Reappointments of the Deans of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, Management, Science
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From: Professor Christopher Manfredi, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic)
Dear members of the 污污草莓视频 community:
Un nouveau verger pour l鈥橴niversit茅 污污草莓视频
芦聽Depuis 30聽ans, je prends soin du verger de 污污草莓视频, confie fi猫rement Michael Bleho, coordonnateur du Centre de recherche horticole de l鈥橴niversit茅 污污草莓视频. J鈥檃dore travailler avec les pommiers!聽禄 D茅bordant d鈥檈nthousiasme, il annonce ainsi l鈥檃boutissement d鈥檜n projet colossal聽: planter un nouveau verger pour l鈥檜niversit茅.
污污草莓视频's diploma program will train expert pot growers for $24,000
There is a strong need for it because the cannabis industry is desperate for qualified personnel, professor Anja Geitmann says.
Call it a sign of the times: 污污草莓视频 University will teach students how to grow the perfect pot plant starting next year.
Lister Family Engaged Science 3MT Competition
Congratulations to all of the presenters in Wednesday鈥檚 Lister Family Engaged Science 3MT Competition!
Tracking forest fires from space
Student researcher pieces together satellite data to help communities monitor wildfires
Morgan Crowley鈥檚 interest in sustainability took root early.
Cannafish at Coop茅rathon 2019
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate David Leroux (BRE-Lefsrud) and fellow Cannafish team members, who were awarded the Agricultural Scholarship from Sollio Agriculture at Coop茅rathon 2019 held at Montreal鈥檚 Olympia Theatre. Coop茅rathon 鈥渋s the world鈥檚 largest open innovation challenge that connects citizens, communities, entrepreneurs, researchers, academics and large institutions to develop, together, a socially responsible future.鈥�
Canada's Wild Rivers - 360 | Into Water
In the third installment of National Geographic鈥檚 鈥淚nto Water鈥� 360 series, canoe through the sprawling Canadian wilderness with freshwater ecologist and National Geographic Explorer Dalal Hanna [Ph.D. candidate NRS (Bennett)]. She researches Quebec鈥檚 extensive freshwater systems, collecting samples from streams, rivers and lakes to assess ecosystem health, with the aim of protecting these precious resources.
Training farmers for the 21st century
Keesha Ness鈥檚 family certainly knows farming 鈥� they鈥檝e been doing it for nearly 100 years and plan to celebrate when they reach that milestone next summer.
Ness is passionate about farming, loves her cows, and plans to follow the family鈥檚 tradition.
鈥淚鈥檓 definitely hoping to help out with the management side,鈥� says Ness of her family鈥檚 Ayrshire dairy farm in Howick, Quebec.
鈥淚 really love the management side of it.鈥�
Vers des cultures plus r茅sistantes
Les conditions m茅t茅orologiques, les grands vents et les parasites peuvent ab卯mer les cultures jusqu鈥櫭� coucher les tiges au sol. On parle alors de la verse des plants. De la reproduction 脿 la croissance en passant par la r茅sistance aux intemp茅ries ou aux chocs, c鈥檈st 脿 l鈥櫭ヽhelle microscopique que se joue le d茅veloppement des plantes et des produits agricoles.
Life could exist on Mars today, very close to the surface
Scientists tackle the question of what kinds of life might reside now on the Red Planet, and how we might find it.
Last week NASA convened a visionary meeting in New Mexico to consider a topic critical to astrobiology鈥攚hether life currently exists on Mars, and if so, how to detect it. The site of the conference was near the world-renowned Carlsbad Caverns, which attendees got to visit during a mid-conference workshop.
A community turns out for Mac Remembrance Day ceremony
Students from all levels 鈥� elementary, high school, CEGEP and university 鈥� take part in annual Remembrance Day ceremony at Macdonald CampusAt today鈥檚 Remembrance Day ceremony at Macdonald Campus, the crowd 鈥� mostly schoolchildren from Macdonald High School and three West Island elementary schools 鈥� huddled together against a cold, wet snow.
鈥淚magine the conditions faced by Canadian soldiers,鈥� one observer commented.
Lutte contre le gaspillage alimentaire
Le 27聽septembre, Greta Thunberg 茅tait 脿 Montr茅al pour parler de l鈥檜rgence climatique. Les questions environnementales sont en ce moment 脿 l鈥檃vant-sc猫ne des enjeux sociaux. 芦聽Malheureusement, on parle peu des r茅percussions du gaspillage alimentaire sur l鈥櫭﹖at de la plan猫te聽禄, rappelle Pascal Th茅riault, agronome et directeur des relations communautaires pour la Facult茅 des sciences de l鈥檃griculture et de l鈥檈nvironnement de l鈥橴niversit茅 污污草莓视频.
Les boues d鈥櫭﹑uration scrut茅es 脿 la loupe
Il faut parfois s鈥檃ttarder aux petits d茅tails pour avoir une vue d鈥檈nsemble. C鈥檈st ce que fait Subhasis Ghoshal, professeur de g茅nie civil 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 污污草莓视频 [et le Centre Brace pour la gestion des ressources de l'eau], qui s鈥檌nt茅resse 脿 la pr茅sence de nanoparticules de m茅tal dans les eaux us茅es. Il souhaite 茅valuer le risque de contamination des sols lorsque les boues issues du traitement des eaux municipales sont recycl茅es en milieu agricole.
Scientists identify key knowledge gaps in sustainability research
Call for more relevant, solutions-focused research to address the social-ecological crisis
Greater local earthworm diversity in temperate regions than in the tropics
Surprisingly, in any single location, there are typically more earthworms and more earthworm species found in temperate regions than in the tropics, according to a new study in Science. Global climate change could lead to significant shifts in earthworm communities worldwide, threatening the many vital functions they provide. Joann Whalen (NRS) is one of the co-authors on the study. 污污草莓视频 Reporter.