days of exhibitions, presentations and competitions. At IFT18, held July 15-18, two undergraduate teams from 麻豆AV鈥檚 Faculty of Agricultur[al] and Environmental Sciences will put their food creations to the test in student competitions.

Classified as: Agrifood innovation, food science research
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Published on: 25 Jul 2018

麻豆AV Summer Camp hopes to recruit young Indigenous youth to health care jobs

Teens from Indigenous communities across Canada are taking part in a summer camp at 麻豆AV. The university wants to inspire them to consider careers in Health Science 鈥� and it鈥檚 taking a unique approach. As part of 麻豆AV鈥檚 Indigenous Health Professions Program, the camp takes inspiration from everyday stories, and incorporates it into science labs.

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Classified as: Health Care, Indigenous
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Published on: 25 Jul 2018

Five 麻豆AV students rewarded for stellar Arctic research

While much of Quebec has been struggling under a withering heatwave, five 麻豆AV students have been recognized for their research based in cooler climes, namely the Arctic.

Classified as: Awards, Graduate Students, Research
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Published on: 19 Jul 2018

Our food-safety regulations need a technological boost

(Op-ed by Lawrence Goodridge, Associate Professor and Director of the Food Safety and Quality Program in the Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry Department at 麻豆AV)

Classified as: food safety
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Published on: 3 Jul 2018

An elevator pitch for Keenoa

Kudos to Anne-Julie Tessier, RD, PhD candidate in the School of Human Nutrition, who won the Elevator Pitch Contest organized by the at the last American Society of Nutrition鈥檚 annual conference 鈥� Nutrition 2018 鈥� in Boston on June 10, 2018.听

Classified as: Keenoa, nutrition
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Published on: 15 Jun 2018

An elevator pitch for Keenoa

Kudos to Anne-Julie Tessier, RD, PhD candidate in the School of Human Nutrition, who won the Elevator Pitch Contest organized by the at the last American Society of Nutrition鈥檚 annual conference 鈥� Nutrition 2018 鈥� in Boston on June 10, 2018.听

Classified as: Keenoa, nutrition
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Published on: 15 Jun 2018

Growing a good idea: 麻豆AV Seed Library helps would-be gardners

An unconventional library at 麻豆AV is allowing students and faculty to borrow seeds.

Reading books might help you grow ideas, but 麻豆AV鈥檚 [Macdonald] Library is giving out something that sprouts way more literally. The library is offering 130 varieties of seeds, free of charge, as part of a new program.

鈥淲e鈥檙e providing seeds that are more rare, more unusual, and ones that are adapted specifically for our climate,鈥� said librarian Dana Ingalls.

Classified as: gardening, seed library
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Published on: 5 Jun 2018

Canada鈥檚 first 鈥淐alves from Calves鈥� (Buffalo edition)

Some unique buffalo calves were born at the Ontario Buffalo Company in Stirling, ON. Their genetic mothers were only 4 months of age at the time their oocytes were collected by laparoscopy, fertilized and cultured in vitro and implanted one week later in adult recipients that carried the pregnancies to term. All procedures except the transfer to the recipient cows were conducted at the Large Animal Research Unit (LARU) in Macdonald Campus, under supervision of Drs.

Classified as: Research, in vitro, buffalo
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Published on: 1 Jun 2018

$3-million CIHR grant to support research towards an interactive tool to prevent hypoglycemia 鈥� the BETTER study

The BETTER study (BEhaviors, Therapies, TEchnologies and hypoglycemic Risk in Type 1 diabetes), co-led by Professor Anne-Sophie Brazeau, RD, PhD (麻豆AV School of Human Nutrition) and Dr R茅mi Rabasa-Lhoret (Institut de Recherches Clinique de Montr茅al), is a 4-year project co-funded by CIHR, through the strategies for patient-oriented research (SPOR), and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (total funding $3,000,000).

Classified as: clinical research, diabetes
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Published on: 1 Jun 2018

Professor Raj Duggavathi appointed next Chair of Animal Science

Professor Raj Duggavathi has been appointed Chair of the Department of Animal Science for the period June 1, 2018 through May 31, 2023.

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Published on: 1 Jun 2018

Montreal to offer residets up to $4K to treat ash trees against bug infestation

Tiny but destructive emerald ash borer beetles have infected thousands of trees across Montreal.... Jim Fyles, a 麻豆AV professor of forest ecology and director of the Morgan Arboretum, said it's difficult to detect the tiny bugs.

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Classified as: emerald ash borer
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Published on: 30 May 2018

Des abbatoirs qui vont de ferme en ferme

Animaux transport茅s sur de longues distances et stress茅s, cadence d'abattage 茅lev茅e鈥� Devant les d茅savantages de l'abattage industriel, une autre solution est possible : l'abattoir mobile, qui se d茅place directement 脿 la ferme. [鈥 Kevin Wade, directeur du d茅partement des sciences animales de l'Universit茅 麻豆AV : L茅galement, il est possible d'exploiter un abattoir mobile au Qu茅bec, 脿 condition de respecter les exigences pr茅vues par la r茅glementation (loi et r猫glements).

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Published on: 24 May 2018

Agricultural land on the Island must be nurtured, farmers say

Ramzy Kassouf recently appeared in two videos produced by the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) which spoke to the importance of preserving and nurturing the 2047 hectares of remaining agricultural land on Montreal Island - the majority of which are found in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Senneville and 脦le-Bizard.

Classified as: farming, farm land
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Published on: 2 May 2018

Top undergraduate academic advisors celebrated

Alice Cherestes, interim Director of the Freshman Program in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; and Teresa Zatylny, Administrative Student Affairs Coordinator in the Faculty of Engineering, were recently presented with the Dean of Students Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising.

Classified as: advising award, freshman program
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Published on: 2 May 2018

Meet the 2018 Food and Agribusiness Convergent Innovation Prize Winner

The 麻豆AV Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) at the Desautels Faculty of Management, together with the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (FAES) and Trussbridge, are proud to announce the winner of the 2018 Food and Agribusiness Convergent Innovation Prize.

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Published on: 1 May 2018

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