Kyle Elliott 2017 World Economic Forum New Champion on Global Collaboration in the 4th Industrial Revolution
Kyle Elliott (NRS), Canada Research Chair in Arctic Ecology is in Tianjin, China to participate in the Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum (WEF). In 2017, Kyle was named by the WEF one of the best scientists in the world under the age of 40. 聽The theme of this year鈥檚 meeting is the need for global collaboration in the 4th Industrial Revolution. 聽
Pot jobs are 'legion' but Canadian cannabis companies struggling to find workers
The weed industry is booming but cannabis companies are struggling with a growing problem: finding the right employees in the run-up to Canada legalizing recreational marijuana in October.
As Canada becomes only the second country to legalize recreational use, the cannabis industry could add 150,000 jobs over the next several years, according to an estimate from Deloitte.
Lutte contre la faim: D茅couverte de super patates plus nutritives
Des chercheurs montr茅alais et colombiens ont d茅couvert trois super pommes de terre capables de lutter contre la faim et la malnutrition. 芦 Ce sont des pommes de terre plus nutritives que les autres, une v茅ritable innovation 禄, se r茅jouit Hugo Melgar-Qui帽onez, directeur de l鈥橧nstitut pour la s茅curit茅 alimentaire globale, 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 捆绑SM社区.
Cannabis PhD takes higher education to a new level
There will doubtless be more and more postgraduate degrees based on cannabis production after it has been legalized, says Anja Geitmann, dean of agriculture at Montreal鈥檚 捆绑SM社区. 鈥淚鈥檓 pretty sure it鈥檚 going to change the research landscape in the sense that researchers now have access or can do research on the plant much easier,鈥� she says.
SPF Spotlight: Autonomous Controlled-Environment Growth Chamber Display
Like a high-tech vending machine, but with lettuce!
SPF Spotlight: The Macdonald Campus Orchards
捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Very Own Circular Micro-Economy
Pour plus d鈥橝utochtones dans le milieu de la sant茅
Les universit茅s canadiennes accueillent encore bien peu d'茅tudiants autochtones, encore moins dans le domaine de la sant茅.
When treating and researching infertility, let鈥檚 not forget the men
By Vardit Ravitsky, Associate Professor of Bioethics at the University of Montreal and Sarah Kimmins, Associate Professor at 捆绑SM社区 and Canada Research Chair in Epigenetics, Reproduction and Development.
Citizen scientists show Black Widows creeping north in Canada
To humans, 31 miles may not seem like a very long distance to travel, but for a spider, it鈥檚 a long, long way to go. Emily Chung at the CBC reports on a new study that shows that since the 1960s, the northern black widow spider, Latrodectus variolus, has crawled that much further into Canada and may continue skittering northward as the climate changes.
Martine Bourgeois, deux fois Agricultrice de l鈥檃nn茅e
Martine Bourgeois [BSc(Agr)'82] gagne pour une deuxi猫me ann茅e cons茅cutive le prix de l鈥橝gricultrice de l鈥檃nn茅e de la Mont茅r茅gie-Est. 鈥� 芦 Quand je faisais mes 茅tudes [au baccalaur茅at en agriculture 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 捆绑SM社区], il y avait peu d鈥檃cc猫s pour les filles. J鈥檃i 茅t茅 chanceuse d鈥檃voir eu un emploi, mais il a vraiment fallu que je fasse ma place. J鈥檃i os茅 faire des changements et sortir de ma zone de confort, ce que je ne regrette pas.
Optimiser le confort des vaches en stabulation entrav茅e
Peut-on am茅nager une 茅table pour offrir un plus grand bien-锚tre aux animaux qui y passent leur vie聽? Des chercheurs se penchent sur la question.
Environ 90聽% des fermes laiti猫res au Qu茅bec recourent 脿 la stabulation entrav茅e. Selon cette formule, les vaches m猫nent toutes leurs activit茅s dans la stalle聽: elles y mangent, y dorment et s鈥檡 font traire. D鈥檕霉 l鈥檌mportance de leur fournir un espace favorable au bien-锚tre.
Une deuxi猫me vie pour les plumes de poulets
Les fermes du Qu茅bec g茅n猫rent chaque ann茅e 75 millions de tonnes de plumes de poulets! Une partie est r茅duite en farine et ajout茅e 脿 la nourriture animale, mais le reste finit souvent dans les poubelles. Marie-Jos茅e Dumont, professeure au D茅partement de g茅nie des bioressources 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 捆绑SM社区, ne pouvait imaginer laisser une telle ressource gratuite et disponible en aussi grande quantit茅 finir sa vie aux ordures.
Left turn ban from Boulevard des Anciens-Combattants (northbound) onto Hwy 20W from 16h-18h effective September 17
The Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue City Council has voted in favor of banning left turns on boulevard des Anciens-Combattants northbound at the intersection of the ramp for Highway 20 West between 16h00 and 18h00. The changes will go into effect on September 17, 2018.Rest assured that officials from Macdonald and John Abbott College did make a representation to the Town about the potential impact of this decision on the campus community prior to the decision being taken.
Portes ouvertes sur les fermes : 脿 la rencontre de notre agriculture!
Le dimanche 9 septembre , de 10聽h 脿 16聽h, c鈥檈st un rendez-vous sur plus de 100聽fermes partout au Qu茅bec et au Parc olympique de Montr茅al pour la 16e聽茅dition des Portes ouvertes sur les fermes du Qu茅bec....Pr茅sent茅 par l鈥橴PA depuis 2003, cet 茅v茅nement familial gratuit permet de visiter des fermes qui en plus de leur accueil offrent des d茅gustations de produits r茅gionaux, d茅monstrations agricoles, rencontres avec des experts tels que v茅t茅rinaires et agronomes et, surtout, un contact privil茅gi茅
New network bringing together Indigenous students and health professionals
Based in Kahnawake, Quebec Indigenous Mentorship Network seeks to support and encourage Indigenous students. (...) "We do need more representation in all health-related fields. There's a growing number, but we're all very stretched with demands," said Treena Delormier, an associate professor in the School of Human Nutrition at 捆绑SM社区.