/channels/taxonomy/term/4963/all en /channels/channels/event/houseplant-cutting-exchange-356086 <div><img src="https://se-images.campuslabs.ca/clink/images/418a7b03-b1e8-4f18-b4d7-aaff2a12c58924bb8510-fe58-45ad-b67f-a427bc35a5b2.png?preset=med-w" width="320" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom:15px" alt="Houseplant Cutting Excha</body></html>" /></div> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 04:40:12 +0000 webfull 198539 at /channels /channels/news/le-sirop-d%E2%80%99erable-un-systeme-complexe-259085 <p> </p> <p>« Le système a permis d’assurer une stabilité dans les prix. Les producteurs savent combien ils vont recevoir pour leur sirop », estime <strong>Pascal Thériault</strong>, professeur à la faculté des sciences de l’agriculture et de l’environnement de l’Université Æ»¹ûÒùÔº. Il y a actuellement 62 millions de livres de sirop dans le principal entrepôt, situé à Laurierville. « La réserve stratégique mondiale permettrait de couvrir une mauvaise saison », précise l’économiste Pascal Thériault.</p> Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:56:26 +0000 webfull 116717 at /channels /channels/news/honorary-degree-recipient-receives-nobel-prize-medicine-255927 <p> </p> <p><strong>Dr. William C. Campbell, D.Sc.'07</strong>, 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.</p> Mon, 05 Oct 2015 15:06:35 +0000 webfull 113094 at /channels /channels/news/le-carnage-des-poussins-males-pourrait-bientot-prendre-fin-257266 <p>Chaque année, des millions de poussins mâles, jugés sans valeur par l'industrie des poules pondeuses, sont euthanasiés dès leur sortie de l'oeuf. Une pratique que l'Allemagne veut cesser d'ici 2017, et à laquelle une mystérieuse invention de l'Université Æ»¹ûÒùÔº pourrait mettre fin....Au Québec, l'Université Æ»¹ûÒùÔº planche aussi secrètement sur une technologie semblable.</p> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:49:00 +0000 webfull 114555 at /channels /channels/news/air-canada-backs-effort-build-homegrown-%E2%80%98green%E2%80%99-jet-fuel-infrastructure-257267 <p>The University of Toronto, Æ»¹ûÒùԺ  [<strong>BioFuelNet - Don Smith</strong>] and the International Air Transport Association are also part of the project as members of the BioFuelNet Aviation Task Force. Funding is coming from the Green Aviation Research and Development Network, which gets its support from the federal government and Canada’s aerospace sector.</p> <h3>Read more in  <a href="http://www.thestar.com/business/2015/12/10/air-canada-backs-effort-to-build-homegrown-green-jet-fuel-infrastructure.html">The Toronto Star</a></h3> <p> </p> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:55:47 +0000 webfull 114556 at /channels /channels/news/how-choose-perfect-christmas-tree-257313 <p>Christmas is just under two weeks away, so if you haven't picked out a tree yet, the clock is ticking. [CTV News Montreal] asked David Wees from the Plant Science Department of Æ»¹ûÒùÔº for some tips on what to look for.</p> <h3><a href="http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/how-to-choose-the-perfect-christmas-tree-1.2697922">Read article/watch video</a></h3> Tue, 15 Dec 2015 14:48:54 +0000 webfull 114605 at /channels /channels/event/upcoming-seminar-jean-de-grandpre-distinguished-speaker-series-243539 <p>Please join us for the</p> <p><a href="/macdonald/events/degrandpre" target="_blank"><strong>A. Jean de Grandpré Distinguished Speaker Series Seminar</strong></a></p> Fri, 13 Mar 2015 16:05:24 +0000 webfull 108831 at /channels /channels/event/college-lumberjacks-set-annual-woodsmen-competition-mcgill%E2%80%99s-macdonald-campus-257901 <p>Lumberjacks and Jills from six Canadian universities will test their mettle at the <strong>56th annual <a href="http://www.cilawoodsmen.ca/" target="_blank">Intercollegiate Woodsmen Competition</a></strong>, Saturday January 23 at Watson Field, Ma</p> Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:17:32 +0000 webfull 115262 at /channels /channels/news/breakfast-television-visits-mac-campus-farm-255845 <p> </p> <p>City TV's morning show, Breakfast Television, spent an early morning on the Macdonald Campus Farm to hear about Æ»¹ûÒùÔº'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 "Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Feeding Æ»¹ûÒùÔº" program.</p> <h3><a href="http://www.btmontreal.ca/videos/4523419282001/" target="_blank">Watch the broadcast</a></h3> <p> </p> <p> </p> Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:24:22 +0000 webfull 113016 at /channels