/osas/taxonomy/term/5/all en /osas/channels/event/macdonald-campus-booth-naturally-sainte-anne-358882 <p>Join us for the 2024 edition of Naturally Sainte-Anne!</p> Tue, 27 Aug 2024 16:36:45 +0000 ingrid.chiraz@mcgill.ca 2895 at /osas /osas/channels/event/activity-booklet-mysteries-halloween-2024-edition-334375 <h2>Join us in celebrating National Pumpkin Day!</h2> Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:29:08 +0000 ingrid.chiraz@mcgill.ca 1336 at /osas /osas/channels/event/activity-booklet-goodbye-summer-hello-fall-2024-edition-333609 <p>The <a href="/osas/cpd">Office of Student Academic Services</a> in collaboration with the Sonia Bujold Initiative and Let’s Talk Science at ƻ����Ժ, has put together a lovely <strong>free online booklet of self-paced</strong></p> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 16:14:54 +0000 ingrid.chiraz@mcgill.ca 1309 at /osas /osas/channels/event/activity-booklet-delights-winter-season-2024-edition-335449 <h2>Join us in celebrating the holiday season!</h2> Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:46:50 +0000 ingrid.chiraz@mcgill.ca 1362 at /osas /osas/channels/event/workshop-1-content-development-registration-2024-lister-family-engaged-science-3-minute-thesis-334130 <h2><strong>Lister Family Engaged Science 3-Minute Thesis Competition</strong></h2> <p>Macdonald Campus Master’s and Doctoral student competitors present their research in 3 minutes to a non-specialist audience with one non-animated slide.</p> Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:11:12 +0000 ingrid.chiraz@mcgill.ca 1325 at /osas /osas/channels/event/workshop-1-content-development-registration-2024-lister-family-engaged-science-3-minute-thesis-334129 <h2><strong>Lister Family Engaged Science 3-Minute Thesis Competition</strong></h2> <p>Macdonald Campus Master’s and Doctoral student competitors present their research in 3 minutes to a non-specialist audience with one non-animated slide.</p> Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:10:49 +0000 ingrid.chiraz@mcgill.ca 1324 at /osas /osas/channels/event/workshop-1-content-development-registration-2024-lister-family-engaged-science-3-minute-thesis-334131 <h2><strong>Lister Family Engaged Science 3-Minute Thesis Competition</strong></h2> <p>Macdonald Campus Master’s and Doctoral student competitors present their research in 3 minutes to a non-specialist audience with one non-animated slide.</p> Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:11:27 +0000 ingrid.chiraz@mcgill.ca 1326 at /osas /osas/channels/event/application-deadline-student-experience-enhancement-fund-seef-353154 <p>The <a href="/osas/internshipawards"><strong>Student Experience Ehancement Fund</strong></a> (SEEF) for the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (FAES) supports extra-curricular experiential learning initiatives.</p> Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:28:20 +0000 ingrid.chiraz@mcgill.ca 2338 at /osas /osas/channels/event/mcss-bbq-club-fair-358903 <p>The Macdonald Campus Student Society (MCSS) welcomes all students and staff in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences to enjoy a BBQ to celebrate the start of the Fall semester.</p> Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:03:48 +0000 admin 2898 at /osas /osas/channels/news/feeding-quebecers-alumni-founded-ferme-cooperative-tourne-sol-thriving-358902 <p><strong><big>Ferme Coopérative Tourne-Sol, founded by five ƻ����Ժ graduates, supplies fresh, organic produce to about 700 families, and, with its seed business and planning tools, is giving a boost to fellow farmers and gardeners</big></strong></p> <p><em>By François Shalom for the ƻ����Ժ Reporter</em></p> <p>“We’re a Quebec business, we feed Quebecers. About 700 Quebec families eat well thanks to us. They eat organic, locally grown food—healthy food—and that’s important.”  </p> Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:37:26 +0000 admin 2897 at /osas /osas/channels/news/penthouse-home-awaits-rare-peregrine-falcons-victoria-comments-david-bird-358825 <p>The <em><a href="https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/penthouse-home-awaits-rare-peregrine-falcons-in-victoria-9420600">Times Colonist</a></em> reports that a nesting pair of peregrine falcons, along with a juvenile born this year, have been landing on the upper decks and rooftop of the Promontory residential tower in Victoria, BC, where penthouse owner Fred Welter has set up a nesting box complete with cameras poised to stream any action.</p> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 22:32:11 +0000 admin 2891 at /osas /osas/channels/event/lister-family-engaged-science-3-minute-thesis-competition-332979 <p>Since 2017, the <a href="/osas/cpd/listerengagedscience">Lister Family Engaged Science Initiative</a> has supported the Lister Family Engaged Science 3-Minute Thesis Competition. </p> Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:43:16 +0000 ingrid.chiraz@mcgill.ca 1284 at /osas /osas/channels/event/macdonald-campus-library-soda-social-358750 <p>Swing by the Macdonald Campus Library table on the Centennial Centre Terrace to pick up a free can of locally made seltzer (while supplies last) and chat with librarians and library staff about resources available through the ƻ����Ժ lib</p> Thu, 22 Aug 2024 17:52:10 +0000 admin 2881 at /osas /osas/channels/news/jean-martin-fortier-phenomenon-358254 <p>In a recent article, <a href="https://lactualite.com/societe/le-phenomene-jean-martin-fortier/">L'actualité does a deep dive</a> into small-scale farm enthusiast, author, and star of the popular series <i>Les </i><em>fermiers </em>Jean-Martin Fortier (BA'02). This "rock-star" of organic microfarming in Quebec is highly regarded by many, though some have raised concerns that his presentation of the business as profitable and accessible to all is overly optimistic.</p> Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:24:40 +0000 admin 2865 at /osas /osas/channels/news/remove-co2-atmosphere-former-mcgill-postdocs-startup-looks-biomass-358010 <p>In 2019, while doing post-doctoral research in ƻ����Ժ's Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Qinhong Cai (better known as Tammy) travelled to Nunavut to join the <a href="https://tc.canada.ca/en/campaigns/oceans-protection-plan">Oceans Protection Plan</a>, a federal initiative designed to improve marine safety and increase the protection and restoration of coastal and seaway ecosystems. Cai, an environmental engineer, was sent to monitor hydrocarbon contaminants and microbial genomics along the Kivalliq transportation corridor.</p> Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:32:51 +0000 admin 2849 at /osas