/osas/taxonomy/term/4/all en /osas/channels/event/winter-nature-scavenger-hunt-359675 <p>The Office of Student Academic Services has created a new nature scavenger about the聽<a href="/morganarboretum/">Morgan Arboretum</a>!</p> Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:20:47 +0000 ingrid.chiraz@mcgill.ca 2924 at /osas /osas/channels/event/autumn-nature-scavenger-hunt-359657 <p>The <a href="/osas/cpd">Office of Student Academic Services</a> has created a new nature scavenger about the聽<a href="/morganarboretum/">Morgan Arboretum</a>!</p> Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:43:41 +0000 ingrid.chiraz@mcgill.ca 2920 at /osas /osas/channels/event/halloween-nature-scavenger-hunt-359674 <p>The <a href="/osas/cpd">Office of Student Academic Services</a> has created a new nature scavenger about the聽<a href="/morganarboretum/">Morgan Arboretum</a>!</p> Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:00:36 +0000 ingrid.chiraz@mcgill.ca 2922 at /osas /osas/channels/event/spooky-nights-john-abbott-college-360435 <p><strong>Join us for the annual Spooky Nights at John Abbott College!</strong></p> Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:18:58 +0000 ingrid.chiraz@mcgill.ca 2987 at /osas /osas/channels/news/more-and-bigger-spiders-noticeable-montreal-fall-says-prof-chris-buddle-360448 <p>As spooky decorations go up around Montreal this October, real spiders are also becoming more prevalent.</p> <p>Entomologist <a href="/nrs/academic-0/buddle">Chris Buddle</a>, 捆绑SM社区's Associate Provost (Teaching and Academic Programs) and Professor in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences,聽<a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/more-and-bigger-spiders-noticeable-in-montreal-this-fall-1.7072557">told CTV News</a> that聽spiders become bigger than normal and are seen more often as winter approaches.</p> Tue, 15 Oct 2024 18:16:40 +0000 admin 2989 at /osas /osas/channels/news/migrating-seabirds-are-bringing-forever-chemicals-arctic-360283 <p><big>New research from 捆绑SM社区 graduate shows how toxic chemicals hitch a ride with seabirds flying from southern latitudes to the Arctic</big></p> <p>Between March and May each year, 15 million聽<a href="https://www.eol.org/pages/45509266">black-legged kittiwakes</a>聽gather from across the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to nest and breed on rocky Arctic cliffs鈥攕ome making the journey from as far as Florida or North Africa.</p> Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:18:45 +0000 admin 2983 at /osas /osas/channels/event/graduate-program-info-session-msc-agricultural-economics-360268 <p>捆绑SM社区, including its Macdonald Campus, is known throughout Canada and around the world for conducting pioneering and innovative research.</p> Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:34:34 +0000 admin 2978 at /osas /osas/channels/event/graduate-program-info-session-animal-science-msc-phd-360269 <p>捆绑SM社区, including its Macdonald Campus, is known throughout Canada and around the world for conducting pioneering and innovative research.</p> Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:36:57 +0000 admin 2979 at /osas /osas/channels/event/graduate-program-info-session-natural-resource-sciences-msc-phd-360266 <p>捆绑SM社区, including its Macdonald Campus, is known throughout Canada and around the world for conducting pioneering and innovative research.</p> Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:25:27 +0000 admin 2976 at /osas /osas/channels/event/graduate-program-info-session-animal-science-msc-applied-sustainable-agriculture-360267 <p>捆绑SM社区, including its Macdonald Campus, is known throughout Canada and around the world for conducting pioneering and innovative research.</p> Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:30:19 +0000 admin 2977 at /osas /osas/channels/event/lister-family-engaged-science-three-minute-thesis-3mt-competition-332979 <p>Since 2017, the聽<a href="/osas/cpd/listerengagedscience">Lister Family Engaged Science Initiative</a>聽has supported the Lister Family Engaged Science Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition.聽</p> Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:43:16 +0000 ingrid.chiraz@mcgill.ca 1284 at /osas /osas/channels/event/townsend-keynote-public-lecture-studying-our-milky-way-neighbours-359831 <p>The 2024 RASC Montreal Townsend Lecture features Dr. Jonathan Gagn茅 from the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, UdeM & iREx.</p> Fri, 20 Sep 2024 19:11:22 +0000 ingrid.chiraz@mcgill.ca 2943 at /osas /osas/channels/news/hidden-climate-cost-food-loss-waste-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions-359713 <p>Professor Gordon Price from Dalhousie University and <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/grant-clark">Professor Grant Clark</a> from 捆绑SM社区's Department of Bioresource Engineering study the hidden climate change costs of food loss and waste in Canada. In a <a href="https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/the-hidden-climate-cost-food-loss-waste-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions/182311/">new article for聽Open Access Government</a>,聽they highlight the need for greater cooperation and data sharing.</p> Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:20:36 +0000 admin 2926 at /osas /osas/channels/news/prof-christopher-buddle-mosquitos-thriving-quebec-thanks-summer-rainfall-359472 <p>Professor <a href="/nrs/academic-0/buddle">Christopher Buddle</a>, an entomologist in 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Department of Natural Resource Sciences whose research focuses on the biodiversity of insects and spiders, <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mosquitos-are-thriving-in-quebec-thanks-to-this-summers-heavy-rainfall-and-heat">told the Montreal Gazette</a> that the rain this summer has been particularly 鈥済ood鈥� for mosquitos.</p> <p>Mosquito larvae are aquatic, relying on standing water to thrive.</p> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:09:16 +0000 admin 2916 at /osas /osas/channels/news/trying-protect-agriculture-and-preserve-antibiotics-interview-prof-jennifer-ronholm-359473 <p>A major issue associated with antimicrobial resistance is the overuse and potential misuse of antibiotics in agriculture.</p> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:26:47 +0000 admin 2915 at /osas