Students launch new hub to advocate for global food security

Published: 9 March 2023

The name of a new global food security hub at McGill might be a mouthful, but the students behind it are confident their work will help get food into the mouths of people who need it....

Preventing the spread of plant pandemics

Published: 21 May 2021

Plant diseases don’t stop at national borders and miles of oceans don’t prevent their spread, either. That’s why plant disease surveillance, improved detection systems, and global predictive...

A Road Map for Greater Food Security and Autonomy

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 12:00to13:00

Join us for the first event of the ‘Providing solutions to global challenges’ conference series. A McGill Bicentennial Event....

Dr. Michael Ngadi: Serving up solutions to food insecurity

Published: 18 February 2021

Bioresource Engineering professor Michael Ngadi has spent his career trying to help solve some of the world’s most pervasive food problems. Recently, Ngadi and his research team traveled to remote...

Survey says: Canadians asking for better food systems and food sparked by COVID-19 access

Published: 18 December 2020

Inter-provincial survey gauges how Canadians have accessed food during the pandemic and their perceptions of food systems...

McGill PhD candidate on being part of the UN World Food Programme’s Nobel Peace Prize

Published: 18 December 2020

Kate Sinclair is working at the World Food Programme, Sri Lanka while simultaneously finishing her PhD in Human Nutrition at McGill...

Survey says: Canadians asking for better food systems and food sparked by COVID-19 access

Published: 18 December 2020

Shopping anxiety, higher food prices and individual income limitations are some of the factors making access to food challenging for Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study suggests....

Genetic Basis of Heat Tolerance in Rice During Grain Development

Friday, December 4, 2020 10:00

Special Plant Science seminar by Dr Harkamal Walia, University of Nebraska-Lincoln/macdonaldCategory: Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Macdonald Campus Dept. of Plant Science

Experts: International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste | September 29

Published: 28 September 2020

This year represents the first ever observance of the International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste. The COVID-19 pandemic continues generating significant challenges to food security in...

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