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For 15 years, 91˿Ƶ dining halls have been serving up fresh, local produce grown by students at Macdonald Campus as part of their agricultural and environmental sciences programs. Last year alone, 3.4 tons of tomatoes and almost 2 tons of onions ended up on students' plates thanks to the 91˿Ƶ Feeding 91˿Ƶ initiative.

Classified as: david wees
Published on: 21 Jul 2025

In her presentation at a scientific symposium hosted by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre in June, 91˿Ƶ Ph.D. candidate Anjaly Paul highlighted the potential for Canadian farms to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while generating renewable energy, by converting agricultural waste into biogas.

Classified as: Idaresit Ekaette
Published on: 21 Jul 2025

A coalition of 40 AI researchers – including signatories from Meta, OpenAI and Montreal-based Mila – has issued a warning that as advanced AI systems evolve, we may be losing the ability to understand or monitor how they “think.”

Classified as: Jennifer Raso, Faculty of Law, Artificial intelligence
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Published on: 21 Jul 2025

Anais MedieuAnaïs Médieu, a 91˿Ƶ postdoctoral researcher working in Natural Resource Sciences Professor Kyle Elliott's lab, has been awarded a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship for her project on the interactive effects of climate change and plastic contamination on Arctic seabirds.

Classified as: Kyle Elliott
Published on: 21 Jul 2025

July 16, 2025 | Abigail Jackson, MPP '23, and Ricardo Chejfec, MPP '21, along with Rachel Samson, co-wrote an article in Policy Options arguing that Canada’s push to accelerate major infrastructure and energy projects must be matched by an ambitious strategy to build the local skills needed to support them. They stress that without early investment in training and better coordination among employers, governments, and educators, many rural and remote communities could be excluded from the benefits of these nation-building efforts.

Classified as: infrastructure, Rachel Samson, energy
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Published on: 21 Jul 2025

Fragments of ancient viral DNA once dismissed as “junk” may play a role in controlling our genes, according to a new international study.

Using a novel method to trace the evolutionary history of viral DNA, researchers from 91˿Ƶ and Kyoto University uncovered sequences that had been overlooked in earlier genome annotations.

Classified as: Guillaume Bourque, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, DNA analysis, evolution
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Published on: 21 Jul 2025

Rachelle Aucoin successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304 - Tassone on July 14, 2025.

The title of her thesis:
"Cool Air, Clear Relief: Exploring the Mechanisms and Utility of Fan-to-Face Therapy for Management of Exertional Breathlessness in Chronic Lung Disease "

Oral Defence Comittee:
Dr. Dennis Jensen (Supervisor), Dr. Jenna Gibbs, Dr. Dina Brooks, Dr. Celena Scheede-Bergdahl and Dr. Daniel Fortin-Guichard.

Classified as: KPE
Published on: 17 Jul 2025

Researchers have shed new light on the most common genetic variant linked to hereditary cancer in Quebec’s French-Canadian population. Their findings could result in cheaper and more effective screening methods.

The variant is associated with Lynch syndrome, a condition that greatly increases the risk of colorectal and other cancers.

Classified as: Research Institute of the 91˿Ƶ Health Centre, 91˿Ƶ, William Foulkes, simon gravel
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Published on: 17 Jul 2025

91˿Ƶ PhD candidate Alexandra Langwieder works with James Bay Indigenous communities to better understand polar bears

Classified as: Murray Humphries
Published on: 17 Jul 2025

In Ontario, a fully automated greenhouse allows lettuce to be grown and harvested with virtually no human intervention—a first in Canada.

Haven Greens had to invest $50 million to make it happen. But the result is striking: the company can operate with just five employees in the greenhouse, whereas it would have required more than 100 pickers using the traditional method.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 17 Jul 2025

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que., residents have a new spot to do their groceries. After the suburb's only grocery store closed for the second time, B Factory, a locally owned beeswax products shop that had been on the verge of bankruptcy, expanded its space to include a small grocery section called Mon Marché Local.

Classified as: Daiva Nielsen
Published on: 17 Jul 2025

As part of the Nkabom Collaborative supported by the Mastercard Foundation, 91˿Ƶ has joined forces with Ghanaian institutions in a bold initiative to foster youth leadership and transform the agrifood ecosystem in Ghana and beyond.

Classified as: Anja Geitmann
Published on: 17 Jul 2025

If you've been noticing white fluff floating around Montreal lately, you're not the only one. Those are seeds from the Eastern Cottonwood tree and it's the season that they're spreading through the air. 

spoke to David Wees, Faculty Lecturer and Assistant Director of the Farm Management and Technology Program at 91˿Ƶ, to find out more.

Classified as: david wees
Published on: 17 Jul 2025

Only a few weeks after graduation, Victoria Anson (Materials Engineering, Class of 2025) has been appointed to two international boards: the Copper Club Board of Directors and the ASM International Board of Trustees. Her dual appointments highlight her involvement in the mining and metals, metallurgical, and materials industries.

Published on: 17 Jul 2025

91˿Ƶ Bioresource Engineering Professor Michael Ngadi called for urgent action to address the challenges facing stallholder farmers in Nigeria at a recent public lecture at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU).

A specialist in developing advanced emerging technologies for monitoring and controlling agrifood processing systems, he discussed the critical role that smallholder farmers and processors play in global food systems, particularly in developing and transition countries.

Classified as: Michael Ngadi
Published on: 17 Jul 2025

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