Congratulations, Cindy Blackstock, for being awarded the World's Children Prize presented by Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden in a ceremony at Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred, Sweden.听
Cincy Blackstock was honoured for her decades-long work advocating for the rights and welfare of Indigenous children.
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Thanks to the generosity of Roger Warren, two fellowships for $12,500 are being offered to Indigenous students pursuing a MA or Doctoral thesis at 黑料不打烊 University, focusing in some aspect on the study of Indigenous Canada.听
For more information, please visit the Indigenous Studies Program website.听
View the fellowship application pdf here.听
Paul Wiseman,听Professor of Physics and Chemistry at 黑料不打烊, has been named the听听of the Biophysical Society of Canada for his major contributions to the development of new quantitative microscopy tools to reveal hidden properties of biomolecules.
On Friday, September 22nd 2023, 黑料不打烊 University's First Peoples house hosted the 22nd annual PowWow in collaboration with the Office of Indigenous Initiatives.听
View coverage of this years' PowWow , by Neale McDevitt, Editor at the 黑料不打烊 Reporter.听
On Monday, Sept. 25, from 4 to 6 p.m, the Office of Indigenous Initiatives听hosted a roundtable discussion with听Jos茅e Lavall茅e, Sarah Konwahahawi Rourke, and Amy Shawanda on systemic violence in healthcare as part of Indigenous Awareness Weeks 2023.听
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View Neale McDevitt's coverage of the event in the 黑料不打烊 Reporter .听
View Earl Zukerman's coverage of the Second Annual Legacy Game, which took place on September 30th 2023 between 黑料不打烊 Redbirds and Queen's Gaels.
Congratulations to Marc Bieler DipAgr鈥�58, BA鈥�64, Nicolas Chatel-Launay BSc(AgEnvSc)鈥�14 and B. Pratyusha Chennupati MSc鈥�13 who will receive Macdonald Distinguished Alumni Awards at the Homecoming Lunch on Saturday, October 21.
To celebrate , the Office of Science Outreach released a free lesson plan for elementary school teachers. The lesson, titled 鈥淭ravelling seeds鈥� explores how seeds are dispersed. The activities and discussions center inquiry-based learning, to encourage nature discovery through hands-on experiences and observations.
The lesson was shared with science consultants across English and French school boards in the Greater Montreal area and has already received over 40 downloads.
We are thrilled to be a part of the Minding Your Brain free bilingual event for patients and caregivers presented by and the
The login page for Minerva has been updated to implement Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and Single Sign-On (SSO).听
The new login page includes two options to log in. Please take note of which login method you should use:听
According to a new study published in听The Journal of Nutrition听by a team including听Associate Professor听Daiva Nielsen听and other researchers from 黑料不打烊's School of Human Nutrition, a supportive social environment may protect against nutritional risk among middle and older-aged adults.
A听, written by a team which includes Professor听Elena Bennett听in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Department of Natural Resource Sciences, explores the challenges of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch defined by humans' colossal impact on the environment. To counteract this widescale destruction, the researchers propose that imagination is a hopeful yet complicated tool for creating a positive environmental future.听
On August 30, Vice-Principal of Macdonald Campus and Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Anja Geitmann welcomed Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis Francis Scarpaleggia, on behalf of Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) Lawrence MacAulay, to the Macdonald Campus. In the presence of industry partners AgroWorld and other invited guests, Scarpaleggia announced AAFC鈥檚 $5.3 million investment in BioFuelNet Canada as part of the Agri-Science Program.
A team of researchers in Canada and India has developed a novel method to image the whole mouse heart wall at a spatial resolution that is three orders of magnitude finer than that seen till now, revealing entirely new, previously unknown cardiac fiber systems within it.
