۲ݮƵ University News - Gault Nature Reserve /channels/news_feeds/all/term/gault_nature_reserve/rss en ۲ݮƵ’s Gault Nature Reserve: Serving biodiversity and the community /channels/channels/news/mcgills-gault-nature-reserve-serving-biodiversity-and-community-356766 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Located in the heart of the Montérégie region, in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, ۲ݮƵ University’s Gault Nature Reserve comprises more than 1,000 hectares of lush old-growth deciduous forest, just 40 km from Montreal. A refuge for migratory birds, Gault is at the heart of Canada’s first UNESCO-recognized biosphere reserve. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gault-930x620.jpg?itok=INWwj1PH" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:40:42 +0000 webfull 199409 at /channels Eclipse events abound at ۲ݮƵ /channels/channels/news/eclipse-events-abound-mcgill-356256 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>۲ݮƵ will be hosting three solar eclipse events on April 8, one downtown, one at Macdonald campus, and another at the Gault Nature Reserve.</p> <p>At approximately 3:20 p.m. on April 8, the sky above Montreal will go dark during a total eclipse of the sun. A rare celestial occurrence, the next total solar eclipse won’t happen in Montreal until the next century. “A total eclipse of the sun is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” says Carolina Cruz-Vinaccia, Outreach Program Administrator at ۲ݮƵ’s Trottier Space Institute (TSI). “You really don’t want to miss it.”</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">21 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:46:12 +0000 webfull 198746 at /channels ۲ݮƵ Takes Part in 24 Hours of Science /channels/channels/news/mcgill-takes-part-24-hours-science-348351 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>24 Hours of Science—Quebec’s biggest science and technology festival—took place May 5 and 6. ۲ݮƵ’s many science outreach programs joined in on the annual event again this year, with the Chemistry, Physics, Trottier Space Institute, Earth and Planetary Sciences, STEMM Diversity, Science Outreach, and Gault Nature Reserve teams contributing to the fun.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/making_ice_cream_with_chemistry_outreach.jpg?itok=HNCTfRJl" width="160" height="216" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">16 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 16 May 2023 18:08:44 +0000 webfull 189673 at /channels Artists Among Us /channels/channels/news/artists-among-us-286214 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>Gault Nature Reserve special edition</h2> <h3>Calling all scientist-artists:</h3> <p>Does the <strong>FOREST</strong> inspire you? In honour of the 60th anniversary of the Gault Nature Reserve in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, a special edition of the Artists Among Us art exhibition will take place during the months of July and August 2018 at the Alice Johannsen Pavilion of the Reserve.</p> <p>Artists Among Us is a ۲ݮƵ event in which students, faculty, staff, alumni and retirees display their artwork, reminding the campus community how many of our members have parallel creative pursuits.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/artistsamongus_gnredition2018_cropped.jpg?itok=8nAQWnOK" width="160" height="90" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">26 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 26 Mar 2018 19:48:53 +0000 webfull 136877 at /channels