/macdonald/taxonomy/term/695/all en /macdonald/channels/news/canada-geese-what-you-may-not-know-about-pesky-national-symbol-331006 <p>Many Canadians are familiar with the honking and hissing that marks the beginning of the spring season, some might be more intimately familiar with the feeling of large wings batting about the sides of their head, but one thing is for certain: most Canadians have a Canada goose story.</p> <p>Canada geese flying in their V formation are usually one of the first signs of the return of warm weather, but it also marks the return of the pesky waterfowl taking over our waterfronts, golf courses and parks. Here鈥檚 what you should know about the birds that have become a national symbol.</p> Wed, 12 May 2021 13:19:21 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 469899 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/professor-murray-humphries-honoured-alma-mater-265373 <p>Congratulations to Professor <strong>Murray Humphries</strong>, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, who on Thursday, January 26, 2017, received the [University of Manitoba] Faculty of Science 2017 Honoured Alumni Award for exceptional achievement in Biological Sciences.</p> Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:44:53 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52626 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/conservation-21st-century-265102 <p>The 黑料不打烊 Wildlife Association presents a conference on <strong>Conservation in the 21st Century</strong>, with guest speaker <a href="https://wildlifepreservation.ca/about-us-2/people/" target="_blank"><strong>Randal Heide</strong></a>, Executiv</p> Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:24:18 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52608 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/humphries-named-mcgill-northern-research-chair-263888 <p>Today at a press conference in Quebec City, the Institut Nordique du Quebec (INQ) announced three Northern Research Chairs, as well as a newly recruited Science and Innovation Director, Louis Fortier.</p> Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:22:51 +0000 katherine.maclean@mcgill.ca 52542 at /macdonald /macdonald/faculty-agricultural-and-environmental-sciences Wed, 07 Aug 2013 18:30:33 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 6 at /macdonald