Lest We Forget - Remembrance Day Ceremonies at Macdonald
| November 6 2015Faculty, staff and students from McGill's Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences joined with their campus partners - John Abbott College and Macdonald High School - as well as with Veterans from the Veterans' Hosital in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and invited guests from the local community to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can enjoy the freedoms and privileges we have today.
Study finds plants need active social lives to stay healthy
STUDY FINDS PLANTS NEED ACTIVE SOCIAL LIVES TO STAY HEALTHY
Speaker challenges Conference participants to "take action"
| KATHY MACLEAN, October 27, 2015
Why do we wait for a crisis to hit before we take action? Has "prevention is better than a cure" lost all its meaning? Two important questions, Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, put to attendees at the Public Lecture launching the 8th McGill Conference on Global Food Security: Current and Future Challenges for Sustainable Food Security.
Sperm protein links father's lifestyle with offspring's health
Finding suggests more attention needs to be paid to fathers' pre-conception health. CBC News
Honorary Degree Recipient Receives Nobel Prize in Medicine
Dr. William C. Campbell, D.Sc.'07, is among the three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, announced October 5, 2015, by the Nobel Prize Committee. William Campbell received his Honorary Doctorate at the Macdonald Campus convocation in 2007.
Breakfast Television visits the Mac Campus Farm
City TV's morning show, Breakfast Television, spent an early morning on the Macdonald Campus Farm to hear about McGill's agriculture programs and try to learn some farm skills. Visits were made to the Dairy Barn, the Horticulture Centre, and the high tunnels; reporter Wilder Weir talked with Farm Director Paul Meldrum and Mike Bleho about the various programs offered at Macdonald and the "McGill Feeding McGill" program.
Farming of the future
Bioresource Engineering professor Mark Lefsrud and PhD candidate Débora Parrine were featured on CBC's The National on Tuesday, September 22.
Mark spoke about his work with Urban Barns, and how the new growth systems that he is developing are changing the face of agriculture.
Laptops in classrooms distracting students
Associate Dean (Student Affairs) Chris Buddle was interviewed on CBC's The Current about the use of laptops in the classroom. A new study suggests that taking notes on a laptop leads to poorer marks citing distraction. Buddle says that "laptops and technology can play a pretty powerful role in the classroom..."
Interview with Lawrence Goodridge, Professor and Salmonella Researcher
Professor Lawrence Goodridge, Ian and Jayne Munro Chair in Food Safety and Food Science professor, was interviewed by Food Safety News about his $9.8 M Salmonella research project while attending recent International Association for Food Protection meetings in Portland, Oregon.
$1 Million donation to Macdonald College Campus
Gift from graduate William Ritchie forms centrepiece of $2.5-million plan to educate the public, open campus to more visitorsA $1-million gift from Macdonald College of McGill University alumnus J.