/macdonald/taxonomy/term/876/all en /macdonald/channels/news/professors-inducted-royal-society-canada-283342 <p>Congratulations to Jan Adamowski (Bioresource Engineering) and Elena Bennett (Natural Resource Sciences) on their induction into the Royal Society of Canada. The announcement was made in September, and the induction ceremony was held in late November.</p> <p><strong>CITATIONS:</strong></p> Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:54:10 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 53064 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/elena-bennett-davos-267286 <p>For those of you who missed it, take a few minutes to watch Elena Bennett's presentation @Davos. "By dwelling on the possibility of a dystopian environmental future, we run the risk of making the prediction self-fulfilling. We need more inspirational visions – but which are realistic and believable."</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iVaZ7qkku4&list=PLtJQ8yQ-SUXVyVy0KGR9nNQeSW81V0jno" target="_blank">Watch on ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈMacCampus Youtube</a></p> Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:43:13 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52699 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/lack-women-science-wicked-problem-mcgills-elena-bennett-says-259134 <p> </p> <p>"The discussion started at my book club, but it might as well have started with Adam and Eve. We read The Awakening, a 1899 novel by Kate Chopin that describes the fight by a young woman, Edna Pontellier, for independence against the conventions of the time. We are all married working mothers. No matter how far society has come from Edna’s, most of us find the bulk of child care and the more banal duties of running a household fall to us. We felt for Edna.</p> Wed, 17 Feb 2016 19:09:49 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52074 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/hot-press-macdonald-professor-recipient-prestigious-steacie-fellowship-259105 <p>Professor <strong>Elena Bennett</strong>, of the Department of Natural Resource Sciences and the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Environment, is the recipient of a <a href="http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Prizes-Prix/Steacie-Steacie/Profiles-Profils/Bennett-Bennett_eng.asp" target="_blank">E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship</a>! The Fellowships are awarded by NSERC to enhance the career development of outstanding and highly promising university faculty who are earning a strong international reputation for original research.</p> Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:57:10 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52073 at /macdonald