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Why are egg yolks different colours? Comments from Macdonald Campus Farm technician Louis-Philippe Dessureault

admin — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:54:21 +0000

National Post published an article that cracking the case of egg yolk colours, from nutrition to taste, and how they came about in the first place.

Unlike shell colour, which depends on the breed of chicken, the hue of an egg yolk is determined by the hen’s diet.

Macdonald Grad Studies Office earns silver in McGill's Sustainable Workplace Certification program

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:11:20 +0000

From left to right: Academic Associate Laura Wittebol, Graduate Program Coordinators Maude Bélanger, Erin Minnett, and Simone Clamann, and Associate Dean (Graduate Education) Jean-Benoit Charron

Macdonald Campus Seed Library opens February 24

admin — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 21:22:51 +0000

La version française suit

On Monday, February 24, 2025 the Macdonald Campus Library will open up its Seed Library for online orders. The seed catalogue will be available to 51�Թ��students, faculty, and staff on opening day.

If you're not yet a member of the Seed Library, please fill out the registration form.

Macdonald Campus valedictorians Andre Hadji-Thomas and Jennifer McDonald reflect on their journeys

admin — Tue, 27 May 2025 19:28:43 +0000

As McGill’s Class of 2025 prepares to cross the stage, the 10 valedictorians from Faculties across the University—including Andre Hadji-Thomas and Jennifer McDonald in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences—have been drafting their speeches and, in the process, reflecting on much more than their academic success.

Natural Resource Sciences grad students reduce lab plastic waste by nearly 50%

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:24:58 +0000

Single-use plastics are everywhere—but two 51�Թ�� researchers are redefining the norm and championing sustainability.

"Although plastic pollution wasn’t the main focus of our research, safeguarding water bodies is essential to our work, and we knew we had to address the disconnect between our values and laboratory practices."

Four exceptional Macdonald Campus student leaders selected for Gold Key Awards

admin — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:48:17 +0000

Please join us in congratulating the 2025 winners of the Macdonald Campus Gold Key Awards, selected for their outstanding contributions, passion, and commitment to enriching student life on our campus. Read their stories below.

Department of Bioresource Engineering welcomes astronaut David Saint-Jacques

admin — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 13:32:07 +0000

The Department of Bioresource Engineering (BREE) enjoyed a visit last month from David Saint-Jacques, astronaut and Deputy Director, Lunar Exploration at the Canadian Space Agency, and BREE graduate Chris Patterson. They met with BREE undergrad and grad students who presented their projects, highlighting links between their research and bioregenerative life support system goals for extended space missions on the lunar surface and beyond in the near future.

Bieler School of Environment welcomes new director

admin — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:50:18 +0000

The Bieler School of Environment (BSE) is thrilled to announce Professor Anthony Ricciardi as its new director, effective immediately. An expert in invasion ecology and aquatic ecosystems, Ricciardi has been a key figure at the school since 2001 and now steps up to lead.

“My vision for the School is to become the gateway of environmental research at McGill,” said Ricciardi.

Founded in 1998, the BSE appoints directors for five-year terms.

Prof. Emeritus David Bird on wild turkey sightings in Montreal

admin — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:47:24 +0000

Wild turkey sightings in Montreal are on the rise, Global News reports.

Experts told them wild turkey populations in southern Quebec have steadily climbed over the past two decades due to warming temperatures.

This has raised concern that predators could be following close behind.

Canada invests in 51�Թ��project to protect Lake Simcoe

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:55:52 +0000

The Government of Canada recently announced an investment of over $1 million in three freshwater projects for the protection of Lake Simcoe, including $412,700 to 51�Թ�� to demonstrate and evaluate best management practices to reduce phosphorus runoff from urban and agricultural sources in the Lake Simcoe watershed and to engage the community through outreach and events.

Coffee, stuck between inflation and shrinkflation—comments from Pascal Thériault

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:06:31 +0000

Coffee is suffering the consequences of global warming, condemning consumers of the popular drink to rising prices and shrinking formats, reports Radio-Canada.

Loblaw to identify U.S. products affected by tariffs in its grocery stores—Pascal Thériault comments

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:59:42 +0000

Canadian grocery giant Loblaw is preparing to add labels to U.S. products affected by tariffs, allowing consumers to distinguish them from other products on shelves and understand why they cost more.

51�Թ�� agronomist and economist Pascal Thériault told Radio-Canada that this measure will support consumers in their choices.

Tariff trouble prompts Montrealers to prepare for price hikes—comments from Pascal Thériault

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:08:55 +0000

Food including meat, vegetables, and fruits are on the long list of products from the U.S. subject to Canada’s 25% counter-tariffs.

It might take a few weeks, but most retailers will pass the cost on to Quebecers, 51�Թ�� agricultural economist Pascal Thériault, Farm Management and Technology Program Director, told CTV News.

FMT Director Pascal Thériault comments on boycott of American products

admin — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:58:24 +0000

American companies that employ hundreds of Quebec workers could suffer from a call for a boycott as suggested on certain social media, reports TVA Nouvelles and others.

Pascal Thériault: For American farmers, it is impossible to do without Canadian potash

admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:08:29 +0000

As the threat of impending tariffs and counter-tariffs loom, U.S. agricultural producers have very few options to substitute Canadian potash, an essential ingredient in fertilizer, 51�Թ��agronomist and economist Pascal Thériault told TVA Nouvelles.