Students /nutrition/taxonomy/term/5/all en Macdonald Campus Career Fair 2025 /nutrition/channels/event/macdonald-campus-career-fair-2025-361340 <p><strong>DATE:</strong> Wednesday, January 29, 2025</p> <p><strong>TIME:</strong> 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM</p> <p><strong>LOCATION:</strong> Centennial Centre Ballroom, Macdonald Campus</p> Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:16:27 +0000 admin 13431 at /nutrition Undergrad Internship Info Session /nutrition/channels/event/undergrad-internship-info-session-362227 <p>Are you thinking about doing an internship this summer, but you are not sure where to start?</p> <p>Join us for a special info session where we answer all of your questions over free delicious pizza!</p> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:18:15 +0000 admin 13430 at /nutrition TechIdea Pitch Competition: Extended Submission Deadline /nutrition/channels/event/techidea-pitch-competition-extended-submission-deadline-360679 <p>The TechIdea Pitch competition encourages ۲ݮƵ students, working in teams, to propose new technologically-based ideas/solutions that solve real world problems.</p> Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:53:46 +0000 admin 13408 at /nutrition Celebrating the legacy of Professor Roger Prichard /nutrition/channels/news/celebrating-legacy-professor-roger-prichard-362155 <p><img alt="A cake decorated with custom icing in honour of Prof. Prichard" src="/macdonald/files/macdonald/image00029.jpeg" style="height:200px; float:right; width:300px; margin-left:15px; margin-right:0px" />On Thursday, November 28, 2024, the Institute of Parasitology gathered to celebrate the remarkable career and retirement of Professor <a href="/parasitology/faculty/prichard">Roger Prichard</a> at Tadja Hall.</p> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:55:12 +0000 admin 13407 at /nutrition Quebec government awards $1.6 million to ۲ݮƵ researchers providing innovative solutions for industry /nutrition/channels/news/quebec-government-awards-16-million-mcgill-researchers-providing-innovative-solutions-industry-362124 <div> <p><em><strong><span><span><span>۲ݮƵ-led projects in genomics, imaging,<span> and manufacturing<span> <span>serve<span> businesses across Quebec<span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></em></p></div> Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:55:57 +0000 admin 13403 at /nutrition McBurney Fellowship Recruitment /nutrition/channels/event/mcburney-fellowship-recruitment-362033 <h3>The Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy <a href="/equity-ethics-policy/experiential-learning-programs/mcburney-fellowship/projects">McBurney Fellowship</a> is accepting applications for Summer 2025!</h3> Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:14:24 +0000 admin 13395 at /nutrition Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #2 – Design Thinking Methodology /nutrition/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-2-design-thinking-methodology-361972 <p>The learning objective of this workshop is to understand the fundamentals of the Design Thinking Methodology and how it promotes innovation.            </p> Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:34:16 +0000 admin 13385 at /nutrition Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #3 – Introduction to Industry Analysis /nutrition/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-3-introduction-industry-analysis-361973 <p>This workshop will introduce the fundamental tool of Industry Analysis which companies use for strategy development. For startups, understanding the industry is a critical step in determining market entry and market positioning.</p> Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:36:24 +0000 admin 13386 at /nutrition Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition /nutrition/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-4-market-research-and-analysis-competition-361974 <p>This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at ۲ݮƵ to perform market research.</p> Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:38:13 +0000 admin 13387 at /nutrition Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 – Foundations of IP and Patent Searching /nutrition/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-5-foundations-ip-and-patent-searching-361975 <p>This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets.</p> Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:39:58 +0000 admin 13388 at /nutrition Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery /nutrition/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-6-customer-discovery-361977 <p>This workshop will provide an overview of the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model or lean canvas.</p> Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:41:34 +0000 admin 13389 at /nutrition Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #1 - Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship 101 /nutrition/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-1-technological-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-101-361971 <p>This workshop will provide an overview of what technological innovation is and what entrepreneurship is, as well an overview of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, the Lean Launchpad methodology, the Business Model Canvas and the Lean Canvas.</p> Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:32:17 +0000 admin 13384 at /nutrition Mentorship Lunch: Industry Perspectives /nutrition/channels/news/mentorship-lunch-industry-perspectives-361811 <p>On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, HBHL hosted a Mentorship Lunch that brought together experienced industry professionals and over 40 ۲ݮƵ graduate students, postdocs and postgrads over coffee and lunch at the ۲ݮƵ Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship. Mentors shared about their experience navigating the workforce and engaged in lively roundtable discussions with the mentees. Topics ranged from academia-industry collaborations and social innovation to technology transfer, medical affairs, scientific entrepreneurship and operational management.</p> Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:10:16 +0000 admin 13372 at /nutrition Tracking puffins at dawn in Alaska /nutrition/channels/news/tracking-puffins-dawn-alaska-361814 <p><big>Collecting data on tufted puffins thanks to the Vivian Lewin and BELF Awards</big></p> <p>In the eerie stillness of a misty Alaskan dawn, Cassandra Ciafro was already on the move by 3 a.m. Clad in camouflage, she melded seamlessly with the rugged cliffs, joining the seabirds in their lofty perches. Her mission? To deploy trackers and observe deitary patterns of the tufted puffin, a key indicator of the region’s fish stocks.</p> <p>“I’ve always wanted to work with something related to marine science,” said Ciafro. “This experience has helped me grow so much as a person.”</p> Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:29:50 +0000 admin 13373 at /nutrition From cod to crops to cranberries: Lister 3MT competitors deliver /nutrition/channels/news/cod-crops-cranberries-lister-3mt-competitors-deliver-361807 <p>On November 27, the Macdonald Campus Office of Student Academic Services hosted the annual Lister Family Engaged Science Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, an event open to master’s and doctoral students from all disciplines in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.</p> Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:32:19 +0000 admin 13371 at /nutrition