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The ĢƵ Dobson International Fundraising Tour, in partnership with and the , is a flagship opportunity where our most promising startups travel around the world to explore international markets and raise capital, all while meeting government and industry experts, helping them scale their businesses.

Classified as: ĢƵ Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship, Dobson International Fundraising Tour
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Published on: 22 Jul 2025

In a recent article exploring the environmental and health impacts of plastic pollution on Indigenous fenceline communities in Canada—residential areas that sit next to facilities that emit pollutants like noise, light, odours, chemicals, and even traffic—Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) spoke to Kanien’kehá:ka environmental advocate Lynn Jacobs about how plastic waste and industrial pollution have turned Indigenous homelands into “sacrifice zones.” Jacobs, who is pursuing a Ph.D.

Classified as: Lynn Jacobs, Indigenous Peoples
Published on: 22 Jul 2025

Researchers who explored how consumers’ ethical values can shape their shopping habits suggest that business owners from marginalized racial groups can appeal to socially conscious consumers by highlighting their identity, helping promote racial equity through values-driven purchasing.

Classified as: Desautels Faculty of Management
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Published on: 22 Jul 2025

For 15 years, ĢƵ 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 ĢƵ Feeding ĢƵ 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, ĢƵ 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 ĢƵ 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 ĢƵ 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 ĢƵ Health Centre, ĢƵ, William Foulkes, simon gravel
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Published on: 17 Jul 2025

ĢƵ 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, ĢƵ 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

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