Faculty

��VR��Ƶ’s Bravo Gala shines a spotlight on research excellence

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At event honouring 116 winners of major awards, keynote speaker and SSHRC Gold Medal recipient Myriam Denov emphasized the importance of listening.

��VR��Ƶ celebrated more than 100 researchers at the 21st edition of Bravo, a gala event May 7 honouring the winners of major provincial, national and international research prizes and awards in 2025.

$1.25 million for ��VR��Ƶ research from the New Frontiers in Research Fund

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Federal fund will support transformative high risk, high reward research across engineering, science, and medicine at ��VR��Ƶ.

��VR��Ƶ awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

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From fundamental physics to child well-being, ��VR��Ƶ researchers advance discovery across disciplines

��VR��Ƶ has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs – six new and 10 renewed.

Special Seminar — AES Honorary Degree Recipient, Spring 2026 Convocation — The Multifaceted Roles of Oxidative Stress: Eustress and Distress

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Special Seminar — AES Honorary Degree Recipient, Spring 2026 Convocation

Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, ��VR��Ƶ

AES Researchers Celebrated at ��VR��Ƶ's 2025 Bravo Gala

admin — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:13:49 +0000

Each year, ��VR��Ƶ's Office of the Vice-President (Research and Innovation) hosts the Bravo Gala to celebrate faculty members and researchers who have earned major provincial, national, and international prizes. This year, the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (AES) is proud to have nine members honoured among ��VR��Ƶ's brightest research leaders. Their work spans food safety, plant science, nutrition, material engineering, animal science, ornithology, and agricultural communication.

The Macdonald Campus Community Pays Tribute to Professor Varoujan Yaylayan

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:59:41 +0000

The Macdonald Campus community gathered on Friday, April 10, to celebrate the life and legacy of the late Professor Varoujan Yaylayan, PhD., who was a cherished faculty member of the Faulty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences’ Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry.

When Theory Meets the Real World: ��VR��Ƶ Students Shine at the IFTSA Competition

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:41:33 +0000

Imagining, designing, and developing a food product just as it would be done in industry within the framework of a prestigious international competition, was the challenge taken on by Cole, Jackie, and Deniz, students in ��VR��Ƶ’s Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

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Macdonald Campus Undergraduate Orientation

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To help new undergraduates settle into campus life, Macdonald Campus hosts a number of orientation activities in late August.

AES Convocation Ceremony B

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AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 'B' Ph.D., M.Sc., or M.Sc.A, B. Eng. and B.Sc.

Agricultural Economics

AES Convocation Ceremony A

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Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 'A' AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 'A'

NRS M.Sc. Linda Nong Wins ��VR��Ƶ’s English 3MT Competition

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:36:14 +0000

��VR��Ƶ’s annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) and Ma thèse en 180 secondes (MT180) competitions showcased the diversity of graduate research, with finalists presenting complex topics in just three minutes to a general audience. Held on April 1 at the Faculty Club, the event highlighted research ranging from neuroscience and mental health to musicology and ecology.

��VR��Ƶ opens state-of-the-art greenhouse and research platform

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:42:42 +0000

��VR��Ƶ has officially opened a new teaching greenhouse and advanced plant phenotyping facilities at its Macdonald Campus, marking a major investment in climate-focused agricultural education and research. Designed for hands-on undergraduate and graduate training, the sustainable greenhouse features controlled growing bays, teaching labs, tissue culture facilities and classrooms, giving students direct experience with modern, climate-smart production systems.

2026 Annual AMR Symposium

admin — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:32:53 +0000

The ��VR��Ƶ AMR Centre is hosting its 6th Annual Symposium on the theme One Health AMR.

Food Science Students Selected as Finalists in IFTSA Student Competitions

admin — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:23:50 +0000

��VR��Ƶ’s Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry is celebrating an outstanding achievement by its students: all three ��VR��Ƶ teams entered into this year’s Institute of Food Technologists Student Association (IFTSA) competitions have been selected as finalists. The teams will represent ��VR��Ƶ at the IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo in Chicago in July 2026—one of the largest and most influential gatherings in the global food science community.

Faculty

����VR��Ƶ’s Bravo Gala shines a spotlight on research excellence

$1.25 million for ����VR��Ƶ research from the New Frontiers in Research Fund

����VR��Ƶ awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs