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The McCall MacBain Scholarships at Â鶹AV today announced its fourth cohort of recipients: 30 students who will pursue a funded master’s or professional degree combined with mentorship and leadership programming, as well as 117 who earned entrance awards ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 each.

Classified as: McCall MacBain Scholars
Published on: 1 May 2024

Most members of the Â鶹AV community know Chris Buddle as a professor, an entomologist, a researcher, or a Â鶹AV administrator. But Buddle is a man of many more talents, which you can read all aboutÌý

On May 22, he will launch A Portrait of Astonishing Nature, a remarkable collection of original poetry and watercolour paintings that pay loving tribute to the plants and animals around us.

Classified as: Chris Buddle
Published on: 29 Apr 2024

Upset about high interest rates, growing paperwork and heavy regulatory burdens, protesting farmers have become a familiar sight across Quebec since December.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 23 Apr 2024

Maison Riviera has abandoned the glass containers that have made its name since their arrival on the market in 2015 in favor of plastic.ÌýFans of Riviera yogurt who have lids sold separately by the company to give a second life to the little glass pots will still be able to use them, however, since the new plastic containers, arriving in the dairy aisle at the end of August, are made in the same format.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 23 Apr 2024

From bad weather to global conflicts, and even the breakdown of supply chains, food prices are subject to unpredictable variations.

Here's a look at what's been shaking up the food market in recent years.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 17 Apr 2024

When it comes to valuable outside-the-classroom learning experiences, a competition attended by a team of students from Â鶹AV’s Macdonald Campus ticked all the boxes.Ìý

Four students in theÌýFarm Management and Technology (FMT) programÌýtravelled to California in early April for the 2024 North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge.

Published on: 16 Apr 2024

No one can say for sure whether Canada’s 2024 wildfire season will be as devastating as last year, when 15 million hectares of forest burned and over 230,000 people had to be evacuated from their communities, but the relative lack of snow this winter, drought conditions in several regions and an early start to fire season have officials on high alert.

Classified as: Mohammad Reza Alizadeh
Published on: 11 Apr 2024

CBC News interviewedÌýagronomist and economistÌýPascal Thériault, Â鶹AV Farm Management and Technology Program Director, about recent protests by Quebec farmers asking for more government aid as they faceÌýrising costs of business and financial hardship.

"There's a need to actually start re-thinking programs to be able to better accommodate for the future over the long run,"ÌýThériault told journalists.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 11 Apr 2024

Photo: Anaïs Remili (centre), winner of the Prize for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows, with Valérie Orsat, Acting Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and Â鶹AV President, Deep Saini

Classified as: anais remili, President's Prize for Public Engagement through Media
Published on: 11 Apr 2024

InÌýThe Conversation, Department of Natural Resource Sciences PhD Candidate Elson Ian Nyl Galang andÌýDalhousie University PostdocÌýLara Cornejo write about their experience gatheringÌýa group of leading thinkers in Halifax, near the iconic Bay of Fundy, to set about imagining “what could plausibly happen to the Bay of Fundy coast by 2072.â€

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Published on: 11 Apr 2024

On March 21, Â鶹AV celebrated 111 laureates at the 19thÌýedition of Bravo, a gala event honouring researchers who won major provincial, national, and international research prizes and awards in 2023. Guests, including researchers, their families and friends, faculty, students, and members of Â鶹AV’s academic administration, gathered to celebrate their accomplishments.

Eight of the honourees were from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences:

Classified as: Anja Geitmann, elena bennett, Hosahalli Ramaswamy, Daiva Nielsen, Harriet Kuhnlein, Jennifer Ronholm, Pierre Dutilleul
Published on: 10 Apr 2024

The Palais des congrès de Montréal honoured five Â鶹AV professors at its 2024 ambassadors’ gala for their exceptional contributions to the city’s economic and societal growth. Although there are a few other professors among the total of 14, Â鶹AV alone can boast of multiple honourees.

The basis for earning the kudos is the ability to organize large-scale events in Montreal.Ìý

Classified as: elena bennett
Published on: 10 Apr 2024

Congratulations to School of Human Nutrition PhD candidate Manon Fantino, winner of Â鶹AV’s francophone 3-Minute Thesis (MT180) competition! Manon will represent Â鶹AV at the Concours Nationals in Ottawa on May 15th.

Classified as: Daiva Nielsen, 3MT/MT180
Published on: 10 Apr 2024

Although Zoey Li, BSc(NutrSc)’17, always had an interest in business, she never expected to launch a company that helps people take charge of their health.

Li, who was recently named to theÌýForbes 30 Under 30Ìýin the food and beverage category, built her success on her ability to find opportunities, develop new skills and make connections, as an undergraduate and afterward.

Classified as: Dietetics
Published on: 10 Apr 2024

Macdonald community members gathered at the Ceilidh on Wednesday, April 3, to celebrate the Gold Key Recipients for 2024. Students, staff, friends, and family listened in asÌýDaniil Batanau, Henry Cordoba Novoa, Sara Kosumi, Philippe Leblond, and Henry LeeÌýshared their inspiring stories of how they became involved in community life at Macdonald Campus and how rewarding it has been for them to give back to their fellow students.

Classified as: Gold Key
Published on: 9 Apr 2024

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